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What Does PayPal President Scott Thompson’s Departure Mean for eBay?When Scott Thompson starts his new job as Yahoo’s CEO Monday, he’ll leave his post as the head of eBay’s payment division, PayPal. An internal memo sent to PayPal employees suggests he has caught eBay off guard with his departure. In the memo, which was obtained by All Things D ... ‘Portlandia’ Gets a Second Screen With IFC SyncIFC is teaming up with ClipSync to provide a live second-screen experience to accompany the season two of the cult comedy, Portlandia. Dubbed IFC Sync, the platform will give users a social experience that takes place in real-time while the show airs on IFC. Users log in to ifc.com via Facebook a... Did Twitter Predict the Iowa Caucus Better Than Pundits?In the closest Iowa caucus the nation has ever witnessed, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney edged out former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by only 8 votes. That’s not 8% of votes, it’s just 8 actual votes. No pundit could have predicted such a neck-and-neck finish. But di... MIT Body Suit Makes You Feel Like You’re in Your 70s [VIDEO]America is getting older. U.S. Census data projects that the last of the Baby Boomers will turn 65 in 2029, making up 16% of the total population. And now a suit — called AGNES (Age Gain Now Empathy System) — created by researchers at MIT’s AgeLab, can simulate old age.... Skip the Research and Let Sortable.com Find the Product That’s Right for YouThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Sortable Quick Pitch: Sortable is a search engine that finds the right product or serv... Google Gets 200+ IBM Patents, Including One for a ‘Semantic Social Network’Google got a late Christmas gift in the form of 217 patents, acquired by way of IBM. While the patents cover a variety of topics, one in particular could give the search giant a new tool for its social network, Google+. The patents cover many different technologies, but they mainly deal with data... Samsung Announces Galaxy Ace Plus and Galaxy M StyleSamsung has announced Galaxy Ace Plus, an improved version of the original Galaxy Ace smartphone and another entry into the mid-range Android device arena. While the Galaxy Ace Plus looks almost identical to its predecessor, it packs far more powerful hardware: a 1 GHz processor, 2 GB of storage... Follow The Quadrantids Meteor Shower Online [LIVE VIDEO]If you’re a fan of stargazing, tonight’s your night. The Quadrantids meteor shower, potentially the best natural lightshow of the year, will be visible Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. If you live in the Eastern United States, viewing conditions should be ideal, if a bit fri... 10 Easy Customer Engagement Ideas for Small BusinessScott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a busines... Keep it Real: 8 Services to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions StickMaking resolutions is easy. Keeping them is the hard part. If you made promises to yourself on New Year’s Day, you may well have discovered (or rediscovered) that fact already. But as with so many tasks in modern life, there are now apps and online tools that can make those daunting promis... |