An online petition to protest the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, otherwise known as CISPA, has reached over three-quarters of a million signatures. As of this writing, the petition, launched on April 5 on Avaaz.org, has over 765,000 signature. The petition describes CISPA as a bill “that would give private companies and the U.S. [...]

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The Marine Corps has announced that it’s decided to discharge Sgt. Gary Stein, the Marine who criticized President Barack Obama on Facebook. Earlier this month, a military board recommended that Stein be dismissed from the Marine Corps for his disparaging comments about Obama on the world’s largest social network. The Corps said Sgt. Stein will [...]

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Here are your top business and financial news headlines for Tuesday, April 24, 2012: – Walmart continues to be investigated for bribing Mexican officials – Social Security predicted to run out of funds by 2033 – Fitch raises Ford’s rating from junk to investment – Almost 23 million shares of common stock in Facebook and [...]

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Important tip: If you’re going to siphon gas from a car A) make sure it isn’t a cop car and B) don’t upload a photo of yourself committing the act to Facebook. A Kentucky man has been arrested for siphoning gas from a police cruiser after posting a picture of himself in the act to [...]

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As fallout from the Secret Service scandal in Colombia continues, one of the former agents involved joked on Facebook that he had been “checking out” former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin while on assignment during the 2008 presidential campaign. David Chaney and Greg Stokes are the two Secret Service supervisors no longer with the agency [...]

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Here are your top tech news headlines from the past week: – eBook publishers get slapped with a lawsuit – Facebook buys Instagram – The PAL-V One flying car takes on the Terrafugia Transition – The Contour camera goes underwater – Exergamers stay in shape with Kinect – Audi designs custom sounds for its electric [...]

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This has to be the saddest cat in the world. Henri is the antithesis of Hello Kitty, a morose French feline who spends his time dissecting the absurdity of his daily grooming rituals and the despair of his lonely existence. Sure, he sometimes feels lively enough to update his Facebook page. “I suppose that’s my [...]

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So Facebook is buying Instagram. The world’s largest social networking is purchasing the world’s fastest-growing photo sharing service for $1 billion. What does it mean?  Yes, some users are ready to revolt, but there’s much more going on here behind the scenes. Check out the animated graphic below, as we break it down for you… [...]

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Here are your top tech news headlines for Wednesday, April 11, 2012: – Facebook announced it will buy the photo-sharing app Instagram for 1 billion dollars – Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile are teaming up with the U.S. FCC to combat phone theft – Sony expects its net loss to be more than double what [...]

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Pinterest made waves last December when it became a top ten social network. Now, an Experian report has bumped it up to number three. The social network site lets users “pin” images they find on the web to their virtual pinboards and the faster users continue to consume, create, and share the faster Pinterest will [...]

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He may be on the run from the law, but that’s not stopping Travis Nicolaysen from updating Facebook every now and then. The fugitive recently updated his status, telling friends that, aside from being wanted by the police, he is doing fine, thank you very much. A concerned friend posted on his Facebook profile: “Cops [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, April 10, 2012: – Grand jury won’t get Trayvon Martin case – Multi-million dollar bond for Tulsa suspects – Syria fires into Turkey – Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion Mobile users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KmvPOJQ008 Related articles Breaking: Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion(blippitt.com)

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