Mark Wahlberg is making a movie about Boston Marathon bombing

One of Boston's own is taking on a story close to his heart

CBS Films has announced that Mark Wahlberg is set to produce a movie about the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, titled Patriots' Day

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Scott Stuber (Ted), Dylan Clark (Planet of the Apes), Stephen Levinson (The Gambler), and 60 Minutes producer Michael Radutzky are also set to produce the film.

Wahlberg, a native of the city, is expected to star as Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, a source close to production tells Mashable.

The movie will be based on Davis' first-hand account of the April 15 event, in which three people were killed and more than 250 injured Read more...

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Facebook claims Newsfeed dip for news sites was a mere 'bug'

Facebook giveth traffic. Hath Facebook taken it away?

The social network said on Tuesday afternoon that it had given news publishers underwhelming data reports about how many people see posts on its NewsFeed

NewsWhip, a social media tracking startup, had published a blog post on Tuesday afternoon noting that news content on Facebook had experienced a marked decline in the number of people reached from the middle of February and into March

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In the fraught relationship between Facebook and the news business, that blip reignited the concern of news publishers that Facebook's important traffic had suddenly been cut back as it looks to embrace native video and other forms of media. Read more...

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Introducing the selfie shoe

Because selfie sticks weren't annoying enough, here's a product with the potential to make you lose all hope in your fellow humans

In a completely serious campaign that's definitely not in anyway related to April Fools' Day, Miz Mooz has unveiled its latest shoe innovation: selfie shoes

With smartphone docking ports on both feet, the selfie shoes offer a glimpse of a terrifying dystopian future that we hope never actually comes to pass

If there's one good thing that would come out of this product, it would at least provide selfie lovers with a loophole that lets them circumvent the stick bans at Coachella and various art galleries. Read more...

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