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Here’s a new tactic for Occupy Wall Street protesters to consider: dressing up as zombies for a mass performance of “Thriller”. That’s what thousands of members of Chile’s growing student protest movement did in June, gathering for a Michael Jackson-inspired flash mob ...

AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile isn’t dead yet, but the removal of the application by AT&T, and the FCC’s decision to release its report on the proposed merger could put it on life-support. As senior FCC officials put it, the agency found that “AT&T ha...

1. Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Earthquake and Tsunami This Mar. 15 New York Times interactive graphic compares satellite images of the damages of the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Click here to view this gallery.Facebook has released a list of t...

Elvis Costello really doesn’t want you to buy his reissued boxset of “The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook,” due out Dec. 6. This isn’t a marketing gimmick; Costello is genuinely advising fans to avoid buying his boxset because of its unfairly high pri...

The original founding documents of Apple Computer Company from 1976 are up for auction at Sotheby’s, for an estimated $100,000 to $150,000. The papers include two typed documents signed by “Stephen G. Wozniak”, “steven p. jobs”, together with amendments. The buyer ...

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been having one heck of a week. Rumors about the next-generation console and Kinect peripheral are building serious buzz, and the console experienced its best sales week ever over Thanksgiving with more than 960,000 sold. Now, Verizon is announcing Micros...

In what is fast becoming the most unusual acquisition attempt in recent years, AT&T is officially no longer asking the FCC for approval for a $39 billion deal that would have handed T-Mobile over to the nation’s largest wireless carrier. AT&T asked for the FCC’s permission ...

Gonzalo E. Mon is a partner in the Advertising Law practice at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Read more on Kelley Drye’s advertising blog, Ad Law Access, or keep up with the group on Facebook or Twitter. Social media has revolutionized the way companies run sweepstakes, contests and promotion...

Navigating the outdoor world has been made extra easy over the years thanks to GPS and services such as Google Maps, but finding your way throughout malls, buildings and airports hasn’t been optimal until now. Google introduced on Tuesday a feature included in its new Google Maps 6.0 f...

The new Mario Kart 7 ad looks like it’s probably CGI, right? It might look like it, but it’s not. The ad for the latest title to hit the Nintendo 3DS is bright, shiny, and fun, just like the game itself, but it’s made of real cars and real drivers, as evidenced by a new behind-the...