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Links For Entrepreneurs And Startups - The Mix - Portfolio.com

The weird and the wonderful for Tuesday, January10: A Saudi man tries to sell his son on Facebook, Twitter as a cholera diagnosis, and Snooki at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Teens Using Social Media to Coordinate Vandalism - SocialTimes.com

Out of all of the potential uses of social media, this one reveals the dark side of digital communications.

Zynga and GetJar Bring HTML5-based Mafia Wars To Open Web

There has been a flurry of announcements from Zynga recently as it continues to steal the spotlight with its recent skyrocketing success CityVille. The social gaming giant has spread far beyond the walls of Facebook, and continues to launch titles on iOS, Android and now on the open web with HTML5.

Ellen Brown: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?

Looming losses from ForeclosureGate qualify as the sort of systemic risk warranting the breakup of the too-big-to-fail banks under the Financial Reform Bill.

The Pendulum

Back and forth and back again…Much of life seems to move like a pendulum.Economic cycles of boom and bust and boom again are but one example. New ideas in teaching pedagogy today were also new ideas 20 years ago…and 20 years before that. We’ve gone from mainframes and

Virtual Worlds News: Digital Chocolate Files Suit Against Zynga

Social game developer Digital Chocolate has filed suit against Zynga for trademark infringement and unfair competition regarding the Mafia Wars mark. Digital Chocolate alleges that it created a mobile game called Mafia Wars in 2004, three years before Zynga was...

Dr. Dre Nerds Up And Drops A Beat for Zynga’s Mafia Wars

Zynga Inc., producers of the addicting Facebook game Farmville, have announced their first in-game music partnership with West Coast Hip-Hop icon Dr. Dre. Players of Zynga's Mafia Wars will be able to view Dr. Dre's new music video,

Don Polski, Mafia Wars Kingpin and why Facebook raided the Deli

Can a Don actually know too much? Where did the Deli go and was it the Feds or worse Facebook? And where has Don Polski gone, are questions so many mafioso have asked since a favorite Facebook group mysteriously disappeared. I managed to speak with him earlier from a very private location. D ...

Zynga Removes Pitbulls From Mafia Wars Following PETA Complaint

Following a complaint from PETA against a “chained, snarling pit bull” as a weapon in the Facebook game Mafia Wars, Zynga has removed the dog from the game. In a statement from PETA, the organization stated that they will be “sending vegan chocolates to Zynga founder and CEO Mark

Mafia Wars Connects Players Through Text Messaging

One of social gaming’s biggest games, Zynga’s Mafia Wars, is now offering players the ability to connect and play the game through text messaging. Users will be able to fight opponents, perform jobs, visit the hospital or move their money all from their cell phone.The text message

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