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For better or worse, here are the most watched videos on YouTube for 2011:   10. CAT MOM HUGS BABY KITTEN – dragomimet86 – 39,900,000+   9. THE FORCE – Volkswagen – 45,000,000+   8. BORN THIS WAY – Maria Aragon – 45,000,000   7. THE CREEP – The Lonely Island, Nicki Minaj and John [...]

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Mashable talks with Paul Holland, a venture capitalist and the executive producer of Something Ventured, a new documentary that looks at the origins of Silicon Valley. And here’s the trailer to the doc itself:

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Google+ helps some old friends Hangout.

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If you’re an average user, you’ve probably seen it in your timeline or in ads plenty of times- Facebook telling you that one of your friends really, really likes this product or that.  And your friends are seeing them same types of endorsement with you as the star.  But now Facebook is going to have [...]

SantaSiri

Tough times at the North Pole as Rudolph and the elves get their walking papers as Santa’s most important helper.

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Facebook data scientists crunched the numbers for 2011 and identified the top memes of the year: 10.  Hurricane Irene 9.  Military operations begin in libya 8.  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 7.  Death of Amy Winehouse 6.  The Royal Wedding 5.  Death of Steve Jobs 4.  Charlie Sheen 3.  Casey Anthony found not guilty [...]

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Apple uses their latest iTunes commercial to take us on a magical mystery tour through the history of Beatles album covers.

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Twitter updates its design for “a faster, simpler way to stay close to everything you care about”. To be one of the first to test out the new Twitter on your computer, just download the latest versions of Twitter for iPhone or Android now.  

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Bloggers across the country got a surprising wake up call thanks to a ruling last week by a federal judge judge in Oregon in which de declared that being a blogger does not automatically make you a journalist. Crystal L. Cox, a blogger in Montana, was facing a defamation lawsuit after she reportedly posted negative [...]

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 took the top spot at this weekend’s box office, bringing its total to $247,300,000 and making it the fourth most successful film of the year so far (money-wise, that is). In case you’re skipping it while you wait for Part 2, here’s an inside look that will get you [...]