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Klout's CEO Joe Fernandez: Balance Science With Intuition

Klout team members are in talks with major news labels and media companies to use Klout scores as a way of spreading brand messaging and information, says CEO Joe Fernandez.READ»

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Numerology: The Price Of Piracy

With Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hitting theaters May 20th, it seems our obsession with pirates just won't end -- though for many of us, sailing the seas of digital piracy is about as close as we'll get to an eye-patch-and-parrot lifestyle.READ»

Google Amps Up 3-D Digital London to Delight Royal Wedding Watchers

Google's taken another step toward the Matrix, wrapped in white ribbons for the Royal Wedding, in a tricked out map of London with super-real 3-D representations of buildings and parks along the procession route.READ»

Meet the Matrix, er, Elephant Trunk-Inspired Arm of Your Future Robot Overlord

Meet Festo, a prototype robotic arm that takes its design inspiration from the way an elephant's trunk moves every which way thanks to its series of highly flexible muscle segments. Clever? Yes. On the way to real robots? Probably. ...READ»

The Ego That Binds

A growing group of business gurus are making tangible the link between being good and corporate success. READ»

Toyota "Terrorizes" Consumers With Creepy E-mail Campaign, Faces Lawsuit

If you thought someone was stalking you, wouldn't you want to buy a Toyota Matrix? A bizarre "terror marketing campaign" for the vehicle, produced by Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles and creative studio Mekanism, harassed consumers ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: Bailout Matrices

One year after the financial crash, CNN examines the bailout statistics with two handy visualizations.READ»