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If you’re a Facebook user who also happens to be a frequent user of Yahoo!, there’s some good news that should pique the interests of those looking for a new way to check the updates of your Facebook page and share news culled from Yahoo! to your Facebook stream.

Announced today, with a planned rollout in the first half of 2010, this comes by way of the Facebook Connect initiative that will be integrated across Yahoo! Servers worldwide. As told by Yahoo!, this effort will serve as a bridge between the over 500 million users of Yahoo! who also participate in the growing community fostered by Facebook.

Services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo News, and Yahoo! Answers will be fully merged with the Facebook service. You’ll be able to update your Facebook status from those various Yahoo! Components or do as you usually do – directly from your Facebook account.

This is just one of many synergistic efforts devised for the express purpose of drawing the internet community closer, taking advantage of its ever-evolving technology to promote the exchange of information and democratize its use.

For Facebook users, we’d like to remind you that Geek Choice has its own Facebook profile, where we make regular updates to keep our clients informed.

You can get more information about Facebook Connect  here.

With digital music available for our listening ears on everything from a blackberry to an iphone, we’ve become a society that’s almost perpetually tuned into our favorite music, equipping ourselves with walking jukeboxes that store hundreds of songs from bands of all types.

While listening to our bands in digital format is a satisfying musical accompaniment that our lives have become dependent upon, there’s no denying that experiencing the music live offers an unmatched joy that truly draws you into the artists’ music.

A little known application that taps you into the touring schedule of all your bands is Upcoming, which was recently purchased by Yahoo.  This week, they’ve added a new function that informs you when your favorite bands are playing, all according to your digital playlist – assuming you’re using iTunes, Pandora, or Last.FM

After Upcoming loads your favorite artists, it keeps fans updated by storing the names of their artists and alerting them with an email whenever those musicians are slated to perform in their area. This is a great means of staying on top of the tour dates for those bands you’ve always wanted to see a live performance from. No matter who it is, obscure indie act or widely known commercial superstar, Upcoming makes sure fans of those artists – assuming they’re using Pandora, Last.fm, or iTunes – know when the band’s in town.