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Can A Website Get That Annoying Song Out Of Your Head?

You might enjoy Katy Perry’s infectious pop melodies and in-your-face innuendo in a normal setting, but having to endure an entire day…

Gloss How-To: Use Apple’s “Ping” Social Network on iTunes

Steve Jobs’ bare neck wasn’t the only major unveiling at yesterday’s Apple media event. Revamped iPods, updates for iOS 4.1, an iTunes overhaul and the long-rumored…

Apple Keynote: New iPods, AppleTV, iTunes Social Network

UPDATED: Did you check out the live stream of Apple’s music and media event on apple.com? Right now, we’re all rocking (quietly) to a low-key solo performance by Chris…

Facebook’s 26-Year-Old CEO Named Most Influential Leader

Hail, Caesar! Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has taken the top spot in Vanity Fair‘s 16th annual list of the 100 most influential people of the Information Age. Apple…

Sound Off: Woman Tortured For 4 Days Over Facebook Message

Facebook has been cited as the reason why a California man allegedly bound and tortured his girlfriend for four days while their 3-year-old child was in…

Gloss Find: Antimicrobial ProTouch Keyboard Protectors by iSkin

The unidentifiable gunk trapped between your computer keys is probably reason enough to start using a keyboard cover but to protect against any unfortunate spillage that could cause…

6 Gmail Features That Will Rock Your Inbox

Themes and the “Galactic Inbox” online game aren’t the only ways to make Gmail more fun and exciting. Google is always experimenting with new, cool features to spice up…

UPDATED: Apple To Unveil iTV With Netflix-Watch LIVE 10AM PST!

At this morning’s exclusive music and media event, Apple is expected to announce a new Apple TV that will support Netflix streaming service,

Too Many E-mails? Try Priority Inbox for Gmail

Between e-mails from friends, colleagues, publicists and automated mailing lists, my Gmail inbox is never empty. Sifting through the hundreds of product pitches, updates from friends and sale…

New Foursquare Badge Rewards STD Checkups

You can “check in” to coffee houses, restaurants and bars, but what about STD testing clinics?

Letting friends and strangers know that you’ve just “checked in” at a health clinic for an…

Do This Now: Interactive Arcade Fire and Google Experiment

Take a thoroughly modern trip down memory lane with Arcade Fire’s “The Wilderness Downtown,” an unbelievable new interactive video created in conjunction with Google.

Set to the…

Facebook Places Boosts Foursquare to 3 Million Users

Location-based social network Foursquare saw its three millionth member signup over the weekend, less than two months after surpassing the two million mark in July, TechCrunch reports. Despite predictions that…

Book And Pay For Cab Rides From Your Phone With ‘Taxi Magic’

Beauty secrets, “Sex and the City” and the appeal of Del Taco weren’t the only topics of conversation during dinner Saturday night with…

Twitter To Play An Important Role In Tonight’s Emmy Show

Like emotional acceptance speeches, red carpet fashion, and the obligatory celebrity fawning, Twitter will also be playing an integral role in tonight’s live Emmy Awards broadcast.…

How Web Dependent Are We? Internet Addiction By the Numbers

Last year, Ben Alexander, a 19-year old college student obsessed with the online multiplayer game World of Warcraft, made headlines as the first client to…

Video Game is Required ‘Reading’ for New College Course

Video games as college course required “reading”? In addition to Aristotle’s “Politics,” Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” and the “Tao Te Ching,” freshman attending Wabash College will also be required to…

Gloss How-To: ‘Unsend’ Emails and Avoid Embarrassing E-Gaffes

“OMG, I cannot believe I just sent that.”

At one point, everyone sends an email that they regret almost immediately. Maybe you noticed a misspelling…

Apple To Announce New iPod, iTV at Sept. 1 Event?

This morning, Apple invited industry insiders to an exclusive event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts theater scheduled for Sept. 1, reports Wired.…

Gloss Find: Chat Pillows by Throwboy

OMG! Talk about a conversation starter! Express your übergeekiness in the form of fleece-y three letter emotions with these Chat Pillows by Throwboy.

Emblazoned with chat acronyms like ‘OMG,’ ‘WTF,’ ‘ttyl’ and ‘brb’ (click here if…

Gloss How-To: Make Phone Calls From Gmail

UPDATED: Telephone calls to your Inbox? Announced earlier today, Google is launching a Web-based feature that will allow users to place phone calls through their Gmail inboxes.

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Are You a Facebook Narcissist? Take the Quiz

You’re so vain, you probably think this article is about you…

Regularly updating your Facebook and Twitter may just be part of your daily routine but this overt online self-love…

New California Law Would Make “E-Personation” Illegal

Aimed to dissuade online fraudsters, the California legislature has passed a bill that makes it illegal to impersonate someone else online. Backed by state senator Joe Simitian, the bill hopes to…

Giveaway: Studded ‘Nunzia’ Laptop Bag from Shoebuy.com

Did you know Shoebuy.com sells way more than just shoes? …and I mean, way more. Do a quick search and you’ll find over 900 bags, sleeves and other stylish accessories for your…

Bank of America, Visa to Test Smartphone Payments in NY

Remember how we told you about the move by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless to displace credit cards with smartphones? Now Bank of America and

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Teachers Asked to Not “Friend” Students, Use Social Media With Care

A Florida school district has issued guidelines for social media-protocol to its teachers, urging them not to “friend” students and avoid communicating on Websites…