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Hewlett-Packard is gearing up to launch the TouchPad tablet this week, but already CEO Leo Apotheker is thinking about what comes next. In an interview with Bloomberg Wednesday, Apotheker said the company is in talks with third parties to license WebOS, the software piloting its mobile devices. That should certainly raise red flags for Google , which has pinned the future of its mobile business on licensing its Android platform out to hardware makers such as Motorola and Samsung .

Social media influence index, Klout, allows brands to slip customized Facebook pages and offers to its most influential followers. Facebook is throwing up a red velvet rope around a new VIP page.