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Obama’s State of the Union Address Sees 760,000 Tweets [INFOGRAPHIC]Twitter has released the official stats showing the activity of its users during President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing an interesting insight in how the Twittersphere reacted to various parts of the speech. During the event, Twitter promoted five official hasht... Bill Gates Recalls Final Talks With Steve JobsBill Gates reflects on the death of his longtime friend and rival Steve Jobs in a segment posted to Yahoo of an upcoming interview with Nightline’s Bill Weir. “You gotta pick important stuff because you only have a limited amount of time,” Gates says, reflecting on Jobs’... Facebook Halts Secondary Markets Trading, IPO Coming Soon? [REPORT]Facebook halted trading of its shares in secondary markets for three days starting Wednesday, a possible indicator the company’s long-awaited IPO is coming soon, according to a report. Representatives of Facebook’s law firm, Fenwick & West, sent a letter last week to at least one... Drunk Hulk Discusses the Oscars Plus 4 More Viral TopicsThe Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now. Day two of this week’s Meme Machine has churned out loads of funny content from your favorite websites — Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and Google+. Leading the pack is a t... How to Get Old Facebook BackMuch to the annoyance of many of its users, Facebook is always changing. The recent Timeline revamp is the last in a series of tweaks to the social networking service, some good, some bad, and some just plain ugly. Do you like the news “ticker?” How about the revamped chat? Does the ... Could the Next ‘Toy Story’ Be Rendered in the Cloud? [VIDEO]Pixar, the animation studio behind Disney favorites like Toy Story, has made it easier and faster for artists and studios to create high-quality imagery. The company teamed up with GreenButton, a cloud services company, to offer RenderMan On Demand. Now, any complex 3D animation can be ... Facebook Timeline-ageddon: Why Now?Facebook’s steady march to global Timeline coverage just turned into a dash — and it’s really the users who are running. By making Facebook Timelines the new de facto standard for all Facebook profiles, in effect, the company just held up a starter pistol and yelled “Go! You have se... Today’s Top Stories: Facebook Timeline, Apple’s Amazing Quarter, Google Privacy PolicyWelcome 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. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Facebook Timeline to Go Live for Everyone Soon Facebook has announced in a blog post ... Analysts Estimate Nokia Sold Around 1.3 Million Lumia PhonesUntil we hear official wording from Nokia (or Microsoft) we’re left with what the analysts are predicting or estimating with regards to how many Lumia Windows Phones the Finnish company managed to sell. Instead of being forced to believe the perspective of a single analyst we can have a bet... Justin Bieber’s 5th YouTube Anniversary: The Road to Bieber Fever [INFOGRAPHIC]Whether you love or despise 17-year-old international pop star Justin Bieber, you have his mom to thank (or blame) for thrusting him into the spotlight five years ago this month. On Jan. 19, 2007, Pattie Mallett uploaded a video of her son performing Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” in Stratf... |