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Avatars As Nerdy As Their Creators, Study Finds

Virtual meets real - hey - they're the same! by Doug Bonderud
Concordia University has discovered – surprise, surprise – that the character you make online acts a hell of a lot like you do in real life.

Zynga's Social Media Games - Google Checkout vs PayPal

Googolopoly by Ron Callari
On July 10, a story broke on Techcrunch  inferring that Google was secretly investing $100-200 million in social media gaming with Zynga, the online game-maker of Farmville and Mafia Wars. While Google becoming a developer of online games is an interesting venture for the search giant, I think the bigger story is why? 

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Disney's Tron Sequel Inspires Cutting Edge Toys

by John P. Barker
Disney unveils a line of toys that combine old-school fun with new technology.

BP Blaster App Allows You To Be Master Of Your Domain

BP Blaster App Allows You To Be Master Of Your Domain! by Ron Callari
Remember the Seinfeld episode "The Contest" aka "Master of Your Domain," when Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer were tasked with controlling sudden urges? As an analogy to that condition, all of our pent-up anger over the Gulf Oil disaster has no easy or satisfactory means for release. That is, until now. With  the introduction of a new game - Zippi Networks has developed an app to help us vent.

The Hottest Christmas Gift For Kids In 2010: KINECTIMALS Virtual Pets Video Game

by Lady Bee

Last Christmas, the Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster was the blockbuster gift for kids. This year, I predict the box office hit for kids will be the video game Kinectimals, one of fifteen new Microsoft fully-interactive "sensoring" video games for its new Kinect Xbox 360.  Kinectimals are 20 wild virtual video pets, like tigers, lions and cheetahs, that kids can play with and even train. Parents will get a kick out of this game too!

 

While Zynga's FrontierVille Urges Men "To Go West" It Also Appeals To Gays & Ladies

FrontierVille! by Ron Callari
Never content to let grass grow beneath its Farmville feet, Zynga keeps broadening the playing field, gaining more and more of an edge over competitors such as Playfish and Playdom.

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Social Networking & Instant Replays Face Off With The Enemy In Afghanistan

Social Networking & Instant Replays Face Off With The Enemy In Afghanistan! by Ron Callari
As much as Facebook is engaged in its own skirmishes on US turf regarding privacy, the social networking platform is fighting an entirely different battle in Afghanistan. Facebook IM functionality and other military social networks allow analysts with the US Army, Air Force and Marines to hunt down insurgents, avoid civilian causalities and collateral damage and ultimately save American lives in Afghanistan.

"Spinning Streak" Game App Shies Away From Arrestable And Dizzying Behavior - Lets You Spin Stuff Instead

The coins! Do not let them fall! by Doug Bonderud
It's almost a truism now that a new iPhone App gets released on a daily basis, and many of them are awful. Our latest foray into the world of Appdom led us to "Spinning Streak", a game by Mad Media labs, and we're pleased to say it does not suck.

Samsung Unveils Low-Power, USB-Only LCD Monitor – Say Watt?

USB low-power monitor by Doug Bonderud
By 2011, electronics maker Samsung intends to be mass-distributing its shiny new toy - an 18.5" computer monitor than can run off of no more than two USB computer ports and uses only 6.3 watts of power.

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Time Magazine: Foursquare Is Narcissistic & Farmville Is A Time-Suck Addiction

Time Magazine - Foursquare & Farmville! by Ron Callari
Time Magazine, the legacy magazine long regarded as the hallmark for insightful lifestyle and cultural commentary seems to have missed the mark with its latest inventions rankings. In its "50 Worst Inventions," both Farmville and Foursquare are listed alongside "Smell-o-vision" and "Snuggies for Dogs" - a list that is distinguished by what Time describes as "the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb."

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