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Nokia has announced an official launch date and pricing for its Symbian^3 smartphone, the Nokia N8. The device will be available at the Nokia Online Shop “during the last week of September,” and it will appear in UK’s physical stores…

Amie Street, the online music community and store Amazon invested in back in August 2007, has now been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Starting with September 22 this year, all AmieStreet.com pages will be forwarded to Amazon.com.…

Oxfam America has hit the web today to promote its Hunger Banquet program, which teaches citizens about poverty and hunger and how they can help those in need.

The first proxy of the Hunger Banquet — the Fast for a…

If you’ve ever wanted to challenge the “Numa Numa” guy to a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit, you’re in luck! YouTube and Hasbro have partnered to create an interactive game called Trivial Pursuit You vs. YouTube that will live…

As news consumption shifts to the personalized social news stream, the platforms we use to consume the news are also changing.

With its media-friendly design, the iPad is the first mobile device to create an environment perfect…

Ever wonder about the veracity of popular blog-to-book, Stuff White People Like? Well, online dating service OKCupid recently undertook the task of gauging the tastes of its user base, dividing it solely by stated race.

According to the dating…

The day has finally arrived; Google is set to make several major announcements related to making Google’s search engine faster and more dynamic.

Google has been hinting about today’s big announcements for days now, primarily through some interesting…

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Attention all indie bands who are hot to get on Ping: Your golden ticket to Apple’s new music social network is on its way.

We spoke with Jeff Price, founder of music distributor TuneCore (which hosts…

As more and more software development focuses on smartphones, a new industry is building up to help developers create and rapidly deploy mobile applications.

One of the companies that is making big waves in the cross-platform mobile development game is…

Google just launched Google Instant, a speedy new search offering that lets users search as they type. With Google Instant, the search engine technology is capable of predicting a user’s search query — in gray text — before he…

Google Instant Search gives you real-time results as you type and predicts your queries. That is, unless you’re searching for naughty things.

Earlier today, Google launched Instant Search to its U.S. users, with an international rollout to come later this…

OnStar will soon offer a service that reads both Facebook and text messages to subscribers, according to an undisclosed source. Drivers will be able to respond with pre-canned messages, allowing them to keep their eyes on the road and hands…

Sometime this fall, you can expect Google Instant Search to appear on your mobile phone.

Earlier today, the search giant released Google Instant to the masses. The dramatic change to Google’s iconic search engine delivers real-time search results as…

Television’s top humorists are always looking for new cultural elements to satirize, and two of the most popular subjects over the past year have been gadgets or social media — or both, as they’re increasingly intertwined.

If you flip through…

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