Want to control $5 trillion annually? Create this Web 2.0 tool
? ? Having launched HATCHEDit.com and our free Android app, we have now moved from pre-launch phase into the marketing phase and it has given me new respect for companies trying to harness the power of the influential people creating content online. It also means I have new respect for what the team behind KLOUT ...

Scribblenauts Remix tops a million downloads, Valentine's Day update now available
Soon after launching in October, Scribblenauts Remix soured to the top of the charts in the App store. Today, Warner Bros. celebrates one million downloads to date for the iOS title with a new Valentine's Day-themed update. Players will find a free new Valentine's Day playground in which to conjure up objects -- the press release offers a few suggestions for odd items, including a "loving, polka ...

Learn to code, get a job
This week, New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg tweeted his intent to learn computer code by the end of the year. He joined about 300,000 other people who have signed up at CodeYear to receive free interactive programming lessons each week from the Codecademy, a web-based tutorial. I am greatly relieved.

Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 24: Oscars, Mobile MORE Field Guide to Life, Time of Heroes, Puzzlejuice
Oscar season kicks of this week, so be ready with Oscars, today’s leading Fresh iPhone App and a great way to get info on all things Academy Awards. Following that is Mobile MORE Field Guide to Life, an app for those recovering from alcoholism that can help them stay on the path to recovery.

At War Blog: Author Q&A: 'The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus'
Lt. Col. Robert W. Schaefer frames the long, dark Russian-Chechen fight in a new book that provides much needed understanding of the ongoing war in the North Caucasus.