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In August the social-networking giant started rolling out the ability to send real-life gifts by going to the same digital wall on which a member would jot a note to a friend. (First-time users have to input credit- or debit-card info to obtain Facebook credits. Think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Giving gifts on Facebook is nothing new: since 2007, analysts estimate that users have spent more than $50 million to send virtual presents that are basically online stickers to put on profile pages. Facebook has developed its own currency, worth 10¢ per unit, and plans to take a cut as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Smith is 63 now and ready for her memoir. But the story she's chosen to tell isn't about the rock-star years. It's a coming-of-age tale about a shy Jersey girl who falls in love with a lapsed altar boy from Long Island with "tousled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patti Smith and Mapplethorpe: Bohemian Rhapsody | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

They met cute. In 1967, Smith was a dreamy 20-year-old from a blue collar family. She was obsessed with art, film and books, and her taste in decadent demigods was impeccable, from Charles Baudelaire to William Burroughs. But she was drifting into a prosaic life. The previous year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patti Smith and Mapplethorpe: Bohemian Rhapsody | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Or, in an example that may hit closer to home, think about how you would go about paying off a series of credit cards. Mathematically, it makes the most sense to start with the bill with the highest interest rate. Yet the Heaths argue that beginning with the one with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Your Way | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

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