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February 2012

Facebook gives advertisers redesigned ‘Timeline’ pages

It’s about Timeline.

Pew study: Is the Internet ruining or improving today’s youth?

Teenagers today are growing up in an unprecedented environment of hyper-inter-connectivity. According to recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project, 95% of teens 12 to 17 are online, 76% use social networking sites and 77% have cellphones.

Start-up spotlight: Gifting on the go with Karma

There are lots of online tools to help you send someone a virtual gift. But San Francisco start-up Karma knows you’d rather get the real thing.

Twitter brings ‘Promoted Tweets’ to iPhone, Android

Twitter is rolling out more ads to iPhone and Android devices as it looks to squeeze more money out of the popular social media site.

Best Buy drops iPad 2 by $50 ahead of expected iPad 3 launch

Best Buy has cut $50 off Apple’s iPad 2 ahead of what many expect will be the launch of the iPad 3 as early as March 7 .

Dropbox buys Cove, start-up run by former Facebook engineers

Dropbox has made its first acquisition, landing Cove, a start-up from two of Facebook’s first engineers.

Motorola Droid 4 review [Video]

Smartphones that combine touch screens with full, slide-out keyboards beneath the display are a dying breed. And although the shrinking segment isn’t dead yet, a trip into just about any carrier’s retail stores can show that fewer phones with such keyboards are being made and bought. Motorola’s new Droid 4 will do little to change [...]

LCD price-fixing settlement sets up $500-million consumer fund

If you lived in California between 1999 and 2006 and purchased an electronic device with an LCD panel — such as a computer monitor, laptop or all-in-one PC — you may be eligible as a claimant on a $500-million price-fixing settlement between hardware makers and California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris’ office.

Proview sues Apple in U.S. for alleged fraud in iPad trademark riff

The iPad trademark battle between Apple and Proview Technologies has jumped from China to the U.S. as a new lawsuit accuses Apple of committing fraud in 2009.

Acer Liquid Glow, on Ice Cream Sandwich, announced

Acer’s Liquid Glow smartphone, announced Friday, is bringing Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and a bit of an odd name to market this summer.