LoveThis Launches Social Recommendation ‘Anti-App’ By Adding Facebook, Email Tips To The Mix

Feeling overloaded by social recommendation apps? Get ready for another one hitting the market, although this one says it will come with a twist: LoveThis, the social recommendation service that launched last year with $2 million in funding, today has launched an iOS app to let friends recommend across

What Crooks and Companies Learn When You Overshare on Facebook

You have your birthday listed on your Facebook profile, and at some point you got caught up in the local banking movement and decided to become a fan of your local credit union. In the friends list you have highlighted your family members, including your mother, whose profile is searchable under both

Kaz Hirai reveals ‘One Sony’ turnaround strategy, will cut 10,000 jobs

Freshly minted Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has revealed his plan to turn around Sony’s fortunes and as rumored, it includes significant cuts. There have been rumors it would cut as many as 10,000 jobs and slash bonuses, and the company has already revised its projections for the 2011 fiscal year to reflect a

Biegert & Funk bring the literal time to your wristwatch with QLOCKTWO W

It’s a common desire among everyday folk: we often say we’d like to read more, if only we had the time. While it’s unlikely to fill your noggin with the prose of Hemingway or the poetry of Whitman, a new wristwatch from Biegert & Funk promises to quench your thirst for words and literally provide you

Viadeo Raises $32M To Expand Its Professional Social Network In China, Russia And Beyond

Paris-based business social networking site Viadeo may have put a planned IPO into a holding pattern last year, but it is not having any trouble raising capital elsewhere as it forges ahead with its international expansion. Today, it has announced that it has picked up funding worth $32 million — one

LG Optimus 3D Max wages dual-core war in benchmark tests

A mere day has passed since we stumbled upon initial benchmarks for the Optimus 4X HD, and now, yet another LG smartphone has tossed its hat into the arena. In the Optimus 3D Max’s arsenal is a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, which is part of the TI OMAP 4430 SoC. Today, we pitted it against two dual-core contemporaries

How Digital Populism Is Reshaping the Body Politic

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Marketplace takes a look at how the iPad is made and who, exactly, builds it

The unique privilege of jumpsuiting up and prowling the Foxconn factory floor may be reserved for the likes of Tim Cook and Nightline’s Bill Weir, but thanks to American Public Media’s Marketplace, we can all take a peek at the iPad production line. The above video is part of Rob Schmitz’ ongoing look

Apple’s new Apple TV A5 chip is 41% smaller than previous A5

It has been newly revealed that the Apple A5 chip that appears in the newest version of the Apple TV set-top streaming box is actually based on a dual-core architecture. Not only that, it is also 41% smaller than the A5 chip found in other Apple devices. These are factors that would significantly lower

PhoneSoap Lets You Clean Your Phone While You Charge [VIDEO]

A new project called PhoneSoap is attempting to “start a clean phone revolution” with a device that both charges and simultaneously sanitize…