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Black Eyed Peas release revolutionary 360 degree music video app

Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has made a foray into the world of technology with will.i.apps, a digital media company.

Dolly Drive brings cloud storage to Apple’s Time Machine

Dolly Drive, the first ever cloud storage solution created specifically for Apple’s backup software Time Machine will be unveiled at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.

Line2 brings unlimited calling/texting to Android phones

Line2, a tri-mode VoIP/cell calling app, is now available for Android phones and tablets. Toktumi, Inc., the company that developed Line2, announced today that its SMS-enabled VoIP app can now be downloaded in the Android marketplace.

Amazon 50% off coupon on LivingSocial goes viral

If you're one of the millions of people who loves the deals that come from the likes of Groupon, TownHog and LivingSocial, this is a deal for you.

Adobe acquires Demdex, providing more contextual digital ads

Adobe has acquired Demdex, a privately held data management platform company.

UberTwitter app now available for iPhone

One of the more popular Twitter clients available on Blackberry phones, UberTwitter has just announced its arrival in the App store for iPhone users.

Firefox 4 Beta 9 available, ready for testing

The latest Firefox 4 Beta is out and ready for testing.

Next Giant Leap receives second round of funding from eSpace

Next Giant Leap (NGL) announced that it has received a second round of funding from eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship.

TargetSpot closes $8 Million in financing

TargetSpot, the largest digital audio advertising network, announced today it has closed $8 million in equity financing from: Union Square Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, CBS Radio and Milestone Venture Partners.

Concur acquires TripIt for $120 Million

Concur, a travel and expense management provider has snapped up TripIt, the popular mobile trip management provider.

Seagate introduces new collection of GoFlex external drives for Macs

Seagate has introduced a new collection of GoFlex for Mac external drives. The new collection is designed to make it easy for those who use Mac OS X and Time Machine to backup, shuttle, or share their digital content.

PHP Fog gets $1.8 million cash infusion

PHP Fog, a PHP-based Platform-as-a-Service (PHP PaaS) cloud computing platform today announced that is has secured $1.8 million in financing from Madrona Venture Group, First Round Capital and Founder’s Co-Op.

Verizon iPhone to be announced on Tuesday

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon will announce the iPhone on its network on Tuesday, January 11th.

Microsoft debuts new multitouch mouse for Windows 7

Today at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Microsoft unveiled the Touch Mouse, a new multitouch mouse designed for Windows 7.

Acer Aspire Predator AG3600 designed for gamers on a budget

Acer has built the Aspire Predator AG3600 with gamers in mind.

Dell unveils the Streak 7, new 7-inch tablet

Today at 2011 International CES, Dell and T-Mobile unveiled Dell's new 7-inch Android tablet, the Streak 7.

Fujitsu unveils ScanSnap S1100, ultra portable scanner

Fujitsu has introduced one of the world’s smallest document scanners, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100.

Comcast to offer 3000 hours of live TV streaming on tablets

Comcast has announced plans to enable in-home streaming for live and On Demand content this year on Apple’s iPad as well as Android powered tablets.

Amazon releasing Kindle apps for Android and Windows tablets

For over two years, Amazon has been introducing a wide selection of free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms.

Ziff Davis acquires tech deals site LogicBuy

Ziff Davis has acquired LogicBuy.com, a leading provider of tech deals and coupons.

BitTorrent grows to 100 million users

BitTorrent, Inc., the popular file sharing site, has grown to over 100 million worldwide monthly users of its two software products—the original BitTorrent Mainline, and µTorrent.

Dell to acquire InSite One, expanding its medical SaaS solution

Dell has announced its intent to acquire cloud-based medical archiving company InSite One, Inc.. InSite One helps customers reduce costs associated with long-term data storage and addresses the issues around lack of sharing images between doctors when diagnosing patients.

Zynga launches music partnership with Dr. Dre

Zynga has announced the company’s first in-game music partnership with Dr. Dre, allowing players around the world to watch the music video for his first single, "Kush", from the artist's highly anticipated new album Detox, within Mafia Wars.

Official PlayStation app for iPhone and Android coming soon

PlayStation has announced that an application for iPhone and Android will be coming soon.

Kindle update for Android lets users buy newspapers and magazines

Amazon has updated that Kindle for Android app. This is the first Kindle app to receive an update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines.

Kobo brings Instapaper to its eReading apps for iOS

Kobo, an eReading service built on an open platform, has announced that the latest version of its application now includes the integration of Instapaper across all its iOS apps.

Allow others access to your Gmail account with Gmail Delegation

Good news for Gmail users that use multiple email accounts. Gmail has just enabled "Gmail delegation" that allows users to share access to a Gmail account.

MTV launches Music Meter, a music discovery tool

MTV has launched Music Meter, a site aiming to provide new metrics to gauge which artists are truly capturing the imagination of fans right now.

VoiceDJ allows users to control their music library with their voice

VoiceDJ is an iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows users to control their mobile music library entirely with their voice.

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures launches today for the Mac

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a free-to-play online virtual world, is now available for Macintosh Platform users. Clone Wars Adventures is browser-based virtual world where fans can live out the thrills and animated TV series of the same name on Cartoon Network.

Salesforce to buy web-based platform Heroku for $212M cash

As Salesforce looks to expand its cloud computing offerings into both the mobile and social network arena, the company announced it will acquire Heroku, which hosts apps for Ruby on Rails developers.

Fundry.com offers crowdfunding for developers

Fundry.com, a crowdfunding platform for software developers, has been launched by web development company, Stateless Systems. Through Fundry.com, developers can raise money to help complete their work.

3M Debuts the Swiss army knife of mobile ID readers

3m mobile reader3M Security Systems has introduced the 3M MD6000 Mobile ID Reader, a lightweight handheld reader that comes with five data capture modes giving users the capability to validate multiple types of IDs while in the field.

Atari and Sony announce Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime video game

With the city quaking in fear and no help in sight, who ya gonna call? Atari is releasing the first ever Ghostbusters digital title, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime.