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Former MySpace CEO Mike Jones is heading back to the startup world with the launch of a new startup incubator, accelerator and studio. Science, based out of Santa Monica, Calif., is more like Betaworks and Bill Gross’s Idealab than it is Y Combinator or Techstars. Science focuses on three k...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today. Google Hosting Press Event in L.A. Google is hosting a press event for media...

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delivers more than purpose-built electric vehicles — it delivers smart mobility services. Visit bmw-i.com or follow @BMWi on Twitter. There are one billi...

Apple has yet to give a line on where it sees NFC in its future product and service roadmaps, but that doesn’t mean the company has ignored the issue of mobile payments, or decided to leave it entirely to third parties like Square to use its devices to enable the payments via other routes. ...

Picking the right holiday gift is always a challenge, but if the choice is between a tablet or a laptop, a new survey from PriceGrabber might make the decision easier. According to research conducted by the company, 79% of consumers would rather receive a tablet than a laptop this holid...

Amazon’s Kindle Fire may have started shipping early, but the reviews are already rolling in. So far, everyone seems in agreement that $199 for a tablet is a remarkable feat. However, some are a little more enthusiastic about the device and its features than others. Read on to see who ga...

Nerd New Year, the alternate name for 11/11/11, has come and gone. And just like the regular New Year, when Twitter records have been broken, it was a popular day to tweet. This video, created by Twitter’s in-house data visualization specialist Miguel Rios, puts a geographic spin on that fac...

The Gates Foundation’s non-profit education organization, Get Schooled, will partner with filmmakers Adam McKay and Jason Pollock on their new feature documentary about the dropout epidemic in America’s struggling school system. The documentary will use social media to connect the voi...

RIM has announced two new BlackBerry smartphones, both sporting BlackBerry OS 7 – the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. BlackBerry Bold 9790 offers a standard BlackBerry form factor, with a physical QWERTY keyboard and a 2.44-inch screen with a 360 x 480 pixel resolution. It also sports a 5-mega...

The current hot-button topic in gaming is the freemium business model. Employed in social games like FarmVille and Tap Zoo, freemium means offering access for free, but charging for in-game content (customization, gameplay advantages, etc.). The obvious benefit of this business model is the abil...