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Donations Via Text Message For Obama, Romney Approved By Regulators

Donations via text message are now allowed for presidential candidates, and Mitt…

Kim LaCapria

FTC Fines Spokeo, Says Social Network Data Collection Firm Violated User Rights

The Federal Trade Commission has handed out $800,000 in fines to data…

James Johnson

Vitamin D, Calcium for Fracture Risk Questioned

Vitamin D and calcium supplements have long been considered great ways to…

John Stegeman

Verizon Wireless Debuts Shared Data Plans, Offers 10GB With Up To 10 Devices

Verizon Wireless on Tuesday rolled out its new “Share Everything” plan which…

James Johnson

[Update] How Much Do The Oatmeal’s Fans Hate FunnyJunk? About $90K Worth, So Far

Yesterday, we wrote about the brilliant webcomic The Oatmeal, its clever founder…

Kim LaCapria

HTC One X Plagued With Wi-Fi Connectivity Issues

A WiFi antenna flaw manufactured into the HTC One X is causing…

James Johnson

Facebook Acquires ‘Pieceable Viewer’ Staff

Forget buying an entire company, Facebook on Monday announced the acquisition of…

James Johnson

Dying on Your Own Birthday Likelier Than On Other Days, Study Finds

Dying on your birthday seems kind of creepy and cool in a…

Kim LaCapria

Apple Unveils New Macbook Pro, Announces iOS 6 Coming This Fall

Apple has officially unveiled the new MacBook Pro during WWDC 2012, which…

Melissa Stusinski

Shout Factory Acquires Video Time Machine iOS App

Shout Factory, best known for its pop-culture and retro apps announced on…

James Johnson

Apple Announces 30 Billion App Downloads, $5 Billion Paid To Developers

Apple wasted no time during its WWDC keynote when it came to…

James Johnson

LG Optimus 4X HD Now On Sale In Europe

LG has promised to answer the Samsung Galaxy S III with the…

James Johnson

Arby’s Urinal Burned Man’s Wang Severely, Lawsuit Alleges

An Arby’s urinal is at the center of a new lawsuit, after…

Kim LaCapria

Facebook User Growth Slows Rapidly In US, Worst Increases Since 2008

Facebook may be reaching ever closer to critical mass in the United…

James Johnson

Twitter Debuts First Ever TV Ad, Focuses On Hashtag Pages

Twitter chose the Pocono 400 NASCAR race to debut its first ever…

James Johnson

iOS 6 Beta Omits Original iPad, Does Away With iPod Touch 3rd Generation

Apple will host its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday and ahead…

James Johnson

Sprint’s Prepaid iPhone Via Virgin Mobile To Debut As iPhone 5 Release Date Looms (Video)

Sprint Pr epaid iPhone via Vigrin Mobile will be available on June…

John Stegeman

Facebook Building Toward World Wide Social Media Domination

By now every nation on the planet with internet access has some…

John Stegeman

Civil Liberties App ‘Stop And Frisk Watch’ Encourages Recording Of Police Stops

The New York Civil Liberties Union has announced a new free smartphone…

James Johnson

Employers Place Stranglehold Around Social Media In The Workplace [Infographical Study]

With more than 901+ social media users taking advantage of Facebook, hundreds…

James Johnson

Meebo Announces Services Shutdown Following Google Acquisition

Meebo customers will lose access to most of the company’s services on…

James Johnson

Internet Now Has More Than 340 Undecillion IP Addresses

In case you haven’t heard the internet is kind of this big…

James Johnson

Smartphone Users May Soon Be Able To Hail Cab With Phone In NYC

The GetTaxi app may soon allow users with a smartphone to hail…

Melissa Stusinski

China Announces Aim For First Manned Space Docking In June

China ‘s space agency stated on Saturday that it plans to launch…

Melissa Stusinski

IOC Announcement: YouTube Will Stream Olympic Games In Asia, Africa

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that Google’s YouTube service…

James Johnson

Facebook Launches App Center For Android, iOS Devices

Facebook is about to take its Android, iPhone and iPad apps to…

James Johnson

The Internet Was Actually Invented in 1934 [Video]

An interesting topic was being discussed at the World Science Festival in…

H. Scott English

HTC Desire V Heading To Europe With Dual-Sim Capabilities

HTC on Thursday announced the company’s first smartphone to feature a dual-sim…

James Johnson

Pentagon Spending $1.3 Million To Develop Unmanned Sewing Machine

Now that the Pentagon has managed to fly unmanned aerial drones into…

James Johnson

Search Google Like A Magical Knowledge Genie: 20 Awesome Tips For Finding Stuff [Interactive Infographic]

Google search is simple, you enter a term, you click “I’m feeling…

James Johnson

1 in 3 Facebook Users Getting Bored With the Service

Facebook’s seeming teflon dominance of the social networking space came to a…

Kim LaCapria

LinkedIn Hacker Goes After eHarmony, Steals 1.5 Million Passwords

The Russian hacker who stole 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords announced on Wednesday…

James Johnson

Microsoft Sells 600 Million Windows 7 Licenses

In October 2009 Microsoft released Windows 7 and now two and a…

James Johnson