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PayPal pilot: In-store payments at Home Depot

“Home Depot has a significant reach,” Brian Blair, an analyst at Wedge Partners Corp. in New York, told Bloomberg News. “PayPal has been historically in online payments. Now it becomes real-world currency.”

Rick Santorum’s 'Google problem' gains attention after Iowa

“This is calculated character assassination engineered by a ‘gay’ activist who, ironically, crusades against hate,” anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera said in a statement.

Google criticized for sponsored blog posts praising Chrome browser

The search term "This post is sponsored by Google" produced more than 400 paid entries from late December, search engine specialist Adrian Wall wrote on the SEO Book blog this week. 

Chart of the day: The web in 60 seconds

Check out this amazing graphic about how the internet really works, from Google, to Facebook, to Twitter, Apple and more.

If you like numbers — and who doesn't? — then check out these amazing infographics (via Barry Ritholtz) that have been making the rounds on the web the past couple of days.

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Apple named Instagram its "iPhone App of the Year" Down Under... and why that matters

Instagram, an app that lets friends share their photos in a continuous feed after applying various special-effects filters has earned Apple's "iPhone App of the Year" award Down Under.
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Erick Schonfeld, David Karp of Tumblr, and Kevin Systrom of Instagram during TechCrunch Disrupt New York May 2011 at Pier 94 on May 24, 2011 in New York City. (Joe Corrigan/AFP/Getty Images)
Apple Australia named Instagram its "iPhone App of the Year" ... and why that matters.
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Facebook resolves spam that flooded news feeds with porn and violent images

Facebook says it has resolved had a spam attack that reportedly flooded users' news feeds with hard-core pornography and violent and obscene images.

Google, Facebook, Twitter united against US online piracy act

The companies say the Stop Online Piracy Act poses a "serious threat" to US innovation and cybersecurity.

What's China building in the Gobi desert?

Google Earth spotted huge, unidentified structures in the Gobi desert. Gulp.
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Google Earth image near the borders of Gansu province and Xinjiang, some less than 100 miles from the headquarters of China's space program. (Telegraph/Screengrab)

This is pretty bonkers. 

According to a news report, there are enormous and totally terrifying-looking structures in the middle of the Gobi desert that nobody has any idea about. 

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Motorola Mobility to cut 800 jobs

A source close to the situation told the Chicago Sun-Times that the company will shed about 185 jobs at the Motorola Mobility offices in downtown Chicago and its headquarters in Libertyville, Ill.  

Steve Jobs biography reveals Apple's war on Google Android

Steve Jobs wanted to wage "thermonuclear war" on Google for what he saw as its theft for the Apple iOS for their Android mobile operating system, according to the first extracts from his forthcoming authorized biography.
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