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These days, it takes nearly a half-dozen apps to keep up with all our fragmented social networks. But a new app out today called Banjo aims to solve those disconnections by integrating all your social networks into one streamlined service. We shoot out quick updates to friends on Facebook.

Apple naysayers love to point out the growing presence of Android-powered smartphones. Apple fans counter with a reminder that no one Android phone outsells the iPhone.

According to the old saying, you learn more from a failure than a success. Well, if that’s the case, the consumer electronics industry ought to have a master’s degree by now

Photographs by Benjamin Lowy On tour with former singer-songwriter Nathan Hubbard and his showstopper of a plan to rescue Ticketmaster's business -- and, for an encore, its dreadful reputation. The Ticketmaster Turnaround Tour rolls into New York ready to rock

The pen and paper are losing their dominance in boardrooms across North America. Instead, workers are meeting with iPads in tow. While the laptop is often considered to be an intrusive device on the table, since the mere opening of the screen partially blocks its owner, Apple's slick tablet is a much more welcome face

J.K. Rowling has segments of the Interwebs alive with intrigue over the new site Pottermore.com , and this content-enhanced YouTube page, which goes far and above your usual smart ad. We'll find out Wednesday morning what it's all about

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--updated all day. Celebs Crowdsource With Talenthouse Legendary comic creator Stan Lee is looking for a new superhero; rapper the Game is scouting for a new verse--and anyone with an idea and an Internet connection could have the next big thing. Talenthouse has developed quite a cast of celebrity users scouring user-generated ideas to help break their creative blocks and create new stars in the process

With bandwidth-heavy streaming apps such as Netflix, HBO Go, and Pandora out on the market, users are consuming more data than ever before on their smartphones. According to a new report by Nielsen out today, average U.S.

Those thin gray streaks in the image are the high-altitude plumes of ash spreading across the Pacific Ocean from the erupting Chilean volcano Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, as imaged by NASA. The ash continues to disrupt flights in parts of the region, with Australia and New Zealand (on the left of the image) particularly affected

Forget Facebook's status updates, and Twitter's social sharing in iOS: An Apple patent application hints at a future where a character-measuring iPhone app can tell you if you're near your pals--or even a potential soulmate. Apple's already patented extensively in the location-based app space. And hints of a "Find My Friends" API code have been found in the iPhone's OS.

Walmart might move in down the street and underprice you, but they can't take away your story. The stories of three small businesses might help you outfox your biggest competitors.

Sony's not being held back by its recent woes. Instead, it's taking its new cloud-based music system mobile for the first time

This is the complete rear face of the sun, imaged for the first time in this manner by NASA's two STEREO solar imaging spacecraft on June 1. It's intriguing, and also relevant: Scientists are predicting that the next 11-year Solar Cycle could be very muted, which some suggest leads to an extended period of cold weather on Earth.

New MacBook Airs We've wondered when the MacBook Air was going to get some attention with new CPUs and Thunderbolt, and

1. Turkish police say they have detained 32 suspected local members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective, which was recently protesting Turkish censorship of Net activities by attacking government websites. Spanish authorities arrested local members last week, and Anonymous seems to have then retaliated by attacking the Spanish police force's website and successfully bringing it down for a period.