0 The 20 Best New Gadgets Of 2011

A year ago we were perfectly content with 3.5-inch smartphones, single-core tablets, and laptops that weighed seven pounds.Now look how far we've come.A lot has changed in the gadget world in 2011. We put together the top 20 that changed things (for better or worse) this yearHTC Thunderbolt:Several months later, the HTC Thunderbolt probably seems pretty unremarkable. Single core processor. Android 2.2 Froyo. No 1080p HD video recording. But this was the first LTE phone, and the first to prove people want faster data speeds than what 3G could offer.Why it's important: The Thunderbolt kicked off the LTE craze on Verizon. Now AT&T is starting...

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1 Facebook Reveals 2011′s Most-Popular Status Trends

Facebook status updates played a starring role in the evolution of the world’s largest social network in 2011.As several major changes to status updates (increased character limits, for example) rolled out throughout the year, Facebook data scientists kept their eyes focused on tracking the trends among those status updates.Facebook unleashed that research late Tuesday night in their end-of-year Memology list, which each Decembersince 2009 has helped users understand the most-popular topics, cultural trends and acronyms on the site.Similar to what was popular on Twitter in 2011, high-profile deaths triggered (see image above)...