Jennifer Preston New York Times

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  Facebook quiet on its role in revolts

  With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company's top executives would use this historic moment to highlight its role as the platform for democratic change. Instead, they...

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  Why you should know a site called Mashable

  Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable, was about to interview 82-year-old Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner about the future of ethics in a digitally connected world.

• How the Joseph Kony video went viral

  Since three young filmmakers first traveled to Uganda in 2003, they have been determined to use film and activism to help stop the rebel leader Joseph Kony's brutal tactics and the use of children as soldiers. But it was not until this week that their nonprofit organization, Invisible Children, helped make Mr. Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resista...

• At YouTube boot camp, future stars polish their acts

  Vanessa Wilson was back in class last week for the first time since law school. Only this time, she said, she wasn't bored.Ms. Wilson, 27, was one of the winners of a recent talent search sponsored by YouTube. Her prize was a boot camp at Google's Manhattan offices, where some of YouTube's most successful stars led sessions on how to create a viral...

• Cellphones become the world's eyes and ears on Middle East protests

  For some of the protesters facing Bahrain's heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones.By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Face...

• Facebook quiet on its role in revolts

  With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company's top executives would use this historic moment to highlight its role as the platform for democratic change. Instead, they really do not want to talk about it. The social media giant finds itself under countervailing press...

• Optimism about missing Google executive in Egypt

  After disappearing in Egypt more than a week ago, leaving an ominous message on his Twitter account, Wael Ghonim, who leads Google's marketing efforts for the Middle East and North Africa, is expected to be released by Egyptian authorities to his family on Monday afternoon, a friend of the Ghonim family said Sunday night."We are not confident, but ...