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The Web’s Most Buzzworthy Questions of 2011Whether it opens the doors of knowledge or turns us into lazy researchers, the web can instantly gratify most inquiries. So when we wondered which questions weighed heaviest on the minds of Internet users this year, we naturally turned to the same Q&A sites that they did. We asked Formsprin... Online Odd Jobs: How Startups Let You Fund YourselfGraduate student Liz Langer has recovered a stranger’s Mercedes keys from a sewer using a fishing pole and magnet. She’s assembled a Festivus pole for a holiday party she didn’t attend, and delivered coffee to an office building she never worked in — all in the name of bee... How Mobile Games Are Sports Stars’ Newest Marketing ChannelHeads Up with Cristiano Ronaldo — a mobile game featuring the Portuguese soccer star — has already been a hit for parent company RockLive after less than a month in the iTunes App Store. Users have spent more than 225 million minutes playing the game since its launch on Dec. 4, accor... Google Activates 3.7 Million Android Devices on Christmas Weekend [VIDEO]As previously noted, this Christmas was a big one for the smartphone category. While Flurry Analytics found that 6.8 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day, though, the company declined to outline how much share each platform got. But now Google svp Andy Rubin h... Google’s New ‘YouTube Slam’ Creates Video DuelsGoogle has officially unveiled YouTube Slam, an interactive video-discovery tool that randomly spits out two videos at time for one-on-one battles. Public voting determines the winners. YouTube Slam is designed to get users to stumble upon content they might not otherwise see while surfing the si... Windows Phone Marketplace Passes 50,000 AppsIt seems like only yesterday that the Windows Phone Marketplace hit 40,000 apps — actually, it was Nov. 17 — and now Microsoft’s mobile app store has just passed 50,000, according to All About Windows Phone. Microsoft currently gives an official count of “more tha... Infinity Blade 2 Teases Big Update to Make App Go SocialThe makers behind the popular Infinity Blade 2 app — which shot to the top of the iTunes download charts earlier this month — are working on an update to make the game more social. Donald Mustard, the lead designer of Infinity Blade 2 ($6.99), is teasing an app update that includes ... Man Uses Google+ Game to Propose to Girlfriend [VIDEO]In what may be the first marriage proposal on Google+, a man asked his girlfriend to marry him on the network via the game Crime City. On the other hand, it could be just a clever marketing stunt. According to Funzio, the company behind the game, it went down like this: A player named Mi... Klout CEO Reveals How to Leverage Score for Fame, Fortune, PerksKlout is a hot-button issue in the social networking world, and it’s a touchy subject for many. The two-year-old company— which provides social media analytics to measure a user’s influence across social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn – is no stranger to criticis... Occupy Facebook: Social Network for Protesters in the WorksOccupy Wall Street activists are developing a social network called The Global Square for the generation of protesters. “We don’t want to trust Facebook with private messages among activists,” developer Ed Knutson told Wired. Knutson is helping build the network, which will unite members of... |