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• ?Facebook Parenting? YouTube Video Is More Viral Than ?Friday?

  Move over, Rebecca Black. Make room for Tommy Jordan. The heat-packing, tech-savvy dad who plugged nine rounds into his daughter’s laptop…
  
  

• LinkedIn Buys Smart Email Startup Rapportive

  Rapportive, a startup that makes a Gmail add-on that displays social media info about contacts as you email them, confirmed on Wednesday that it…
  
  

• Zipcar Wants to Make Your Car Part of its Fleet

  Zipcar’s 673,000 subscribers currently share its fleet of 8,900 vehicles. But what if they could also rent yours? The company announced on…
  
  

• The Pope Takes to Twitter to Save Lent

  Pope Benedict XVI is bringing a segment of his daily papal message to Twitter, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, according to a Vatican Radio b…
  
  

• Will Texting Become Extinct Thanks to Free Social Messaging Apps?

  Phone companies missed out on $13.9 billion last year as more people opted to send free texts through SMS (short message service) applications…
  
  

• Apple?s Foxconn Operations Exposed in ABC Report [VIDEO]

  In case you missed last night’s report on ABC’s Nightline, the video above provides a rare glimpse into Foxconn plants in Shenzhen and Ch…
  
  

• Google?s Safari Tracking: Here Come the Lawsuits

  On the list of things guaranteed to happen from Google getting caught circumventing privacy settings on the iPhone‘s web browser, you can…
  
  

• The Citizens Agenda: What Would You Ask the Republican Candidates?

  The microphone is in your hand, and it’s your chance to ask the 2012 Republican presidential candidates any question. What would you ask?…
  
  

• Eventbrite Issues Its 50 Millionth Ticket

  Six-year-old online ticketing platform Eventbrite issued its 50 millionth ticket on Tuesday night. More than 40 percent of those tickets were so…
  
  

• Highest Court in Europe Asked to Decide on ACTA

  The highest court in the European Union has been asked to determine if the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, is legal. The move come…
  
  

• Twitter Is Testing Auto-Translate Feature

  As more Twitter users flock to the site worldwide, it’s only natural that the social network roll out an option that allows you to read tweets b…
  
  

• Your Life as Data: The Rise of Personal Annual Reports

  Every time he drinks a cup of coffee, Dan Meyer makes a note on his phone. He does the same every time he opens a beer, turns on his TV or trave…
  
  

• Will You Be Twitter?s 500 Millionth User? [UPDATED]

  Twitter may hit a huge landmark on Wednesday — welcoming the 500 millionth user to the social network at approximately 3 p.m. EST. The co…
  
  

• Apple in Shanghai Showdown for ?iPad? Name in China

  Apple defended its right to use the “iPad” trademark in China in a mainland Chinese court on Wednesday. In a David-and-Goliath lega…
  
  

• The 10 Most-Followed Brands on Pinterest

  The Perfect Palette, a wedding blog that explores “the color palette possibilities for your wedding” and serves as a resource for other we…
  
  

• Yelp: From Scrappy Startup to $100 Million IPO [INFOGRAPHIC]

  Yelp is ready to hit the marketplace with a $100 million IPO on March 2, and both investors and the tech community will be watching to see how the loc…
  
  

• Snow Day: 10 Wonderful Wintery iPhone Photographs

  Changes in the weather make for great photo opportunities. With the recent snowfall, we thought it would be a good time to see what kind of ice-cool s…
  
  

• Today?s Top Stories: Google Glasses, EU and ACTA, Samsung Galaxy S II

  Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world…
  
  

• How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit

  The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delive…
  
  

• Google Heads-Up Display Glasses Are Coming by the End of 2012 [REPORT]

  Google plans to launch glasses with a heads-up display by the end of 2012, the New York Times reports citing sources familiar with the matter. T…
  
  

• Animated Google Doodle Honors Heinrich Hertz

  Today’s Google Doodle barely resembles the usual company logo, as Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. The name…
  
  

• Storify Launches an iPad App for Social Media Storytelling

  Social media storytelling tool Storify finally untethered itself from the desktop on Wednesday with the launch of a free iPad app. Like the web-based…
  
  

• NASA Wants You ? to Eat Space Food in Hawaii [VIDEO]

  Calling all supertaster space nerds: NASA wants your help to improve the bland food astronauts would have to eat while on a mission to Mars.…
  
  

• Why Are Retailers Shutting Their Facebook Stores?

  Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last y…
  
  

• Twitter App Updates Bring New Features for iPhone and Android Users

  Twitter announced updates to its iPhone and Android apps on Tuesday, re-introducing some well-loved features and adding new improvements as well…
  
  

• PlayStation Vita: 15 Games You Can Play at Launch

  The PlayStation Vita launches Wednesday with plenty of impressive features, but many may wonder if the system’s launch titles will be worth grab…
  
  

• Kid Calls Out LeBron James on YouTube Over Dunk Contest No-Show [VIDEO]

  LeBron James, you have officially been called out. By a kid. On YouTube. “Why won’t you play in the dunk contest this year, man?&…
  
  

• The Content Battle Heats Up: Comcast Launches Netflix Competitor

  Comcast is hoping to prevent its cable customers from cutting the cord by introducing a new streaming video service. The service, known as Xfini…
  
  

• You Can?t Sue Family Over Unwanted Facebook Photos, Says Judge [VIDEO]

  Whether we look too young, too old or too inebriated, we’ve all been there — tagged in unflattering Facebook photos. But if you…
  
  

• Sorry, HBO and Showtime: Netflix Will Get ?The Artist? First

  Netflix has signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement with The Weinstein Company that will give the streaming service first-run access t…