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• Startup Life: Risking It All to Change Direction [VIDEO]

  In the last episode of TechStars, we saw why some startups need to change direction to find success. In this episode, we’ll watch as a pair of teams actually pivot toward new concepts and deal with the cha...

• Apple Wins iPhone5.com Domain

  Apple has won the domain iPhone5.com after filing a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over it. While it doesn’t necessarily mean the next iPhone will be called “iPhone 5,”...

• Netflix Sees Swarm of Returning Users [VIDEO]

  Netflix seems to be recovering from the worst blunder in its 15-year history. Many customers who left the online movie hub after last year’s price hike — an epic fail — are returning. In July 2011, the ...

• How Social Media Can Help You Score Your Next Internship [INFOGRAPHIC]

  More than one-third of employers use social media to research job and internship candidates before they interview — and that number’s only going up. Employers plan to hire 8.5% more interns in 2012, meaning...

• What Twitter’s ‘Do Not Track’ Feature Will Mean For You

  Twitter announced Thursday it will take part in “Do Not Track,” a cookie-blocking feature found in Mozilla’s Firefox browser that’s promoted by the Federal Trade Commission. What does that mean for you,...

• In Facebook’s First Article, Zuckerberg Admits ‘Friendster Was a Model’

  How many articles have been written about Facebook in its eight-year history? Impossible to tell — by the time you came up with an estimate, no doubt, another dozen would have been added to the list. It is, ...

• NFL Prospect Ignites Controversy With Concussion Tweet

  Former Ohio State linebacker Andrew Sweat has a real shot at the NFL, if he wants it. But Sweat won’t risk head trauma by living out the dream of millions of kids across America — and he used Twitter to con...

• Nearly All Rumors Agree: New iPhone Will Have a 4-Inch Screen

  After yesterday’s report that Apple has been ordering 4-inch screens (or larger) for its next generation iPhone, Reuters chips in today Saying the same thing. Citing sources familiar with the situation, Reut...

• Google’s Knowledge Graph and Two Other Stories You Need to Know

  Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories...

• Create and Text Original GIFs With MyFaceWhen iPhone App

  What’s funnier than a video message, more advanced than a photo message and almost as easy to create as a regular text? An original animated GIF message, of course! Meet the MyFaceWhen iPhone app, a $0.99 (b...

• Is Total Gadget Immersion Good or Bad for Kids? [INFOGRAPHIC]

  Gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more and more embedded in kids’ lives. From middle schoolers with smartphones to babies who are comfortable with an iPad but can’t work a magazine, many children today ...

• Couple Dead After Bad Cellphone Connection Foils Chance of Rescue [VIDEO]

  A couple whose car fell down an embankment in the Catskill Mountains tried to make rescue calls on their cellphone but shoddy reception prevented help from reaching them in time. Arthur and Madeleine Morris�...

• Create a Designer Room With New Site ‘Project Decor’

  The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name:...

• Fab.com Shares What Facebook Friends Are Buying

  Ecommerce shop Fab.com is an industry game changer, deeply integrating social media into its unique way of selling tech gadgets, tailored dresses, innovative kitchenware and extraordinary home decor. Fab.co...

• Pinterest Raising $120 Million to Fund International Expansion [REPORT]

  Pinterest is raising $120 million in a funding round expected to be announced Thursday or Friday morning, according to multiple sources. The investment, Pinterest’s third, places the two-year-old social bookm...

• Here’s How Bad Android’s Fragmentation Problem Is [GRAPHIC]

  When Google first launched Android, the open-source operating system came with the promise that it could power almost any device. That’s created a proverbial cornucopia of mobile devices that consumers have ...

• Lawmakers Want High-Tech Foreigners to Stay in the U.S.

  Top American universities attract some of the planet’s brightest minds to pursue graduate and doctorate degrees in the U.S. But thousands of those best and brightest head for the exits almost immediately afte...

• Twitter: Here’s How to Hide Your Tweets from Google

  Want to keep your tweets among your tweeps and hidden from any old Google searcher? Twitter has some tips for you. The microblogging company’s @Support account on Wednesday tweeted out a link to a help center...

• 11 Top Celebs to Follow on Viddy

  Viddy, the social video editing and sharing app du jour, isn’t just racking up millions of ordinary users, but a whole host of celebrity participants, too, including Justin Bieber. Swoon. From sports stars to...

• Wireless Rechargeable Retinal Implants Could Help Restore Sight [VIDEO]

  Researchers at Stanford University are designing a new device that could help people with degenerative eye diseases restore their vision — by implanting a photovoltaic silicon chip beneath their retinas. Wit...