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Cyber Monday: from promotional myth to e-retail madness

Cyber Monday hits its stride this year, with big numbers and emerging trends to prove it.
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Flavors.me evolves from personal landing page and shows off its social aspirations

What do you do when your growing user base is pouring valuable Web content into your site? Make a social feed of course. Flavors.me is doing just that and much more with a big refresh that hits the site today.

Early Cyber Monday stats indicate record year

After the holiday weekend boasted big numbers for online shopping, the dedicated e-commerce day is already shaping up to be the biggest yet.
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Gift your unused Groupons with Presentify.me

Add a little formality to daily deal gifts, which can otherwise fall remarkably flat.
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How to use social media and save on Small Business Saturday

If you want to participate in the kickoff of the holiday shopping season without feeling too much like a market-driven drone, check Small Business Saturday with the help of these social networking tools.
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Fuijfilm’s mirrorless camera will sport groundbreaking sensor technology

Fujifilm's rumored latest MFT camera may be packing more than meets the eye thanks to a new organic CMOS sensor.
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First look: the Nikon D800 leaks

Nikon's preparing a new DSLR, the D800, and now images have surfaced showing it off in all its boxy glory.

Browse Facebook Timelines from your iPad with this StumbleUpon-like app

The brains behind MyPad have introduced a sleek new way to peruse Facebook's Timeline feature.
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Facebook’s four degrees of separation

Six degrees of separation with who? Facebook reveals that its members can be connected by 4.74 people.

Spotify is heading in a new direction starting November 30

Next week Spotify will unveil some new updates for the music service. Let the speculation begin.
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Olympus Pen E-PL3 Review

Review: Olympus continues to package high-quality stills and user-friendly features into its PEN series with the seriously slimmed down E-PL3.
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This week in apps: Thanksgiving edition

Given the looming date, we've taken inventory of a handful of apps that will help you prep and plan for Thanksgiving festivities.
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Facebook reveals how and what it tracks

Facebook offers a rare glimpse into its user tracking and management system.
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WSJ: Kodak is trying to sell its online photo gallery business

Next up on the Kodak auction floor: Its online photo gallery business.

Why Facebook’s Timeline is taking so long

After attracting quite a bit of attention earlier this year, Facebook's been all quiet on the Timeline front. So where is the next evolution of your profile?
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The L Train Notwork: Invading the last disconnected space in New York

A social art experiment called the L Train Notwork is connecting New York's L Train commuters with simple technology and big ideas.
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Google Music is open for business

Introducing the latest product from Google, it's online music streaming, storage, and now purchasing application.
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From the makers of Siri comes Trap.it, a new take on the search engine

Search is almost as old as the Internet, and the brains behind Apple's virtual assistant want to give it new life in the form of Trap.it.
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Leaked images of Fujifilm’s new mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera

Fuijfilm's LX shows off a mirrorless, interchangeable lens body but is purported to have a full-frame sensor.
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LivingSocial pairs real-time discounts with room service and delivery options

Now you won't even have to leave your home to enjoy the benefits of location-meets-e-commerce application LivingSocial.
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Is Klout losing its clout?

Klout has been making a reputation for itself as the reputation maker of social networking. Now its authority is being questioned and its privacy practices given the third degree.
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Facebook’s ‘hidden’ spam folder

If you thought your Facebook Messages inbox was full before, just wait until you find out where the rest of it is.
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Google hits us with yet another YouTube redesign

A new makeover that integrates Google+ has been spotted and is likely to hit YouTube in the future.
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The new face of e-commerce: Selling you what you didn’t know you wanted

Social shopping applications are going to change the way we buy online, and with the help of tools like Facebook's Open Graph and our dependence on digital discovery, the outlook is good.
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Google Music screenshots leak ahead of release

It looks like Google is inching closer to releasing its music service and might even have full record label support. Here's your first look at the application.

Google invitations go out: Music store in our midst? [UPDATE: Google has not reached agreements with Sony and Warner]

Next week Google is primed to make what looks to be a music-related announcement. Fingers crossed, we'll finally have an MP3 store that syncs with Music Beta and Google+.
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Spec showdown: Red Scarlet-X versus Canon C300

We're giving these just-announced, high-end movie-making machines the versus treatment. Can Canon's new innovation, the C300, stand up to legacy film name Red and its Scarlet-X?
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This week in apps

Check out our favorite iOS, Android, and Web-based apps of the week.

Adobe delivers a blow to Google TV by pulling Flash [UPDATE: Adobe responds]

Smartphones and tablets are the only devices affected by Adobe's decision to cut Flash for mobile: It includes connected TVs as well.
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Opinion: Twitter’s Activity stream is everything real-time sharing isn’t

Twitter's new Activity stream is a Facebook-like move that deviates from the site's real-time foundation. Is Twitter straying too far from its roots?

Amazon gets Siri-ous about mobile, acquires voice technology application Yap

Amazon quietly bought Yap, a voice-to-text company that it could transition into big things for its tablet ecosystem.
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Why and how education needs to evolve

In an age where information is at our fingertips and student loans are threatening to topple our unstable economic state, isn't it time the higher education system found a way to adapt?

China Telecom to make stateside debut in 2012

China Telecom plans to target Chinese tourists and travelers with a new wireless service. But that might only be the beginning of the provider's plans for a U.S. expansion.

The FCC partners with private companies to bring affordable Internet to low income families

A new attempt to connect the country will gift low-income families with inexpensive Internet and new PCs.