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Can Search Data Be Used to Choose Book Ideas?

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: Hyperink Quick Pitch: An ebook … Continue reading

Inside Look at Headlines: How Are They Created? [VIRAL VIDEO]

NSFW Warning: Careful, this video’s spicy language might not be safe for some workplaces or delicate sensibilities. The funny people at Jest have been paying close attention to the way news outlets cover stories, focusing on headlines in particular. Here’s … Continue reading

Hilarious Spoof: Here’s How Headlines Are Created [VIRAL VIDEO]

NSFW Warning: Careful, this video’s spicy language might not be safe for some workplaces or delicate sensibilities. The funny people at Jest have been paying close attention to the way news outlets cover stories, focusing on headlines in particular. Here’s … Continue reading

Facebook Says 600,000 Accounts Compromised Per Day

In a blog entry on Thursday, Facebook stated that about 600,000 log-ins every day are compromised. The factoid, first noted by security site Sophos, was in the context of an entry introducing new security features for the social network. The … Continue reading

Top 7 Scary Video Games to Play This Halloween

1. Resident Evil The whole survivor horror genre partially owes itself to Resident Evil, which when released in 1996, was possibly one of the most influential games, and kickstarted a “survival horror” golden age. While the later iterations of Resident … Continue reading

HP Announces It’ll Stay in the Tablet Business, One Way or Another

“We need to be in the tablet business,” said HP CEO Meg Whitman in a conference call with analysts, just after she announced HP would keep its PC business rather than spinning it off. Even though the company killed off … Continue reading

Ireland Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Tech’s Elite [PICS]

Kicking It Off With a Panel f.ounders, an intimate conference for 150 of the world’s most prominent technology and startup founders, kicked off the first night with drinks, appetizers and a panel that included Bebo co-founder Michael Birch and Angry … Continue reading

The Architect of #OccupyWallStreet Praises the Power of “Magical Hashtags”

The #occupywallstreet movement didn’t spring up out of nowhere. It was very deliberately conceived by the creators of a title you may have seen on the newsstand: Adbusters. As digital marketing agency iCrossing recently outlined, the movement started with a … Continue reading

HP to Stay in PC Business, Apple Sales Spike in Asia and More: Today’s Top Stories

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. HP to Stay … Continue reading

7 Creative Tributes to Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Made from Old Macbook Pro Mint Foundry put together this portrait of Jobs by tearing apart and laying out an old Macbook Pro. Click here to view this gallery. Many mourned the death of Steve Jobs, the often-controversial, … Continue reading