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Facebook Users Shared Their Songs 1.5 Billion Times in 6 Weeks [STATS]Music discovery services such as Spotify, Rdio, Mog, Slacker and Earbits are attracting significantly more users since Facebook‘s f8 Developers Conference. Now that music apps are on the Open Graph — and appear in the ticker — Facebook users have shared their listening activity ... Reddit Turns One-Word Actor into Viral Star [VIDEO]An actor with a bit part in at AT&T ad became a celebrity thanks to a Reddit thread on Monday that prompted the ad to become a viral hit. Nate Dern, a writer and performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and known for being a finalist on Beauty and the Geek in 2007, posted on Reddi... Umami for iPad: The Ultimate TV Companion Knows What You’re WatchingUmami is a new iPad app that aims to bring an enhanced, second-screen experience to broadcast and cable TV programming. Second screen apps are becoming standard fare for networks. Using audio fingerprinting technology, these apps can tell what you’re watching — and provide an updated,... Public Gets Passive Aggressive on White House’s Petition PlatformThere’s trouble in paradise on We The People, the White House’s experimental crowdsourced petition platform. A new petition has been started to directly address the government’s apparent disinterest and dismissive attitude toward popular petitions. We The People started earlier ... Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 Coming to T-Mobile on November 16The 4G variant of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 tablet will become available under T-Mobile’s wing on November 16, the company has announced. The 9.96 mm thin device has a 7-inch, 1024×600 pixel screen, a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 16 or 32 GB of storage space and a 3-meg... Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 Coming to T-Mobile on Nov. 16The 4G variant of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 tablet will become available under T-Mobile’s wing on Nov. 16, the company has announced. The 9.96 mm thin device has a 7-inch, 1024×600 pixel screen, a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 16 or 32 GB of storage space and a 3-megapix... Starbucks Holiday Cups Come to Life With Augmented Reality AppStarbucks is launching its first major augmented reality app this holiday season that will let customers animate their coffee cups with their smartphones. Starbucks Cup Magic launches for iPhone and Android devices in the U.S. next Monday. (In Canada, just the iPhone version will launch.) As demon... Google+ Brand Pages Are the “Wild West”– for NowFirst, the good news for marketers about Google+: It’s incredibly easy to set up a brand page there. Now, the bad news: It’s incredibly easy to set up a brand page there. Although there’s a verification system in place, I was able to create this fake Coca-Cola brand page in a fe... Yahoo, ABC Turn Eyes to Presidential RaceElections are top-of-mind for a lot of Americans rushing to vote on Election Day today. ABC and Yahoo News, though, are looking to the 2012 election with a day of live streaming exclusive interviews with GOP presidential candidates. The interviews, which can be found on ABC News’ homepage a... End the Office? Students Want Right to Work From Home [INFOGRAPHIC]Planning on hiring a hotshot kid straight out of college? Here’s a checklist for you: Make sure she can tweet or update Facebook while on the clock. Let her get work email on whatever device she wants. Allow her to work from home on her own schedule, even though she’s unlikely to really ... |