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We’re not even sure what category to file this story under. We’re utterly baffled by this one.
Earlier this year, the Crystal Palace Space Station went onto virtual auction in the Entropia Universe massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG). Entropia Universe is well known for its “real cash economy,” where $1 can buy you [...]

The year of 2009 is quickly coming to a close here in Designora’s home base of California. For many of our readers, you’re already enjoying 2010. The first 11 months have seen some wonderful posts from our various counterparts around the World Wide Web, and the 12th month of December 2009 is no. [...]
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Twitter has become the ultimate turncoat lately, functioning as a soldier for the police and drunken drivers alike.
We reported last week that inebriated drivers in Texas are to be outed on Twitter, and now cops report that the culprits themselves are using the microblogging site to inform others of the location of sobriety checkpoints. [...]
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The Oxford Dictionary may have chosen “unfriend” as word of the year, but what else was in our collective lexicon in 2009? A Words of the Year list commissioned by the Oxford University Press included a number of words from our familiar technosocial corner, according to the Telegraph. [...]
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This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: mySomeday
Quick Pitch: Goal achievement platform that combines planning tools and an instant community [...]

Salesforce applications are used by nearly 60,000 businesses. Those business run more than 100,000 Salesforce applications and those applications have over 1.5 million users. DZone recently conducted an exclusive interview with Al Falcione, the Senior Director of Marketing at Salesforce, to see what developers are now capable of building on the [...]

It may soon be easier for foreign startup entrepreneurs to set up shop in the United States thanks to immigration reform which would create a specialized startup visa program.
The proposed program would make more visas available to entrepreneurs who have at least $250,000 in funding from a U. [...]
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GPS-aware mobile devices have become commonplace, which means connecting the dots between what you’re doing and where you’re doing it is easier than ever.
In 2009, location-sharing applications finally emerged in user-friendly formats, altering the way we think about where we are and helping us understand more of the meaning behind the data in aggregate. [...]
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Web 2.0. A few years ago, it was the hottest buzzword around. It refers to the second generation of web apps following the Internet bubble that devastated not only Silicon Valley, but our economy in general.
Social Media. While its definition is not yet etched in stone, most believe it describes a new type [...]

Happy New Year!
While half the world still can’t quite say those words yet, we want to get you into the celebrating spirit. Last year, we provided eight great ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve online, including tweeting out the new year and watching videos of celebrations past. [...]
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