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Facebook ends year as top U.S. smartphone app, but Messenger sees most growth

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Vin Diesel teases Samuel L. Jackson’s return to the xXx franchise on social media

Diesel recently rattled off a string of announcements about xXx: The Return of Xander Cage on both Facebook and Instagram.
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Facebook is offering employees $10,000 to move closer to work

Facebook is offering employees $10,000 or more to move closer to its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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Just how closely are we monitoring visa applicants' social media accounts?

During a press conference on Friday, President Obama asserted that officials do indeed look into the posts of those seeking American visas.
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What did we eat most? Foursquare shares 2015’s most popular check-ins and trends

Foursquare, the app that lets you "check in," recently revealed what we ate, drank, and saw the most of in 2015.
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Homer Simpson’s Mr. Plow stars in new YouTube ad aimed at small businesses

YouTube has recruited Homer Simpson and the rest of The Simpsons cast in its new online ad aimed at small businesses. 
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Twitter Targets Gamers by Appointing its First Head of Gaming

Twitter has hired a former YouTube and Google exec to boost gaming content on its platform. 
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More NFL Action Coming to Snapchat as Part of Exclusive Partnership

The NFL has extended its partnership with Snapchat to include additional Explorer footage and even more official and user-created game clips.
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Facebook’s Music Stories adds more services, lets you keep scrolling while you listen

More streaming services have been added to Facebook's Music Stories along with a new feature that lets you keep scrolling while you listen. 
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Kendall Jenner and her fellow Instagram models are earning up to $300K per post

Popular Instagram models including Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevigne, and Gigi Hadid can earn up to $300,000 per Instagram post.
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Facebook users, live-streams from brands are coming your way

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In Denver, stoners can summon a weed party bus with the flick of an app

High There, a dating app for stoners, has launched a free mobile party bus in the Denver area.
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Pinterest now notifies you of price drops on your favorite buyable pins

Pinterest has rolled out new tools that notify users when the price drops on their saved buyable pins. 
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Spread holiday cheer with Facebook Messenger’s new features

Facebook includes new features such as Photo Magic, holiday themed emoji, and the snow globe feature, for spreading holiday cheer through its messaging app.
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Hzone HIV dating app suffers massive data breach exposing 5,000 user accounts

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Facebook is filtering out the sad times from your Year in Review

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Pinterest's top food trends for 2016 Include savory desserts and homebrew

Social bookmarking site Pinterest has created a board predicting the top lifestyle trends for 2016 based on the pins of its biggest influencers.
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Spoiler alert: Reddit is banning users who post Star Wars: The Force Awakens details

Reddit moderators have warned users posting Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers that they risk being banned from the website. 
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Uber has integrated with Facebook Messenger so you never have to leave a conversation

Uber and Facebook have collaborated to integrate the ride-sharing service into the messaging app, eliminating the need to leave the conversation.
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NRA debuted first anti-gun control Snapchat filter to coincide with Republican debate

The NRA introduced its first Snapchat filter in the run-up the Republican debate in Las Vegas. The filters aimed at Nevada's gun control ballot initiative
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Facebook’s new local business listings feature causes Yelp shares to drop

Facebook is testing a new local business listings feature, and news of the tool has caused Yelp shares to plummet.
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Apple shuts down Topsy 2 years after acquisition

Two years and at least $200 million later, Apple has shut down Topsy, the social media analytics company.
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Here are Google's most-searched topics in 2015

Google has released its annual Year in Search data for 2015, and topping the charts are searches for Paris after the November terrorist attacks.
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Facebook, Google, and Twitter pledge to take down hate speech within 24 hours in Germany

Facebook, Google, and Twitter reached an agreement with Germany that will have the companies take down hate speech within 24 hours in the country.
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Facebook unveils new process for reporting fake names in effort to protect all users

Facebook has unveiled a new system to report fake names, which includes a support mechanism aimed at victimized users from the LGBTQ community.
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Washington Redskins Twitter blunder leads to accusations of fake community profile

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NBA dominates all other sport leagues, reaches 1 billion vine loops

The NBA has set a record on Vine, becoming the first organization to achieve over one billion Vine loops.
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Social media presence will now be part of the vetting process in U.S. immigration

As per a Wall Street Journal report, the DHS will now "scrutinize social media posts as part of its visa application process before certain people are allowed entry into the nation." 
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Reddit's First Official Site-Browsing App for Android Accepting Signups

Reddit has started accepting signups for the beta version of its upcoming Android app.
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Facebook’s Star Wars lightsaber profile lets you show your love of The Force

Facebook has made it easy for Star Wars fans to create a temporary profile picture featuring a lightsaber, in honor of The Force Awakens.
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Perceived addiction the reason Facebook users quit, but often return

Cornell researchers studied 5,000 survey responses to uncover the reasons Facebook users usually return to the platform after quitting or taking a break.
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Facebook Will Soon Force You to Use its Moments App to Photo-Sync Your Images

Facebook is killing off the photo-sync feature from its main app in order to make it exclusively available on its stand-alone, photo-sharing app, Moments.
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Musician Ed Sheeran quitting social media, at least until next autumn

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Facebook begins testing real-time comments on status updates

Facebook has started testing real-time comments on status updates, similar to real-time Messages updates that show three dots when someone is replying.