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Facebook Beefs Up Its Mobile Arsenal With Karma, a Social Gifting App

John Paul Titlow — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:27:57 +0000

Facebook became a publicly traded company a few hours ago, but it's not wasting any time making new moves. The social networking giant acquired Karma, a mobile app for finding and sending gifts to o...

Microsoft reveals Windows 8 desktop UI changes, drops Aero Glass

Andrew Webster — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:05:27 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that it has made some big changes to its desktop UI for Windows 8, which includes moving away from Aero Glass — the UI first introduced with Vista. According to the company, this means visual changes t...

AniExplorer Adds Customizable Animations to Windows Explorer [Video]

Whitson Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Windows: AniExplorer enables hidden animations in the Windows Explorer interface, letting you customize your file manager and give it a little pizazz. More »

What you need to know about that $15 billion Facebook privacy case

Jeff John Roberts — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:53:39 +0000

Lawyers tried to ruin Mark Zuckerberg's big day with a sprawling lawsuit that portrays the Facebook founder as a rogue hacker, and accuses the company of tracking users on their computers and iPhones. We have a plain english Q&A.

GameStop To Sell SIM Cards

John Biggs — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:39:48 +0000

GameStop is hurting. Same store sales fell 5%-11% and revenue was down 17% to $2 billion. Profit fell to $72.5 million. Arguably, those are still huge numbers and presumably a new console refresh should push the company out of the doldrums. But what the company has just launched - a new MVNO called GameStop Mobile - is almost inexplicable. GameStop Mobile is, in short, an unlimited data and voice offering for $55 a month (down to $20 a month for pay-as-you-go plans.) Gamestop is just selling SIM cards and service and is running on AT&T's network with some notable dead spots.

Daily App Deals: Get Hurricane for iOS for $2.99 in Today’s App Deals [App Deals]

Dusty Wright — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »

Do not despair: Facebook revenue — and its share price — are just at the beginning

Jolie O'Dell — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:28:40 +0000

So, Facebook is now public, and it got off to the most unimaginable and inauspicious start, losing $4 between the NASDAQ’s opening and closing bells.

But don’t go jumping out any windows just yet.

There’s no question that the IPO …

Microsoft brings back ‘buy a PC, get free Xbox 360’ deal for students

Andru Edwards — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:08:11 +0000

Once again, Microsoft is going to be offering a free Xbox 360 for students who buy a qualifying PC. The computers start at $699, and when purchased at certain retailers, a 4 GB Xbox 360 will be thrown in gratis beginning on May 18. Up in Canada, students are welcome to the same deal, and the PCs start at $599. Participating retailers include Dell, Best Buy, Newegg (see our Newegg promo code thread,) Fry's Electronics, Staples, Future Shop, the Microsoft Store, and more. Wanna save even more cash? Wait to make the purchase until June 2, when the Windows 8 upgrade program is set to launch, allowing PC buyers to upgrade to Windows 8 for just $15.

And now, here’s Zuckerberg riding the Wall Street bull, impaling investors

Devindra Hardawar — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:24 +0000

Leave it up to Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese firm known for its wacky news videos, to create the only Facebook IPO wrap-up that’s actually worth watching.

Sure, this Facebook wrap-up features a dead-eyed Zuckerberg riding the Wall Street bull …

The Fastest Online Payment Processor? It’s Google

David Strom — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

If you are thinking about changing your online payment provider, you should take a moment to look at an interesting infographic from application performance management company New Relic. Turns ...