Is Total Gadget Immersion Good or Bad for Kids? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more and more embedded in kids' lives. From middle schoolers with smartphones to babies who are comfortable with an iPad but can't work a magazine, many children today grow up as true digital natives. And parents are catching on that gadgets can help control and distract their little rugrats. Several brokerages stop taking Facebook IPO orders
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who want Facebook Inc shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week may have lost the opportunity. TD Ameritrade and Fidelity's brokerage arm both stopped accepting orders of Facebook shares as of Tuesday evening, according to representatives for each of the companies. Morgan Stanley & Co did the same, according to three advisers at the firm who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the press. E*Trade Financial also stopped accepting orders as of 4 p.m. ...
Watch: Draw Something Tips
Draw Something is sweeping the nation; here's some tips on how to play.
  Ad execs say jury still out on Facebook as medium
 NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Inc's decision to stop advertising on Facebook may be a wake-up call for the No. 1 social network, but Top advertising executives say it's far too early to know if the site will take off as an advertising platform. "There's a lot of potential but it's not a slam-dunk," said Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Plc, the world's largest advertising agency. "Showing the impact of branding on Facebook is going to take a long time," he added. Facebook is due to begin trading on Nasdaq on Friday in an initial public offering that will raise about $15. ...
Gray Whales May Face Arctic Threat
By ABC’s Cecilia Vega and Alex Waterfield Gray whales are starting to make a strong comeback in the Pacific thanks, in part, to Mexico’s aggressive eco-tourism program, where whale-watching is regulated, but a new threat is emerging some 10,000 miles away. Hunters once pushed these...
Funky Concept Snowboards
In the summer of 2010, Signal Snowboards created the Web series "Every Third Thursday" to showcase the company's experimentation with funky concept boards. Think Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” — except with a lot more sass and a funkier setting.
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