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That app you use to play Words with Friends on your phone or book a reservation using Open Table might be giving the American economy a nice boost, at least according to a new survey by TechNet. The new “app economy” has created about 466,000 jobs in the United States since 2007, according to…

Now that Facebook has filed paperwork for its Initial Public Offering, the world will be watching the company’s value. Assuming the SEC approves the filing, stocks will likely begin trading in May. The social network will be offering $5 billion in stock, and some estimates of market value pla…

Your identity is worth almost $5,000 to a criminal. An estimated 9 million Americans’ identities are stolen each year. And a whopping 43% of theft victims know the criminals who steal their information. That’s according to this ZoneAlarm infographic, which explains common ways identities are s…

[brightcove video=”1283753143001” /] Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wife Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder of 23andme, have donated $500,000 to The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that funds Wikipedia. The donation comes at the start of Wikipedia’s annual fundraising drive tha…

Social payments are taking a giant leap forward. PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends. The app, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name. You have the choice to send either an ecard with money or just money with no card. You select a ca…

Adobe developer relations lead Mike Chambers has posted a lengthy explanation of why the company decided stop development of the mobile browser version of Flash. The response comes as the health of the entire Flash ecosystem is in doubt. Adobe announced that Flash Player 11.1 would be the last…