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Looking for work? There may be an app for that (AP)

AP – Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you’re apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook’s online social network.

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Outfit7’s Talking Tom Cat app breaks 100 million downloads, gets new partnership (Appolicious)

Appolicious – We usually hear that the most popular apps in Apple’s iTunes App Store are games. But an exception to that rule is Talking Tom Cat, an app from Outfit7 that has racked up 100 million downloads on iOS and Google’s Android.

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Yahoo expands sharing of stories through Facebook (AP)

AP – Yahoo is deepening its connections with Facebook’s online social network.

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U.S. removes Baidu from "notorious markets" list (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States has removed Baidu Inc, China’s largest search engine, from its list of notorious markets for piracy in a nod to the firm’s efforts to clean up its music offerings.

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Facebook makes privacy pledge in FTC settlement (AP)

AP – Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook: They believe the online social network has often misled its more than 800 million users about the sanctity of their personal information.

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Cyber Monday sales hit record $1.25 billion (Reuters)

Reuters – Cyber Monday online sales set a record, led by department stores and home goods retailers, according to U.S. data released on Tuesday.

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China’s tech firms back Beijing in controls on Internet (Reuters)

Reuters – The heads of China’s largest technology companies have endorsed Beijing’s aim to intensify controls of online social media, pledging to “stop the spread of harmful information” on the Internet, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

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Mashable Media Summit Highlights [PICS] (Mashable)

Mashable – Media influencers, top journalists and advertising executives gathered Nov.

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Fresh iPhone Apps for July 25: Mint.com update, 5 Degrees, Protoxide, Jumping Frenzy (Appolicious)

Appolicious – Need help tracking money? After the insanity of Comic-Con last week, I know I do. This is why Mint.com Personal Finance’s timely update leads today’s Fresh Apps with the new ability to enter transactions on the fly

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Facebook to open up technology behind its servers (AP)

AP – Facebook is sharing the technology behind the servers that power its massive online social network.

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