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The millions of "check-ins" generated by Foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, researchers say. In contrast to static neighborhood boundaries and dated census figures, these "Livehoods" reflect the ever-changing patterns of city life.

Computer scientists are exploring whether machines can read the visual cues that give away deceit. Results so far are promising: In a study of 40 videotaped conversations, an automated system that analyzed eye movements correctly identified whether interview subjects were lying or telling the truth 82.5 percent of the time.

In advance of the App Center's launch, Facebook has added two new metrics to Insights for developers to better gauge user interaction with their apps: App Ratings and Negative Feedback.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is going to radically shift how it works with its partners in developing and selling Android.

Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves

With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.

If you don’t handle [exceptions], we shut your application down. That dramatically increases the reliability of the system. - Anders Hejlsberg

There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the network. - Guy Almes