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New Facebook Cover Designer App Takes Photos With Your Profile in MindMost standard photos don’t fit Facebook Timeline’s cover photo slot, but a new app that launched on Tuesday creates images sized specifically for that purpose. Dropico’s free Facebook Cover Designer provides a landscape viewfinder for composing shots with Facebook in mind. Use... These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA WednesdayTech companies are getting ready to black out on Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sibling the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Much has been made of Wikipedia’s promise to “go dark,” or shut down the site, for the day as a way of warning what might happen if ... Facebook Recycles Feel-Good Timeline VideoFacebook is drawing more attention to its Timeline profile redesign via a feel-good video on its homepage that chronicles how users can use the site to archive their lives. The video was first launched in September 2011 when the company announced it would be rolling out its new Timeline profile pag... Reuters Expands its Original Content on YouTubeStoried wire service Reuters has launched Reuters TV, a series of 10 original programs that will air on its new YouTube channel. The media company joins roughly 100 other media partners in delivering original, premium content on Google’s video platform, and is poised to become the largest ... Yahoo’s Jerry Yang ResignsFormer Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he would no longer be a part of the company in any way. Yang served on Yahoo’s board of directors after he resigned from the CEO position of the Sunnyvale Internet company in 2008. In the press release an... Katy Perry Goes Virtual in New Sims GameKaty Perry in The Sims Players can download Perry's likeness and stage props.Click here to view this gallery.Any online gamer can own a piece of Katy Perry – or heck, even be her — with EA’s announcement that the “Teenage Dream” singer... Why SOPA Is DangerousI’m sure you’ve heard by now that SOPA is bad and would ruin the Internet, but have you actually read the bill? If not, it’s worth reading, for two reasons. First, if you are going to oppose a bill, you should know exactly what you’re opposing, not just the vague principl... Facebook Finally Beats Google’s Orkut … in BrazilFacebook, following a year of whirlwind growth, overtook Orkut as Brazil’s most-popular social network in December. Orkut is a social network that Google launched in 2004. Its popularity in Brazil, where 60% of Orkut’s users are based, led to it being hosted and managed by Google Bra... Apple to Introduce “GarageBand for E-Books” [RUMOR]Apple is scheduled to host an education-related event on January 19 – shrouded with a veil of mystery, as always. A new report from Ars Technica says the company is about to unveil a set of tools to create interactive e-books. Previous rumors said that Apple will show no new devices, and t... Apple to Introduce ‘GarageBand for Ebooks’ [RUMOR]Apple is scheduled to host an education-related event Jan. 19 — shrouded with a veil of mystery, as always. A new report from Ars Technica says the company is about to unveil a set of tools to create interactive ebooks. Previous rumors said Apple will show no new devices, and that the even... |