Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day – January 30, 2012

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Today’s compilation of what we feel are the top 10 stories in technology, social media, and/or we find interesting.  We take the guesswork out searching for what has captured the attention of world, boiling it down to what you need to know to stay in the know.

The stories below are those we find interesting from sites we follow, but we aren’t so vain as to believe our selections are always the best.

If you have suggestions for stories to be included, submit them to us by email, or using the “Tip Us” section at the top of the site.  We’ll give you full credit for your submission!

Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day:

Ferris Bueller Is Back, and He’s Driving a Honda Mom-Wagon [AllThingsD]

• I want a CRV now.

The Stupid Things You Do Online (and How to Fix Them) [Lifehacker]

• Help for all of you. Not me, just you. I never do anything stupid.

Facebook: Over 5 billion songs have been shared since September’s f8 [The Next Web]

• That’s a lot of Taylor Swift, Black-eyed Peas and Pitbull.

RunKeeper races ahead with 9 new app partners [GigaOM]

• RunKeeper is one of my favorite apps.

FBI Spying On… FarmVille? [Fast Company]

• Whatever it takes to get FarmVille shutdown.

Siri now a recording artist courtesy of The Flaming Lips [Macgasm]

• Great band uses great feature from the greatest company on Earth.

5 Signs of a Great User Experience [ReadWriteWeb]

• Simple things to keep in mind when designing your own creation.

Megaupload user data purge could begin Thursday [updated] [BGR]

• Get your files now.  You’ve been warned.

How Apple gets away with lower R&D spending [GigaOM]

• One fascinating key to Apple’s success.

Amazon estimated to have sold 6M Kindle Fires in Q4 [VentureBeat]

• 6M? Dubious. I don’t know a single person with a Kindle Fire, and I know at least 12 people.

Have a great evening.  Check back tomorrow for 10 more super stories you can’t have but not be reading with your eyes and tell a friend to do the same.

 

Author : Jeff Cormier –  http://about.me/jffcrmr

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