There are key market principles driving a social media audience's value. Here's how digital marketers can tap into them.

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Who would have guessed -- the futuristic-looking luxury fireplace industry is booming. Surprisingly, if you can dream it, it can be built. But, most of the time, it'll cost you.

It seems we're no longer just content to view the crackling Yule Log on our TVs. These fireplaces even move past the traditional stone and brick models commonly seen today. They run on gas and have controllers to turn them on or off. Some can even be operated from smartphone apps.

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Fantastical

Popular Mac calendar app Fantastical made its way to iOS this week. Offering many of the same features as the desktop version of the app, Fantastical has a DayTicker for quickly navigating through your upcoming calendar, and voice scheduling capabilities that allow you to schedule events by just talking to the app.

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It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- here's our app roundup.

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It's been another busy week in the digital world. Catch up on the latest digital media resources with our weekly features roundup.

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Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and committed suicide Saturday. Here's how NFL players and teams reacted on Twitter.

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1.Retina Implant Instantly Turns Text Into Braille

Researchers developed a way to allow traditional text to be viewed as Braille letters, using a retinal implant. This might make it easier for patients to read and understand than traditional text. Learn more: http://on.mash.to/Wz11dY

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It was another exciting week in technology and gadgetry. Check out our gallery and read the full stories right here on Top 10 Tech.

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An emotional reaction video to the viral cyberbullying clip uploaded to YouTube by Amanda Todd, a student later found dead, showcases a range of emotions.

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Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.

You bring your phone everywhere -- your desk, the kitchen, your car and, dare we say, the bathroom. Wouldn't it be handy if you could secure that valuable device in each of the places you use it most?

Created by Studio Proper, the Wallee M smartphone case features a rare-earth magnet that attaches to a variety of branded mounts. Once you've fitted the case to your iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nexus, you'll be able to secure your phone to all kinds of surfaces: virtually any wall, window or tabletop.

Studio Proper also manufactures a Wallee case for tablets (below), namely the iPad, Nexus 7 or Galaxy Tab 10.1. The only difference is that you'll mount t…
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1. Reindeer Poop

Now we know the real reason the other reindeer laughed at Rudolph. Price: $10.95

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If the traditional hall decking and tree decorating gives you a case of the Scrooges, electrify your Christmas decor with offbeat ornaments. Nothing spreads holiday cheer quite like festive poop on a rope or Santa hat-clad boogers.

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What was on the minds of Black Friday shoppers? This infographic details the top-tweeted words on Black Friday.

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Over the last week, I've found myself wondering what Steve Jobs would make of Windows 8 if he were alive today.

It's likely he would be entirely dismissive or unwilling to comment on the new OS at all. Even so, I'm betting he would consider the new Windows Phones and the mobile OS to be fairly elegant. And he'd consider Microsoft's Surface tablet to be nicely conceived if a little bit clunky and poorly executed at the apps and OS level.

The desktop version of the OS? He'd see it as an unmitigated disaster.

Jobs wasn't a perfect techno-seer, of course. In fact, over the last few months, a few of his theories on tablets have been disproved.

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Even Google's two-step authentication can't protect you from naiveté.

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The bizarre story of McAfee antivirus software company founder John McAfee keeps getting weirder, and now CNN has caught up with the 67-year-old tech titan at his hideout in Belize.

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Hukkster is a new online shopping tool that tracks your most coveted fashion finds and alerts you by email about sudden price drops.

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You've probably read all the stories about how sitting for too long can kill you. How prolonged sitting causes discomfort, numbness and spine misalignment. I have a new magic weapon -- the newly relaunched Jawbone Up.

If I've been sitting for too long at my desk in the Mashable newsroom I'll feel a slight vibration on my wrist -- a gentle nudge. It's the Jawbone Up fitness bracelet I've been wearing for the past week, letting me know it's time to get up and take a little walk -- I've been idle too long. At least, my body has.

The Jawbone Up is a bracelet designed to help you learn to live a healthier lifestyle. The band itself is rubbery, with a r…
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If you even blinked this week you might have missed one of Mashable's top news stories, opinion pieces or reviews -- including the biggest fake news on Facebook (and how to protect yourself from it), interviews with NASA and Neil Patrick Harris, and reviews of Nokia's Lumia 920 and the Samsung Galaxy Camera. We don't blame you if you didn't catch all these stories the first time around.

To make your life a little easier -- and your weekend reading all the more enjoyable -- we're bringing you a roundup of some of our favorite, most-read and most-interesting news stories from the past week.

iTunes 11 Finally Available for Download

NASA Confirms: No Major Discovery in Curiosity…
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For the unemployed, the holidays are not only a fantastic opportunity to earn money, but also a chance to get a foot in the door with companies.

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