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Apple's fifth iPhone is expected to debut later this month, barely four years after its original model redefined the word smartphone. Here, we trace the burgeoning iPhone empire. Numerology: iDomination

A social media background search firm, hackers targeting small businesses, entrepreneurs as artists, and more. Credit check, background check, and now social media check. A California-based start-up offers a unique service to businesses: they'll scrape "the Internet for everything prospective employees may have said or done online in the past seven years," reports The New York Times .

1. Wal-Mart just handed over around $300 million for Kosmix, a topic-curated social media platform that's just six years old. The new firm will join the @WalmartLabs division, trying to build-out the retail giant's online shopping experience--which is now set to get a big injection of social media thinking, and will probably leverage Kosmix's smart semantic interpretation code to come up with purchase suggestions 2

Looking for a way to angle into the burgeoning electric vehicle business? Forget cars--investing in the charging infrastructure is the way to go