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Ahead Of Its IPO On The NYSE, Yelp Shows Growing Losses

It may now be obscured by all the hoopla surrounding Facebook’s going public, but back in November the popular user-generated review site, Yelp, filed to go public and planned to raise $100 million ahead of its IPO (at an expected $1 to $2 billion valuation). On Friday, Yelp filed an amended S-1 that shows that the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “YELP.” But,... 

Hidden Chronicles Drive-in Theater: Our guide to finding every item

As part of Hidden Chronicles’ Valentine’s Day celebration, you’ll have the opportunity to unlock three new exclusive scenes through a series of quests that sees Jeremy trying to learn how his grandparents fell in love. Apparently, their first date took place at a drive-in movie theater. You’ll need to complete some new quests before you can unlock this particular scene,... 

Super Bowl 2012: Tech Marches On [COMIC]

As you watch Super Bowl 2012 (on NBC tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST), notice how high technology continues to ease its way into your favorite weekend NFL smackdowns. There’s instant replay, sophisticated communications equipment, spectacular camera rigs and super slow motion technology, and there’s even talk of the NFL adopting high-tech football helmets with a Head Impact Telemetry... 

Ubisoft to take mobile gaming seriously?

If domain name registrations are to be an indication of a company’s future direction, it looks like Ubisoft is about to look at mobile gaming seriously. The company recently registered two domain names related to mobile – Ubisoftmobile.com and Ubisoft-mobile.com. At the moment both URLs lead to parked websites and nothing related to Ubisoft, so we can’t say for sure. But if Ubisoft didn’t... 

Labor Efficiency: The Next Great Internet Disruption

Editor’s note: Nick Cronin is a former corporate attorney and now the President and Founder of ExpertBids.com, which is based in Chicago. For more than a decade now, the Internet has done a great job of making things in our day-to-day lives more efficient by easily connecting parties who can have a mutually beneficial personal or business relationship. This same idea is now on the verge of disrupting... 

FarmVille: Best Buy Christmas Plushies now on clearance

Back in November and December, FarmVille players had the chance to purchase real world FarmVille stuffed animal ornaments from Best Buy, and receive virtual versions of those animals back in their farms. If you never purchased any of those animals, but are now interested in doing so, you can pick them up on clearance either online or even at your local Best Buy stores (if your own store still has... 

2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media

The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is only eight days away and the Recording Academy is kicking off the next phase of its digital and social campaign. Under the heading of “We Are Music” the Academy and its partners are harnessing the power of social, mobile and digital to make the award show more modern than ever. The Recording Academy made the decision to invest in social and digital... 

LG-P700 and LG-P880 surface before MWC 2012

The Mobile World Congress is in a few weeks time, and it looks like the upcoming devices from phone manufacturers are making the usual early appearances. Latest to join the party is a pair of devices from LG – the LG-P700 and LG-P880. Not much is known about the devices, but here is what we know so far: the LG-P700 will run Ice Cream Sandwich and will have a 640 x 480 display, which is a pretty unique... 
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