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eBay Launches Celebrity Auction House for CharityIt’s amazing what you can get a celebrity to do for charity. A crew of A-listers including Brad Pitt, Katy Perry, Troy Polamalu, Christina Aguilera and Jeff Bridges have signed on to eBay’s new Celebrity section to give away exclusives and share their shopping habits for charity. Cele... Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Denies on Facebook He Will ResignItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied reports — on Facebook — he would step down amid pressure from Italy’s intensifying debt crisis. “The rumors of my resignation are groundless,” he wrote on his Facebook wall Monday, after giving a similar statement to an... Emergency Alert System Gets First National Test WednesdayThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will run the first-ever Emergency Alert System (EAS) test for 30 seconds Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST, which will be used to inform Americans in the case of a national emergency. The test alert will resemble warnings previously issued for weather emergenc... Alien Invasion Not Imminent, White House SaysWell, perhaps not an invasion, but the White House has issued an official statement saying that there is no evidence that life exists outside of Earth. The statement came in response to two petitions on We The People, the White House’s experiment in crowdsourced petitioning and public opini... 4 Ways YouTube Has Changed BroadwayThe Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform of marketing software, including marketing automation tools. As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” Increasingly, that stage h... Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet: First Impressions [PICS]Barnes & Noble's Nook Demo A look at some of the games and apps available on the Nook Tablet. By the holidays, Barnes & Noble will offer thousands of high-quality Nook Apps from leading third-party developers and content providers that can be enjoyed on Nook Tablet... Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: This is War [PICS]Barnes & Noble's Nook Demo A look at some of the games and apps available on the Nook Tablet. By the holidays, Barnes & Noble will offer thousands of high-quality Nook Apps from leading third-party developers and content providers that can be enjoyed on Nook Tablet... Animal Issues Get More Social Love Than Disaster Relief [INFOGRAPHIC]Non-profits targeting wide-reaching issues have embraced social media, but they have not all found equal success. This infographic, created by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s non-profit craigconnects, examines the impact of Facebook and Twitter activity across seven types of causes — ... Google Direct Connect Hooks Search and Google+ Pages TogetherGoogle has rolled out a new feature called Direct Connect, which makes it dead simple for users to find and follow brands on Google+ via Google Search. Whenever a user wants to find a brand on Google+, all they have to do is type “+” in Google Search, followed by the brand or business ... What Will the Next 40 Years of Technology Bring? [CONTEST]This post is supported by Intel, Sponsors of Tomorrow™ and the world leader in silicon innovation, in celebration of the world’s first microprocessor: the Intel 4004. In the past 40 years, technology has drastically changed our daily lives. Back then, the Internet was barely in its infan... |