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Filtering the web so you don’t have to for February 5th 2011 through February 6th 2011:

• Check in to the biggest sporting event of the year! | Foursquare Blog –
  blog.foursquare.com - Foursquare
  

  Last year, Super Bowl Sunday was one of our biggest days for check-ins, with people around the world gathering at houses and bars for The Big Game. This year, we have some super exciting news for all you football fans: we’ve teamed up with the NFL for the biggest sporting event of the year – Super Bowl XLV! We wanted to give the entire foursquare community a chance to gather together, so we’ve created our first global venue, Super Bowl Sunday. Foursquare users around the world..  show all text
• From Twitter – RT @NavyNews Standby for Area 51-like calls to start pouring in… this may be like science fiction http://ow.ly/3R7or
• Please Read: A Personal Appeal TO Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales –
  techcrunch.com - Guest Author
  

  Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Hunter Walk who spends way too much time researching 1980s hair metal bands on Wikipedia. His obsession with Wikipedia is unrelated to his day job leading the consumer product team at YouTube.
  Wikipedia is the world’s 5th largest website, runs no ads and, depressingly, seems to be perpetually on the fringe of solvency. Google for “Jimmy Wales personal appeal” (Wales is Wikipedia’s founder) and you’ll see that there are 3..  show all text
• Super Bowl Science: 5 Key NFL Technologies Revealed & Explained –
• Why Some Twitter Posts Catch On, and Some Don’t –
  nytimes.com
  When it comes to hot-button topics, Twitter users often wait on trusted sources before hitting the button themselves.