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Why You Shouldn’t Take Your Kindle Fire Out of Your Bag at TSA CheckpointsThe Kindle Fire (and Nook Tablet, for that matter) are perfect travel companions. They store your books, movies, music, and apps, and run on the plane’s WiFi so you could even browse the web at 30,000 feet. But a few users are reporting that their new Kindle Fires are being damaged after g... Spotify Hints at ‘New Direction’Just four months after music streaming service Spotify debuted in the U.S., it’s gearing up for a “new direction.” The company sent out an invitation on Monday for its first-ever U.S. press event on Nov. 30 in New York City, announcing that it has “exciting news” to share. The news come... Zynga’s CastleVille Storms Facebook With 5 Million Users in a WeekZynga‘s latest addition to the “-Ville” franchise, CastleVille, has had a solid opening. In just under a week, the game has garnered 5 million daily active users — meaning it’s growing faster than any other Zynga game did at this stage. Castleville crossed the 5 mill... Zynga’s CastleVille Storms Facebook With 5 Million Users Less Than a WeekZynga‘s latest addition to the “-Ville” franchise, CastleVille, has had a solid opening. In just under a week, the game has garnered 5 million daily active users — meaning it’s growing faster than any other Zynga game did at this stage. Castleville crossed the 5 mill... New Meme Alert: OWS’s ‘Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop’ [PICS]The web has given the meme treatment to the police officer who doused students with pepper spray at the University of California, Davis, during a local Occupy Wall Street protest. Over the weekend, a video showing the Nov. 18 incident enraged many viewers. Since then, the school’s faculty a... Why Can’t Newspapers Make Money Online?Why can’t newspapers seem to make any money online? That’s the question I asked myself the other day as I ran smack up against The Baltimore Sun’s paywall after having reached my 15 page per month (free) limit. I’m not a big reader of the Sun, but I was curious about what ... Amazon Reveals Its Black Friday Deals [VIDEO]Amazon has announced hundreds of deals for Black Friday on everything from flat screen TVs to jewelry. The ecommerce giant is also encouraging customers to use its Price Check app to compare prices they might be seeing advertised elsewhere, promising to meet or beat the competition. To... Former Apple Stores Chief: ‘No One Came to Genius Bars’ in Early YearsRon Johnson, the executive who helped create Apple Stores with Steve Jobs, says that the company’s Genius Bars were not a success initially and the company even used free bottles of Evian to get customers to visit. “No one came to the Genius Bar during the first years,” Johnson,... How to Spread Your Content Across Social Networks More Effectively [VIDEO]Michael Lazerow, founder and CEO of Buddy Media, begins his talk with a promise that letting your brand’s content run free on social networks will increase site traffic and revenues by 12.89%. If that statistic grabbed your attention, Lazerow is prepared to explain how. However, ... Study: Half of Facebook Users Post Political Messages [INFOGRAPHIC]Two-thirds (67%) of adult social media users in the U.S. voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race, although only a half (51%) would vote the same way if they knew what they know now. Market researcher Lab42 polled 500 social media users on all things politics. The findings, presented in ... |