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Angry Birds and iPads to Fly into Space

After taking over the world – in the form of an extremely popular multi-platform game, followed by toys and accessories, even baby clothes – Angry Birds will venture where no dissatisfied feathered creature has gone before: into space. An Angry … Continue reading

Occupy Wall Street Beats Tea Party in Searches on Google

Google has added its perspective — with a search-data-based popularity contest — to the comparisons between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party. The data rules in favor of Occupy Wall Street. Users searched for the nascent movement more than … Continue reading

I Want My Siri TV: Is Apple Aiming to Make the Remote Obsolete?

Television is broken. I know it. You know it. Steve Jobs knew it. I have a pretty state-of-the-art 2011 Sony LED TV, complete with Hulu Plus, Netflix and YouTube apps. Yet it still usually takes me about a dozen clicks … Continue reading

HP Will Keep Its PC Division, Meg Whitman Decides

Hewlett-Packard will keep making PCs rather than spinning off its consumer computer division, the company announced Thursday. HP surprised the tech world in August, when then-CEO Leo Apotheker announced he was killing the company’s webOS tablet, the TouchPad, and “considering” … Continue reading

Should the New Facebook Gestures Allow a Dislike Button?

Peter VanRysdam is the CMO of web design company 352 Media Group and the author of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World. Connect with him on Twitter @Peter352. Lost in all the announcements about Timeline and frictionless experiences at Facebook’s … Continue reading

Google+ Adds Creative Kit Photo Fun and What’s Hot [HANDS-ON]

Google has been busy (and a little scary) today. It’s unveiled a host of new Google+ features, including enhanced photo-editing tools, a new What’s Hot area and a viral visualization for posts. Plus, Google is finally making its upstart social … Continue reading

Why Digital Medical Records Could Save Your Life

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways. I’m from … Continue reading

Google+ Comes to Google Apps

Google has announced a host of new features for Google+, including the ability to use Google+ from a Google Apps account. When Google made Google+ available to all users earlier this fall, people who use Google Apps for work or … Continue reading

Sony Acquires Ericsson’s Stake in Sony Ericsson for $1.47 Billion

Sony Corporation has acquired Ericsson’s stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson. The deal will place Ericsson’s 50% stake in the joint venture under Sony’s control. Sony will also acquire five wireless technology “patent families.” The two companies have … Continue reading

Tech Luminaries Sing SF Mayor Ed Lee’s Praises [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Bizarre campaign videos seem to be the rage this year. First, we had Herman Cain chief of staff Mark Block’s “Now is the time for … Continue reading