Customize virtual sticky notes with the BugMe! Android app
Whether it is an urban office myth or total truth, I shunned real sticky notes when I was told the little colorful organization helpers are not recyclable. However, I found the perfect alternative to use on my Android Device. The BugMe! Stickies Pro app for Android ($0.99) offers all the organizational fun of my beloved real-life sticky notes but in a green fashion. My eco-friendly soul can be reassured that I am not harming the Earth every time I need to scribble a note, which is a lot because I am a writer after all.

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. ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower of 2012
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night and Sunday morning, April 21-22. It's a relatively small shower -- 20 shooting stars per hour -- but a new moon should mean darker skies and better seeing.

Ancient 'Iceman' Had Modern Ailments
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the famed 5,300-year-old Tyrolean iceman, found frozen in the Alps in 1991 -- and discovered he had genetic vulnerability to heart disease, as well as Lyme disease.

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. ...

Facebook IPO shares tough task for small investors

Hoping to get in on Facebook's hotly anticipated public stock offering? You'll need Facebook friends at very high levels — or a lot of money.