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A survey reveals that 70% of slate-style computer owners fiddle with them while watching television. How long before we don't need one of those small screens at all? Good night and good luck, indeed.

1. Apple 's cloud music service (possibly to be called iCloud) is looking more like a done deal--"multiple" sources are saying Apple's just signed a deal with EMI and is close to signing Sony and Universal too.

About 100,000 people have downloaded the social video sharing app in the last few days alone. And cute puppy clips aren't the only draw. With mobile-friendly max clip lengths of 15 seconds, Viddy's part Twitter, part Instagram, all the rage.

The story of how Peter Shankman, founder of HARO.com, sold his company to one of his largest advertisers Being a former PR guy , Peter Shankman has a deep Rolodex of friends and acquaintances. One day, a journalist friend asked Shankman if he knew an expert source for a story he was writing. Shankman sent the journalist's request to his database of e-mail addresses and was able to find an expert keen to be quoted for the story.

You can't visit a webpage these days without it begging for a compliment: Like us! Share us! Follow us! Social media promotion is one big reason why--just look at The Washington Post , for example, which seems intent on replacing its brand name with the Facebook logo, and barely refrained from slapping a "Like" badge on everything from its user agreement policy to its copyright acknowledgements. But viral promotion isn't the only reason. Increasingly, social media is impacting search-engine rankings.

Now that people can organize themselves online, private air travel isn’t just for the wealthy anymore. Have you ever wanted to take a quick weekend trip to some out-of-the-way place, but canned the idea because there was no practical way to get there without having to make a connection or two followed by a long drive--all of which would have eaten up half your weekend?

Jane Pratt, founding editor of Sassy, was social media before social media existed. Today she’s launching xoJane.com , her answer to Sassy for a constantly connected generation. Sassy, the cool girl’s anti-glossy--whose winking, edgy-for-a-teen-mag coverlines (Long-Distance Romance: Sucky Or Not?; Do You Need Armpit Hair To Be a Feminist?) could easily be Twitterbait 20 years later--created the voice that informed a thousand snark-filled blogs

Use continuous updates and punchy messages to heighten interest and keep your customers informed about products or services which in turn can boost sales.

The social network’s small new feature could have a big impact. Yesterday Facebook rolled out a seemingly minor enhancement to their Photos feature.

1. Facebook and Google haven't exactly seen eye to eye, and now the battle seems to have turned nasty : Facebook hired a PR firm to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, with an angle that Google was invading user privacy. Facebook has now, seemingly, confirmed it hired Burson-Marsteller, on the grounds it thinks Google's really invading privacy, and is unfairly using Facebook's data to fuel its own social ambitions.

The CrowdOptic app for iPhone overlays statistics in real-time, enhancing performers, players, and songs. Imagine watching a basketball game and seeing all of the vital statistics surround your favorite player without taking your eye off the game. CrowdOptic aims to visually enhance the event experience through a heads-up display on an iPhone .

When I worked at Microsoft in the late 1990s, Alex St.

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Social media analysis firm Crimson Hexagon sifts the data to reveal a nuanced emotional reaction to the historic day. Nearly 50% of us responded to the news with fear, humor, or reflection. From Crimson Hexagon, the social media analysis firm that dispelled the myth of the Verizon iPhone exodus and Sharon Angle's 2010 Senate sweep , comes a truer-to-life snapshot of the world's reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death