Dean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak. Here’s our ethics statement.

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Can social media save lives?

Jennifer Lynn Aaker, a professor at Stanford University’s business school, gave an unusual talk about social media at the Web 2.0 Expo show in San Francisco today. She shared a story about one of her students turning an assignment where …