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WARNING: Invitations to Change the Color of Your Facebook Profile Are a Scam [VIDEO]The Facebook scam and spam du jour: Invitations to change the color of your profile. Clicking on these links, which ask you to share them with your friends before even changing any colors, will only spread the scam, says security blog Sophos. Check out the video above to learn more abou... LL Cool J Drops Track at CES to Promote His Music Social Network [PICS]Move over, Justin Timberlake. You’re not the only multi-talented musician with a social network to promote at this year’s CES. LL Cool J demoed Boomdizzle, the social network he founded in 2008 that encourages musicians to collaborate across the web with each other. He said his goal i... Apple Announces ‘Education’ Event for Next WeekApple has invited media outlets for a special event on Jan. 19 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The invitation mentions an announcement about education. The event begins at 10 a.m. ET. Mashable speculated earlier this month that the event would revolve around the publishing world. Pe... ‘Risk’ for Facebook Pits Cats Against Zombies Against Robots [REVIEW]Risk: Factions Risk makes its Facebook debut with Risk: Factions, a social update to the XBLA game of the same name.Click here to view this gallery.Everybody gather ’round Facebook, it’s time for board game night. Risk: Factions, a new Facebook game fro... How an Injured NFL Hopeful Made a Fortune on LinkedIn InsteadLewis Howes is a world record holder and former professional football player who got injured in his rookie season, lost everything and then used LinkedIn to become an Internet millionaire in 2 years. After hitting rock bottom and living on his sister’s couch for half a year, Howes... Can You Tweet Me Now? Verizon Gets GamifiedVerizon is joining the gamified millions by adding social login, rewards and other game mechanics to Verizon Insider, the company’s community hub and news site. Verizon Insider has been around for awhile, but Verizon decided to take the gamification plunge as a way to give its community a... Announcing a Live Chat With Klout Founder Joe FernandezAt 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) tomorrow, Jan. 12, streaming live exclusively on Mashable, Klout founder Joe Fernandez will be answering questions from readers. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s new program called YEC Global, Fernandez will be answering questions live via video chat broadcas... How Humans Copy Animals on Facebook and Twitter [VIDEO]Forget the Winklevoss twins. The next suit accusing Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the Facebook idea might just come from Flipper. A study by scientists in the United Kingdom says that human use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter mimics the ways animals including dolphins and... Shazam’s New App Wants to Be Your Music PlayerShazam, it seems, is no longer satisfied with identifying music. Now the startup wants to play it, too. A free iOS app the company launched Wednesday adds Shazam features to your phone’s music library. The most interesting feature, Shazam LyricPlay, provides lyrics to select songs and debut... Cellphone Users Like to Be Drunk [STUDY]If you’re trying to drink less booze in the New Year, you might want to put down your cellphone. A study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control shows that cellphone users are more likely to binge drink than other groups surveyed. The study points to the fact many people who us... |