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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 four particular stories of interest today. Social Media Plays … Continue reading →

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In a bit of linguistic synergy, Rebecca Black‘s so-bad-it’s-good YouTube hit “Friday” earlier this year, is being used in a Black Friday campaign for Kohl’s. Kohl’s appropriated the tune for an ad that features a 30-ish woman plowing through a … Continue reading →

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. When Katy Perry tweeted a TwitPic of the single artwork for “The One That Got Away” in September, her fans … Continue reading →

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. When Katy Perry tweeted a TwitPic of the single artwork for “The One That Got Away” in September, her fans … Continue reading →

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority told mobile carriers to begin blocking text messages Nov. 21 containing words from a list of more than 1,600 “obscene” terms. Though companies were instructed to start enforcing the ban, Newsweek Pakistan reported Monday that mobile … Continue reading →

Gerrit Hall is the CEO and co-founder of RezScore, a free web application that reads, analyzes and grades resumes instantly. Gerrit has successfully combined his passion for computer science and the careers space by helping job seekers write the best … Continue reading →

We’re constantly amazed by how the communication of news has changed over the past decade alone. A top NATO commander announced the end of the Libyan mission on Facebook, news of Osama Bin Laden’s death set a Twitter record, and … Continue reading →

Mark Zuckerberg’s alma mater is hedging its bets to find the next hot entrepreneur (and the next Facebook) with the opening of the Harvard Innovation Lab, an incubator designed for startup-hungry students on campus. The i-lab, as it is known … Continue reading →

About 97% of consumers used online media to shop local in 2010, according to a study by BIA/Kelsey and ConStat. Now, that wasn’t all food shopping of course, but the statistics show that giving money to local businesses is more … Continue reading →