Facebook iPhone App gets Event Check-in and Other Updates [3]

With version 3.4, users can check into events [4], see the location of the event or place on a Google [5] Map, and can also now unfriend people. [Update: 4:39]

Libyan War Effects .ly Domains [6]

Letter.ly, the email newsletter subscription service, has lost its domain name after it was unable to renew its registration. While many, if not nearly all, .ly domains are safe [7], there are some unexpected risks, and more which may crop up in the ongoing war. [Update 3:00]

 

'Angry Birds Rio' Has 10 Million Downloads [8]

The value of a becoming a cultural meme has an official number for new products: 10 million. Angry Birds [9] jokes seem to everywhere in pop culture, and it's meant big bucks for the latest 'Rio' release of the popular mobile game series. Below is a clip of Tina Fey and Aaron Sorkin in '30 Rock' talking Angry Birds strategy.  [Update 3:00]

Obama Campaign Launches with New Facebook Presence [10]

The President's [11] new 2012 Campaign kicked off today with what may become deep Facebook [11] integration. For now, users can sign into Barackobama.com with their FB logins and are prompted to share the site with friends who haven't signed on yet. [Updated 12:05]

Center for Public Integrity to start Investigative Journalism Site [12]

The nonprofit journalism powerhouse will be armed with 37 writers and editors, including contributions from freelancers, and partner with other media giants, such as NPR [13] and ABC. Aiming to be profitable, the site will offer ad-based and subscription models. [Updated 12:05]

Clever and Sophisticated Commercial for Cell Phone [Updated 12:05]

AOL Forced to Hire New Engadget Editor After EIC Bails [14]

After Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky and the entire senior staff [15] left to start a competitor site, Engadget knighted automotive editor Tim Stevens as a replacement. The defections highlight growing disdain for the "AOL Way [16]," which includes quotas for page views and prioritizing search-engine driven content.

Google Hunts Enormous Patent Portfolio [17]

To ward off suit-happy tech firms [18], Google [5] has begun the process of buying the gigantic Nortel patent portfolio, which deters both the possibility of counter-suit and gives leverage to promote ideas into the open source community.

Turning Play Doh Into Science Education [19]

Inspiring TED talk about how to create project-based electronics education through circuits and Play Doh. 

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Sources: Mashable, Media Decoder, BBC, The New York Times, All Things D, TechCruch, Cnet

[Image: Flickr user Jason Persse [20]]