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Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump has been touting this season’s crop of contestants as “the best cast we’ve ever had.” We’re not sure about “best,” but the cast certainly has an unbeatable following on social media. The celebrities’ social networks … Continue reading →

Android 2.3 or Gingerbread is installed on 54.9% of all Android devices, while Android 2.2 or Froyo is installed on another 30.4% of all Android devices, which makes Android perhaps the least fragmented it’s ever been. According to the latest … Continue reading →

Reddit raked in more than 2 billion pageviews in December, double the amount the site posted the year before The network also disclosed that it got close to 35 million unique visitors for the period, meaning the average user viewed … Continue reading →

The Associated Press, The New York Times Co., The Washington Post Co. and several other news organizations banded together Thursday to launch a new company called NewsRight. Its goal: let news orgs see how widely their original reporting is being … Continue reading →

MOO Cards, the makers of MiniCards—petite-sized business cards the size of a stick of gum—DIY business cards, and postcards, wants to make artsy business cards out of your Facebook Timeline. MOO Cards has partnered with Facebook to make what are … Continue reading →

Picking a college is one of the most important decisions in a young person’s life, and Unigo.com supercharges that process by helping prospective students find a college counselor. Unigo features a new video chat service that pairs prospective students with … Continue reading →

Could the future of robotics actually lie somewhere in the ancient age of tyrannosaurus and velociraptors? That’s what the findings of an interdisciplinary group of UC Berkeley researchers appears to indicate. After studying the ways in which lizards — and … Continue reading →

Rachael Gerson spearheads the Analytics division at SEER Interactive. Follow her on Twitter @rachaelgerson. In my last Google Analytics post, I talked about the 10 new Google Analytics features you need to start using. Now that you already know what … Continue reading →

NBC and Facebook are teaming up to co-host a Republican debate Sunday night with a unique social media component. The debate, moderated by Meet the Press host David Gregory, will air on NBC Sunday, Jan. 8 at 9 a.m. ET, … Continue reading →

Things aren’t looking so good for BlackBerry. Amidst speculation on the phone company’s future, rumors are starting to surface that Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that makes BlackBerry has cancelled two of its next generation smart phones. The … Continue reading →