For most of us, our level of happiness is tied directly to where we live. But how does our collective emotional state compare with that of people in other parts of the world? This interactive map, credited to a University of Leicester psychologist named Adrian White, seeks to give us some idea by color-coding the world supposedly based on our feelings.
Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
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