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  Yahoo Chairman Steps Down

  7th February 2012 22:11

  Yahoo‘s chairman of the board, Roy Bostock, is leaving the company. Bostock has been chairman since 2008. Bostock revealed the news to sha…

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  Netflix's Original Programming: Enough to Turn Things Around?

  7th February 2012 22:00

  Well, it's official. Netflix has entered the original programming game and is no longer just a distributor of other companies' content. "Lilyhammer," a dramatic comedy starring "Sopranos" actor Steven Van Zandt, went live on Sunday. For the first time, the following words have appeared on the opening credits to a television-style show: "A Netflix original series." Rather than being broadcast on HBO, a standard cable channel or even network TV, "Lilyhammer" is going straight to audiences via the Web. Netflix…

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  Fashion Startup Moda Operandi: Now Opening to the World

  7th February 2012 21:51

  Moda Operandi, the closely watched online retail operation from ex-Gilt exec Aslaug Magnusdottir and Vogue contributing editor Lauren Santo Domi…

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  Apple Says it Will Boot Developers Who Manipulate App Store Rankings [VIDEO]

  7th February 2012 21:29

  Apple says it will not tolerate manipulation of App Store rankings even if a third-party service is responsible for doing the dirty work.…

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  Chrome Beta for Android Will Be Good for Mobile HTML5 Development

  7th February 2012 21:15

  When Google announced that the Chrome browser would become its own operating system and run on netbooks, the thought around the tech community was that eventually Google would have to merge Chrome with Android. After all, what is the point of supporting two disparate mobile operating systems? The convergence has not yet occurred but may have taken a step further today as Google announced Chrome for Android available on devices running version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Chrome for Android is…

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  Anonymous Hacks Syrian President’s Email. The Password: ’12345?

  7th February 2012 21:09

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been under fire from world leaders to step down this week. He’s also under fire from hacktivist group…

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  Ferris vs. Ferris: Super Bowl Ad and Movie Compared [VIDEO]

  7th February 2012 20:49

  What do you get when you combine an iconic movie with a buzz-winning Super Bowl ad? An overdose of awesome. The skilled editors at AkooTV jux…

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  How Pinterest Is Changing Website Design Forever

  7th February 2012 20:28

  Even if you haven’t ever visited popular visual bookmarking site Pinterest, you might recognize its design elements — which have bee…

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  Former Zynga Engineer: One Player Spent $100,000 on Mafia Wars

  7th February 2012 20:14

  An anonymous user, claiming to be a former Zynga engineer, has been posting allegedly internal information about the company to Reddit. Among o…

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  Poll: People Don't Rely On Facebook, YouTube, Twitter For Election Information

  7th February 2012 20:00

  People are relying on the Internet in general and social media specifically for election news and information than some social media "experts" would have us believe, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. Sponsor While many in tech journalism circles have been quick to call the 2012 presidential race "the Social Media Election," the poll found that few of us are relying on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for election information. While 25% say they regularly learn something…