NYPD CREATES SOCIAL NETWORKING UNIT TO SCOUR SITES FOR PERPS

The New York Police Department has many different specialized units from the Special Victims Unit to SWAT and the bomb squad. Now a new unit is being formed that will be tasked with scouring various social networks for evidence and possible crimes that are posted by perpetrators. New York's newly minted Assistant Commissioner, Kevin O'Connor, will enlist the department's juvenile justice unit to take on this task.

RUMOR: APPLE TO RECEIVE 5-6 MILLION VERIZON iPHONES Q1 2011

According to DigiTimes, citing sources from Taiwanese component manufacturers, Apple's shipment goal from their manufacturer of CDMA iPhones is set at 5-6 million units. This shipment goal is for CDMA iPhones, which will be launched in North America and Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2011.

Overall, Apple has raised the shipment goal for all iPhones from 19 million units to 20-21 million units in first quarter 2011. [DigiTimes]