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Origami stroller charges iPhone, has headlights but no airbags

4moms Origami stroller allows parents to charge their cellphones while pushing a baby among other unexpected features.

Start-up spotlight: Capsule aims to be group events' one-stop app

Capsule, a tech start-up in Manhattan Beach, wants to transform the way people experience group events.

Facebook wants Paul Ceglia to pay more than $84,000 in attorney fees

Facebook's lawyers are asking a judge to order Paul Ceglia to foot the bill for more than $84,000 in fees. Ceglia, the New York man who claims he's entitled to half of Mark Zuckerberg's multibillion-dollar stake in Facebook, was fined...

If you publish with iBooks Author, does Apple 'own' you?

iBooks Author:One day after Apple released iBooks Author, some bloggers are expressing concern over an End User Licensing Agreement.

Advertising spending online expected to surpass print this year

Online advertising spending is expected to surpass print ad spending this year, a report says.

'I'm, like, Sheryl Sandberg,' Facebook exec tells Valley Girl

Never thought I'd hear Facebook's chief operating officer say: "I'm, like, Sheryl Sandberg." But that's what you get (and then some) from this entertaining interview with Jesse Draper, host of the Web's "The Valley Girl Show" (profiled last year by...

VW's Super Bowl teaser video 'The Bark Side' goes viral

A Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial teaser, "The Bark Side," features dogs dressed as Star Wars characters barking out the "Imperial March" theme song associated with the evil Darth Vader. It has generated more than 3 million views on YouTube since Wednesday night

SOPA sent back to the drawing board in wake of Internet protests

The SOPA online piracy bill that helped spark this week's unprecedented Internet protests will be redrafted, its lead sponsor said Friday. The move came not long after the Senate postponed a key vote on the companion PIPA bill scheduled for next week.

PIPA anti-piracy bill vote postponed in Senate

Next week's scheduled vote on the PIPA anti-piracy bill has been postponed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, handing a major victory to Internet companies who launched online protests to battle the legislation and its House companion. known as SOPA.

MegaUpload was a 'mega conspiracy,' Justice Department alleges

MegaUpload, one of the world's largest file-sharing websites, was shut down Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused it of violating piracy and copyright laws. The Justice Department alleged that MegaUpload was a "mega...Show More Summary

Google shares plunge after earnings miss

Google reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that missed analyst expectations. Google shares plunged in after-hours trading.

Apple's iBooks 2, iBooks Author: Bids to own publishing's future

Apple's new iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U apps are moves to capture the future of education and self-publishing. The apps are also a move to continue to build on the success Apple had under the late Steve Jobs.

Wikipedia: SOPA protest led 8 million to look up reps in Congress

SOPA blackout: Wikipedia reports 162 million people saw its blackout page, 8 million looked up their congressional reps.

SOPA and PIPA opponents warn the bills are not dead yet

A day after a widespread Internet blackout, key opponents of SOPA and PIPA warned Thursday that the controversial online piracy bills are not dead yet and called for lawmakers to slow down and start over.

Apple says iBooks 2 app reinvents textbooks

Apple promised to reinvent the textbook and offer a new experience for students and teachers by way of an update to its iBooks app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch on Thursday.

Bloggers in China sound off on SOPA blackout

Watching from China, where web censorship is practically a national hallmark, some can’t help but smirk and crack jokes about the controversy raging over Internet freedom in the U.S. “Now the U.S. government is copying us and starting to build...

Facebook encourages users to share more by adding new apps

Facebook wants its more than 800 million users to share everything they do with their friends on Facebook and off of it. And the "like" button -- which has become a universal means of expression on the Web -- isn't...

AT&T's new pricing: more data for more money

AT&T is raising the prices and the allotments of its data plans for smartphones and tablets -- more money and more data for new customers. If you already have AT&T service, you're contract and bill will go unaffected -- the new plans won't rollout until Sunday, Jan. 22, the Dallas-based company said on Wednesday.

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