Considering Social Interaction: Even Techies Meet Face-to-Face

As virtual communications inch closer and closer toward simulating real-world everyday interactions, even techies, it seems, prefer meeting face-to-face. Gizmodo scooped a rare, public in-person meet.

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2 Reasons Why People Trust Facebook’s News More than Google’s

Within a week, online intelligence agency Hitwise reported two big wins for Facebook over Google: a full week of heavier traffic and a higher loyalty rate of news junkies who get their news through ei.

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New Frontiers: iPad e-Magazine Pricing

While magazine giants like Wired unroll plans to enter theĀ  iPad marketplace by summer, little has been said about the most pressing issue to most consumers: the pricing of e-magazines. Pricing iPad .

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Liberty vs Privacy: the US & EU’s Ideological Internet Collision

In 1863, Alexandre Dumas, famed French author of The Three Musketeers (and known for his love of women) , and Adah Isaacs Menken , a well-known Texan actress, posed for what then qualified as scandalo.

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Zeitgeist: Superman’s First Comic Sells Online for $1m

Action Comics No.1 (1938), the first appearance of Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Earlier this week Action Comics No. 1, which features the first appearance of Superman, sold onl.

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