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Today, Washington scrambles to come up with some sort of budget compromise in order to avoid the imminent shutdown of the government. While President Obama, Harry Reid and Speaker...

Piers Morgan’s Twitter Impact

When CNN replaced the aging Larry King with the younger, decidedly more British Piers Morgan, it seemed to be a gamble that payed off. Piers was an early success, garnering...

Terror Alerts on Facebook and Twitter?

Ever worried about missing a terrorist threat alert? Your problems may be over soon - that is unless the threat is real. The AP...

Open Compute Project Announced By Facebook

At a press event at Facebook's headquarters today, the company announced what it calls the Op...

Crying YouTube Star Has His Wish Granted To Be Governor [VIDEO]

Go ahead and file this story in the "feel good news" category. Jesse Koczon, who came into fame when crying about being too young to be governor, has had his wish fulfill...

GameStop Introduces Facebook Store

Multichannel video game retailer GameStop said today it is launching a storefront on its Facebook fan page. GameStop has tapped Adgregate Markets to provide social shopping on...

New Facebook App: Spank A Friend

When's the last time you poked one of your friends? Before your mind starts to run rampant, I'm referring to a Facebook Poke. I'm sure most of you, like myself, have tried to figur...

LinkedIn Plugins for Publishers Launched Along With New Platform

LinkedIn announced the launch of a new platform today tha...

Demand Media’s Pluck to Help Brands Spread iOS, Android Presence

Demand Media's Pluck has launched new features to help brands go mobile - engaging in social experiences in mobile applications. Among the ne...

Twitter Continues to Add Appeal for New Users

Some people are reportedly seeing a new Twitter homepage with some new user discovery elements. In fact, some people even reported seeing other people's timelines in a hiccup in Tw...

AT&T CEO Gets Blasted on USAToday

The first newspaper to introduce color into the world of black and white print media is still going strong, effectively transitioning to Internet-based content. This, of course, i...

LinkedIn Matches Newspapers As Job Search Tool For Students

Newspapers have proven to be surprisingly resilient on many college campuses. There's almost always a school paper, for example, and different groups of students are drawn to othe...

James Franco Twitter Account Is No More

James Franco has apparently decided that he's done with Twitter and social media in general. This comes shortly after the academy award nominated actor hosted the Academy Awards, a...

Journalists on Facebook Page Launched

Facebook is getting more and more serious about news. Today, the company announced the launch of some new journalist resources, including a Page called "...

AOL PLAY Music App Reaches 250,000 Downloads

AOL said today its social music app PLAY has been downloaded over 250,000 times since its launch three weeks ago at SXSW. “Music is a big part of what makes a smartphone a s...

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