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How Twitter Got Bigger (VIDEO)

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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Kred Quick Pitch: Kred assigns influence scores to Twitter users. Genius Idea...

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Social gaming was a big trend in 2011 and we expect the market to continue to grow in 2012. Facebook, the biggest platform for social games, released its list of the most popular games of 2011. Unlike most year-end lists, this one actually has quite a few surprises. I fully expected CityVille,...

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Really?  Now that looks pretty dangerous!

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Facebook has confirmed that in early 2012 users will start seeing sponsored stories in the news feed. A Facebook spokesperson tells us that these sponsored stories, which are essentially ads that a company or organization pays to feature, will roll out slowly. It hopes to show users no more than one clearly labeled sponsored story in the news feed per day.

Facebook recently added sponsored stories to its news ticker, the sometimes-useful though mostly annoying constant stream of news in the upper right-hand corner of the user's homepage.

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Tech Creeps into Top Toy Trends of the Past 30 Years (Infographic)

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Sony's new PlayStation Vita handheld gaming device sold more than a quarter-million units in its worldwide debut in Japan this weekend. But that failed to match the initial push by its rival Nintendo 3DS device earlier this year, and the Vita's release was partially marred by user complaints and ...

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The Hobbit (HD Movie Trailer)

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Puppies Prepare for Christmas (VIDEO)

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Who's using Google?  (Infographic)

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Aim high. It's a worthy goal for credit scores, SATs and now, Klout scores. These days, more and more social networkers are looking to boost their Klout rating and show others the power of their social influence. Klout -- which provides social media analytics to measure a user’s influenc...

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The 2012 Super Bowl will stream live online and to mobile devices. In a move that bolsters the importance of non-traditional markets, the NFL and NBC announced Tuesday that the wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl will all be available online. Additionally, Verizon's NFL Mobile ...

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Vending Machine 2.0 With See-Through Full HD Display, Facial Recognition (VIDEO)

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Would you look at the world through Google Glasses? If you did, what would you see? That may be an option soon, if a reliable report today that the company is in "late prototype stages" on just such a product, proves accurate.

The Wow factor is clear - but what would fashionable cloud (connected) glasses really mean? How might they change what it means to be human and to live in this world? Make no mistake, they certainly could have a deep impact for those who wear them - and possibly for those who are seen through them as well. There's no better time than now to begin considering it all. The best way to start is to recognize those who have already begun before us; in this case science fiction author Vernor Vinge is a key source of illumination.

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The Kindle Fire has been released to great fanfare, mixed reviews and millions of devices sold. The device's growth trajectory has already outpaced that of any other tablet introduced to the market. Secondary statistics show that the growth of the Kindle Fire rivals even that of the original iPad when it was unleashed on the world in the beginning of 2010.

Advertising network Millennial Media notes in its monthly report MobileMix device index report that ad impressions on the Fire have grown at a daily rate of 19% since its launch in the middle of November. Millennial is seeing run rates of hundreds of millions of impressions from the Fire, putting it in the upper echelon of devices on the market.

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Members of the New York startup scene are capping off a robust 2011 with a look ahead to the new year in the form of a 2012 calendar, featuring 12 of the city's up and coming companies. The calendar, dubbed "Only in the Alley," features a story from each startup about the aspects of their busi...