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Investors may want to avoid Groupon Inc.'s high-profile IPO this week because the deals and coupon Web site operator has an unproven earnings record and slow growth, according to Barron's newspaper.

I am the only woman in the establishment and yet I barely notice, so at home do I feel. I've just perched myself in one of the lounge's lion-armed chairs, newspaper in hand, when, from across the room, a man bellows, Rocky Patel; toro; 1992; a Nicaraguan blend. I used to like those. Good smoke.

A new report finds that social gaming giant, Zynga, is having a difficult time driving user growth.

Facebook conceded 600,000 of its more than 1 billion logins each day are compromised as it released two new security features to help solve the problem.

Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung-Chee already has celebrities knocking on her door for her acclaimed designs. Ayoung-Chee, who was just announced as the Season 9 winner in the Oct. 27 finale episode, is already getting calls from celebrities, reports People magazine.

Police are currently investigating the alleged stabbing death of a 14-year-old high school girl in Indian Head Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago.

Facebook will release the Trusted Friends and App Passwords security features on Facebook soon.

Sharing for businesses and students is easier now and advanced photo editing is possible with Creative Kit.

Facebook announced it is building its first European server farm in Lulea, a Swedish town about 62 miles south of the Arctic Circle. This will be its first data center outside of the United States.

Facebook is building a server farm in Sweden.

Sean Parker says that life in the 1 percent ain't so easy. Gawker reported that Parker (@sparker) tweeted on Oct. 26: You guys are really attacking me for being the 1%? I was broke and couch surfing just a few years ago. Followed by I have a whole new set of problems to deal with now: security, extortion attempts, kidnapping threats, death threats, etc. Life better b4?

The NBA star is also an investor in the Canadian-based clothing company, Indochino.

Days before Groupon’s expected IPO, Google introduced major changes to its Google Offers to make it a bigger juggernaut in the daily deals market.

The NYPD announced today that it will pursue legal action against demonstrators who injure any of its members, reports the New York Post. This comes of the heels of the injury of protester Scott Olsen at Occupy Oakland. Russell Simmons took to both Twitter and his website GlobalGrind to call for non-violent activism.

'Nextdoor,' a new social network launched today, is less about old friends from high school and more about new friends in the neighborhood.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said she plans to personally monitor investigations of police misconduct following a raid on Occupy Oakland protesters on Tuesday night.

Stand-up comedian, Patrice O'Neal, suffered from a stroke last week after a long battle with diabetes, Jim Norton announced on Wednesday night.

Tampa-based startup Unthink launched Tuesday in a flurry of green trim and black-and-white revolution-themed photography. The newest social network claims $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital and has its sights set on taking down Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social networks it says are exploiting their users by selling their information to advertisers.

Bad social media judgments are hardly forgotten. It is especially so if you happen to be the Gov. of Alaska who tried to pull off an aggressive rhetorical campaign against Democratic representatives during last year's national midterm elections.

Stand-up comedian Patrice O'Neal suffered a stroke last week and his condition is still uncertain. The 41-year-old star's family has asked for privacy at this difficult time and has set up an email loveforpatrice@gmail.com, to receive wishes from fans.

In a first-ever move for television, Fox's new singing competition The X Factor is opening up its voting process to Twitter, the network announced Tuesday.