![Five tech industry predictions for 2012](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/predictions-2012-thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![Five tech industry predictions for 2012](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/predictions-2012-thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Sir Jony: Apple design guru Jonathan Ive gets knighted
![SOPA is for lazy companies and campaign donations — not piracy prevention](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sopa-thumb1.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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SOPA is for lazy companies and campaign donations — not piracy prevention
![Week in review: SOPA, PR nightmares and Twinkie-eating zombies](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/381008_10150443811692456_376251907455_10355469_1365990932_n-e13250278688791.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Week in review: SOPA, PR nightmares and Twinkie-eating zombies
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A new option if you want to invest in startups
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Wii U likely to implement a full app store upon release
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Skyrim isn’t (that) broken
![Atari’s latest legal actions “appear to be putting the squeeze on hundreds of apps”](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Atari’s latest legal actions “appear to be putting the squeeze on hundreds of apps”
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Orangutan Outreach wants Apple’s help popularizing apes using iPads
![Electric-car maker Fisker recalling Karmas due to battery issue](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Electric-car maker Fisker recalling Karmas due to battery issue
![The Apple collection: Secret Stanford warehouse houses company history](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-archives.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The Apple collection: Secret Stanford warehouse houses company history
![Updated: Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/antisopa.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Updated: Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support
![Remembering… Golden Sun](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Remembering… Golden Sun
![Intel’s first Android smartphone will be made by LG, shown off at CES](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Intel’s first Android smartphone will be made by LG, shown off at CES
![No Facebook Timeline for Internet Explorer 7 users](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
No Facebook Timeline for Internet Explorer 7 users
![Law firm threatens to shut Twitter down for allowing terrorist groups to tweet](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hezbollah.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Law firm threatens to shut Twitter down for allowing terrorist groups to tweet
![Updated: Verizon reverses $2 fee after FCC inquiry, customer outrage](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/verizonmanhole-e1325278280600.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Updated: Verizon reverses $2 fee after FCC inquiry, customer outrage
![Verizon convenience fee sparks Change.org petition](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/verizon-petition.png?resize=300%2C175&strip=all)
Verizon convenience fee sparks Change.org petition
![How Washington went social in 2011](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/politics-facebook.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How Washington went social in 2011
![Facebook gains on Google with 30% increase in unique U.S. visitors in 2 years](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/51519638_6b899a7d1c_z.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook gains on Google with 30% increase in unique U.S. visitors in 2 years
![Google+ traffic & users jumped in final months of 2011](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/google-plus-stats.png?resize=300%2C169&strip=all)
Google+ traffic & users jumped in final months of 2011
![Dump Go Daddy Day results: 27K domains transfer in, only 14K out](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/godaddy-sopa-2.png?resize=250%2C175&strip=all)
Dump Go Daddy Day results: 27K domains transfer in, only 14K out
![Anonymous exposes 860K Stratfor users (and 75K credit card numbers)](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/anonymous-stratfor.jpg?resize=300%2C175&strip=all)
Anonymous exposes 860K Stratfor users (and 75K credit card numbers)
![Ocean Marketing holds N-Control’s digital accounts hostage, relents after more drama](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Ocean Marketing holds N-Control’s digital accounts hostage, relents after more drama
![The DeanBeat: From the Supreme Court to Anonymous, 2011 was a transformational year for games](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
The DeanBeat: From the Supreme Court to Anonymous, 2011 was a transformational year for games
![Verizon blames “growing pains” for LTE 4G outages](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Verizon blames “growing pains” for LTE 4G outages
![The Fast and the Infuriating](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
The Fast and the Infuriating
![Ubisoft vs. Anonymous](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Ubisoft vs. Anonymous
![Not even a shift to full SOPA opposition can stop Go Daddy from hemorrhaging customers](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/godaddy-sopa.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Not even a shift to full SOPA opposition can stop Go Daddy from hemorrhaging customers
![Gaming In Public: Fun Infused Games on January 28th in Alexandria, VA](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Gaming In Public: Fun Infused Games on January 28th in Alexandria, VA
![VBWeekly: A dramatic re-enactment of Ocean Marketing’s PR flop](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jersey-bro.png?resize=255%2C175&strip=all)
VBWeekly: A dramatic re-enactment of Ocean Marketing’s PR flop
![SEC probed Groupon about Andrew Mason memo prior to IPO](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/andrewmason.jpg?resize=320%2C175&strip=all)
SEC probed Groupon about Andrew Mason memo prior to IPO
![Letter reveals embarassing allegations about Mark Hurd’s sexual appetites while at HP](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Letter reveals embarassing allegations about Mark Hurd’s sexual appetites while at HP
![Banks battle for $220M share of Facebook IPO](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Banks battle for $220M share of Facebook IPO
![Viacom may owe $383 million to Harmonix shareholders](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/harmonix1.jpeg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Viacom may owe $383 million to Harmonix shareholders
![Texting still king for the 234M US mobile device users](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/shutterstock_26550724.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Texting still king for the 234M US mobile device users
![Apple could bring facial recognition to the iPhone, à la Android](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/women-looking-at-phone-tn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&strip=all)
Apple could bring facial recognition to the iPhone, à la Android
![Icon Games: Ongoing PS Vita development “difficult” and “a little scary”](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Icon Games: Ongoing PS Vita development “difficult” and “a little scary”
![Windows Phone LTE plans: Nokia Ace, HTC Radiant, Samsung Mendel coming to AT&T early 2012](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Windows Phone LTE plans: Nokia Ace, HTC Radiant, Samsung Mendel coming to AT&T early 2012
![Why the biggest companies aren’t wiping the floor with social startups](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mopping.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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