Video Shopping Startup Joyus Raises $11.5M in Second Round, Focuses on ROI of Online Retail

Do online retailers need to make it count for merchants?
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Voices

Sexual Preferences (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Voices

When “Likes” Can Shed Light

Facebook users’ patterns of “Likes” on the social-networking site can unintentionally expose political and religious views, drug use, divorce and sexual orientation, researchers said Monday.

Marissa Mayer’s First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo.

Going down those Internet pipes is really tight.
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News Byte

For Valley Engineers, Big Data and Networking Start-Ups Are Still Sexy

Consumer companies may be hot among investors, but big data and networking start-ups are hotter still to Valley engineering talent, according to a recent LinkedIn report. The study claims that analytics firms and networking start-ups like Cloudera and Arista Networks are garnering the most engineering mindshare. The study took into account the LinkedIn activity of more than 240,000 Bay Area engineers from January through March.

People Say They Care About Their Online Privacy, But Do They Care Enough to Switch?

The rational response to the question, “Do you worry about your privacy online?” is “Yes.”
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The iKnow-It-All: The Full AsiaD Demo (Video)

What does a “personal learning assistant” do? Click in to find out.
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Ho-Ho-Mobile: Record Number of Consumers Expected to Shop By Phone This Holiday

Forget about calling it “Cyber Monday,” the big digital shopping day of the holiday season might be more appropriately called “Mobile Monday.”
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The Future of Social Gaming Isn’t All About Facebook

In fact, other platforms are slated to represent much larger opportunities than Facebook, according to a recent study.
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Will Social Games Erode the Hardcore Console Game Market?

A new study being released today is challenging the notion that all gamers on Facebook are housewives in their mid-40s. And, while that’s still true, there’s a growing segment of hardcore users.
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What Does the Future Gamer Look Like?

One in Five to Own Tablet by 2014, Poll Finds

Exclusive: Chegg Buys Cramster