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Today’s Top Stories: Facebook Comments Box Goes Mobile, No Twitter for Olympics VolunteersWelcome 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 Comments Box Plugin Comes to Mobile Sites Facebook has launched its Comments... 10 Awesome Accessories Featuring the Vintage Apple Logo [RAINBOWS]1. Apple Logo iPhone Sticker This desirable decal also features the similarly classic "Think Different" slogan. Cost: $9.99Click here to view this gallery.From 1976 to 1998 Apple‘s logo was a technicolor, rainbow-hued apple with a bite out of it. Although App... Do You Want Social Media Comments Included in Your Searches? [POLL]Earlier this week, Google introduced a major change to its search called “Search plus Your World” that integrates Google+ comments into standard searches. The announcement raised hackles among competitors, namely Twitter, which charged that the integration of G+ data distorts natural ... FarmVille for Change: New York Times Columnist to Launch Social GameNew York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has been one of mainstream journalism’s most eager adopters of Internet tools. The Pulitzer Prize winner has a sterling reputation as a human rights reporter, and is a major proponent of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. In 2003, he became the Times... Fisker Karma Electric Supercar Struts Its Stuff at CES 2012 [PICS]LAS VEGAS — The Fisker Karma is an electric car on a nationwide tour, and one of its stops was at CES 2012. We got a chance to sit in it and experience all its luxury appointments, both interior and exterior. Easing our 6-foot+ frames down into the vehicle, we found it’s seriously lo... Facebook Comments Box Plugin Comes to Mobile SitesFacebook has launched Comments Box for mobile, making it easier for users to interact on the site when browsing on their mobile device. Installing the plugin is simple: if your website has the Comments Box plugin installed, the mobile variant will automatically appear on the mobile version of yo... Sh*t Nobody Says: Will This Video Stop the Viral Madness?Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Have you ever heard someone say “can I burn a copy of your Nickelback CD?” or “my Bazooka gum still has flavor!” We didn’t think so. The latest installment of the ̶... Reddit Announces Blackout to Protest SOPAReddit, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), will be shutting down normal operations on Jan. 18 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. During that window, visitors to the site will find a message about SOPA and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). There will also be links wh... Cut the Rope Hits the Web via Internet Explorer 9Popular mobile video game Cut the Rope is coming to the Web by way of Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft announced during its keynote at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show on Monday night that a desktop HTML5 version of the game is now available for free through Internet Explorer 9, thanks to a partner... Swivl Robotic Cameraman Keeps You Framed Up Wherever You RoamLAS VEGAS — Swivl is a personal robotic cameraman that’s smart enough to pan and tilt on its own, keeping whoever is holding its electronic marker in the frame. As you see in the video, you mount an iOS device such as an iPhone to Swivl, and when you begin recording, Swivl w... |