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The almighty powerful Facebook is bringing social media and shopping together with the new "want" button.

Similar to Pinterest, the new feature lets you create different wish lists by "collecting" things from different brands Facebook pages and even gives you a direct link to buy.

Facebook said in a statement

Leave it to those MIT kids!

Melissa Chow, a student at MIT, has created a vest that inflates when you get a “Like” on Facebook!

The pockets in the vest receive a signal from the wearer’s mobile phone to puff up!

Aww! As if we didn’t already love “Likes” enough! Ha!

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They're no ruby slippers, but they're still pretty damn cool!

Designer Dominic Wilcox is making Wizard of Oz dreams come true by making GPS-enabled footwear.

The wearer's destination is uploaded to the shoe

There really is an app for everything.

At least 80% of women are wearing the wrong bra size, and getting fitted can be quite the awkward moment. Luckily for all you gals out there, The Natori Bra App was invented to help with your brassiere finding adventure!

Chief executive officer of Natori Co., Josie Natori dished out why she created the app

Who knew that Kate Middleton's wedding dress would cause such a controversy??

During Wikipedia's Wikimania 2012 conference, a debate over female-related interests prompted a discussion over why the Wiki page for "Kate Middleton's wedding dress" is one of the lowest-rated topics in the Wikiverse and has been flagged for deletion several times.

With only 9% of Wiki editors being women

Now here's a tribal look for you MacBook!

Della founder and designer Tina Tangalakis went on a volunteer trip to Ghana in 2009, and from her journey, she fell so head-over-heels for the country that she created her own fashion label.

Nice!

Being so inspired by Tina, Apple hired the designer to create 3 MacBook cases in Ghanaian patterns that are absolutely chic.

The fab bags will be available starting tomorrow in El Lay and NYC!

Check out the designs (below)!

[Images courtesy of Della.]

The geeks over at Microsoft created a Windows Phone clothing line. How techy!

The company revealed their geeky gear on their freshly launched Windows Store on CafePress displaying their custom t-shirts, hoodies, baby bodysuits and bags adorned with the ‘I Heart Windows Phone' logo.

Well isn't that just nerdy?

Microsoft said they formulated their apparel for a stylish appeal and still have more pieces in the making:

“One of the biggest requests we get isn't always for features - it's for swag. This store is a work in progress, and we’re still tweaking the product selection and design. We’ll continue to add new products and designs over time. Also, all products are offered at the base cost, we’re not making any money off of this.”

We're not sure if the designs are super chic just yet, but it's a great concept.

Unfortunately for the PC community, Mac already created a swag-filled clothing line, and we like it a lot better! Ha!

Good try though.

[Image courtesy of Microsoft.]