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Facebook’s Next Big Announcement? Probably a Change of Address

Facebook sends out a mysterious press invitation (cue speculation!), but we predict the company won't be announcing any new products. READ»

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Did Google Pay $182 Million for a New VP?

Days after Google bought social app developer Slide, its CEO steps into the search giant's top engineering role. READ»

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Cloud-Based Music Streaming Service mSpot Latest Name in a Crowded Market

As the tech giants are ramping up their cloud-based music streaming services--HP last week bought Melodeo, Apple has Lala (although as yet there is no clue as to what they're going to do with it) and both Microsoft and Google have ...READ»

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Booyah $20 Million in the Black, Friended by Accel's Jim Breyer

Booyah, the location-based game firm that's big on virtual goods, is earning real-time fans--and backers. The Palo Alto startup, led by Keith Lee, has amassed a not-to-be-sniffed-at $20 million from Accel Partners, whose Jim Breyer ...READ»

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Three Game Changing Tools That Will Transform Education

I'm blessed with the opportunity to send my children to a private school that uses both the community and many of the creative and technological tools possible to educate. There is no resource they are not afraid to use and I love ...READ»

Greenpeace Uses Design to Instigate Corporate Change. Will It Work?

Earlier today, Greenpeace activists stuck it to the man by painting the words "Hazardous Products" in non-toxic children's finger paint across an 11,500-square-foot swath on top of HP's global headquarters in Palo Alto, California. ...READ»

Hara Software Helps Large Organizations Make Small Footprints

The 25-person start-up Hara Software, which came out of stealth mode yesterday after 18 months, is a hot commodity. Their software can track not only the carbon footprint for a large corporation, but monitor a business' entire ...READ»