Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/tech en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:20 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:20 -0500 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/tech/Graffiti-Artist-Pockets-200-Million-for-Facebook-Murals-138572619.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:20:57 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/david+choe.jpg
The Korean-American graffiti artist was paid for his work in company stock.

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Facebook's IPO filing shows how important the company is

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Facebook filed its is S-1 paperwork for an initial public offering Wednesday and for the first time gave a look at its revenues and where the company is going.

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The rumors of Facebook filing an IPO took a twist Tuesday afternoon when Reuters got a source who had a dollar figure.

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A new iPhone and iPad app rewards you for watching hours and hours of TV

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Google will combine private information from across all its web properties, a move users can't opt out of.

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An e-textbook initiative has been in the works at Apple for a while, reportedly inspired by Al Gore's 'Our Choice' e-book.

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If the show (and it's still big) does go on, who takes over the top slot?

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The 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show was supposed to be about tablets and ultrabooks.

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Facebook launches ads in user news feeds, now called "Featured Stories."

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Two of the biggest stars of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show were suppose to be mobile phones and tablets. Google is taking that further.

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The International CES is the world's largest consumer technology trade show, and features more than 2,700 exhibitors.

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Some 200 hours of coverage will be aired in 3D.

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CES is still cool, but needs an infusion of young, hip software companies.

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A man spent $16,000 on a virtual sword for a game that has not even been released yet.

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Spend much of your day watching YouTube videos? You're not alone. On the average day, three billion YouTube videos are played on computer and phone screens around the world. Forty-eight hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute.

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From Steve Jobs to the earthquake in Japan: What the world talked about on Twitter and Facebook this year.

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Twitter met the press, to show off its new interface.

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Top apps, websites, and tips to make holiday travel and gift giving easier

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This year there really aren't any must-have high-tech gifts out there, so what are people looking for? Here's a look at the top tech items on holiday wish lists.

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Need to know how to survive the most brutal shopping day of the year? Read on.

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"Hoverbike" could sell for $40,000.

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For porn and disturbing images, Facebook is the new place to be.

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Battlefield 3 headlines the list of best action games heading into the holiday season.

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No need to putty up an old rusted hulk.

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Samsung now has about a quarter of the global smartphone marketshare, beating out Apple and Nokia.

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Klout users feel less special, express rage on Twitter.

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The depths of Jobs' antipathy toward Google leaps out of Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Apple's co-founder, which goes on sale Monday.

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Have a happy and scary season with the five Halloween apps.

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Starbucks sent a message to its 1.7 million Twitter followers Tuesday, warning them that a gift card offer on Facebook was not to be trusted.

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Still have the skills? You could pocket prizes and cash.

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Car brought in double the expected price.

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Monday the Los Gatos-based movie rental company continued a string of recent strange moves by announcing it would no longer split itself into two entities: Netflix and Qwikster.

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The master showman became an icon of the popular culture he gave us new ways to consume.

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Denton Public Library now offers Kindle-friendly e-books, which just became available to public libraries just last week.

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Visionary, entrepreneur, showman ... Steve Jobs lived an amazing life not only for his empire-building abilities, but for also being able to keep his private life, for the most part, private -- all in...

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Satellite will circle our star from just 25 million miles away.

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