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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge

32 min 42 sec ago
Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.

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Video Games: Curt Schilling, Former Red Sox Pitcher, Makes Video Games

1 hour 15 min ago
Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

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F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping

1 hour 20 min ago
The group known as Anonymous listened in on a call between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies.

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Digital Domain: On HealthTap, Advice for You and Points for Doctors

1 hour 51 min ago
On HealthTap, an interactive Web site, users can ask for medical advice, and doctors can gain whimsical “awards” for their answers.

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Slipstream: Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge Engagement

2 hours 20 min ago
More companies are turning to gamification — offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities — as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data.

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Disruptions: Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, 'Where's Our Cut?'

2 hours 25 min ago
Without the free content created by its 850 million users, Facebook would surely not be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.

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Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Staying on Message

2 hours 31 min ago
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s No. 2 executive, considers herself a role model for women. But her call isn’t simply about mentoring and empowering; it’s also a business strategy.

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Bits Blog: Start-Up Nicira Plans to Disrupt Networking Giants

3 hours 39 min ago
A small company called Nicira and a few other scrappy players are pursuing what is called software-defined networking.

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The Media Equation: At BuzzFeed, the Significant and the Silly

3 hours 41 min ago
The Web site is trying for pollination: providing the kind of content that will have visitors passing along links from one person to the next, that will in turn bring them around to BuzzFeed.

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Raw Data: Austrian Law Student Faces Down Facebook

5 hours 35 sec ago
Max Schrems's crusade against the information collected by the social network has become a cause célèbre in parts of Europe, looming over the company as it prepares to go public.

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A New Question of Internet Freedom

5 hours 6 min ago
European activists are hoping to stop the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which they say will erode Internet freedom and stifle innovation.

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In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur

5 hours 21 min ago
In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.

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Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research

6 hours 58 min ago
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.

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Opinion: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

Sun, 2012-02-05 12:16
Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.

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Gray Matter: Is GPS All in Our Heads?

Sat, 2012-02-04 22:27
Relying on GPS devices can erode our ability to develop mental maps.

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Strategies: I.P.O. Euphoria, Without Much Memory — Strategies

Sat, 2012-02-04 21:23
Amid the Wall Street excitement over Facebook’s planned initial public offering, it may be a good time to take a look at I.P.O. history.

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E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

Sat, 2012-02-04 04:11
Viviane Reding, the European Union justice commissioner, is pressing Google to halt changes to its privacy policies while the implications for personal data protection are being explored.

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Steve Appleton, Micron Technology C.E.O., Dies in Plane Crash

Sat, 2012-02-04 02:20
Steve Appleton, whose death was considered a major loss for the struggling company, was piloting the small craft in Boise, Idaho.

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Zuckerberg’s Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook

Sat, 2012-02-04 02:00
Mark Zuckerberg plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead of Facebook’s initial public offering, which will translate into a big tax benefit for the company.

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Gadgetwise Blog: App Smart Extra: Super Bowl Apps

Fri, 2012-02-03 19:12
Most football fans will be forced to spend at least part of the weekend away from televised Super Bowl coverage. For those not willing to endure that sort of pain, the N.F.L. this week released three apps to help.

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