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For real-time news, Facebook Notify could be the Twitter Moments killer

Facebook's real-time news app, Notify, could eliminate the need for any other news apps.
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Join the newest Internet craze and release your inner frozen chicken

The Frozen Chook movement is the Internet's newest fad that involves posing naked as a frozen supermarket chicken.
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Social media isn’t just for youngsters anymore, new research finds

Social media use among those ages 65 and over has increased to 35 percent, up from 2 percent in 2005.
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If unwanted Tinder matches appear as Facebook-suggested friends, here’s why

There may be a reason Facebook is trying to make you friend your last Tinder match.
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Bart Teeuwisse found out he lost his job at Twitter in the worst way possible

Ex-Twitter employee Bart Teeuwisse discovered he'd lost his job not via his employer, but rather via a news headline and a failed login attempt.
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Facebook’s ‘On This Day’ feature finally lets users block unwanted memories

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Facebook continues push for video content with new feed dedicated to video

Facebook is now testing a news feed that shows on videos from your friends or from the pages that you follow.
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A Turkish newspaper editor’s ‘insulting’ tweets land him in jail

On Friday, Bülent Keneş, the editor-in-chief of Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman, was removed from his office and arrested for "insulting" the President.
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Vine star King Bach to star with Key & Peele in new Fox comedy

Vine star King Bach will star in a Fox comedy which also features Key & Peele's Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
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Twitter plans to layoff 8 percent of its workforce

Twitter has announced plans to layoffs 336 employees, or eight percent of the workforce, one week after Jack Dorsey reclaimed his position as CEO.
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Snapchat switches off Snap Channel, its original content offering

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Shop ’til you drop: Facebook shows off shopping feed and new ads for brands

Facebook wants you to shop with the brands you like right in its app. The social network developed new ads and a shopping feed for users to browse through.
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Watch the subject of a cruel viral meme fight back in this video

Ashley VanPevenage, a student at Washington College, is speaking out and fighting back against cyberbullying perpetrated by hordes of total strangers.
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Twitter looks set to cut jobs across the company next week

Twitter may eliminate its 140-character limit on direct messages

Twitter is now being used to track earthquakes

In a recent blog post, Twitter has explained how the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has begun relying on tweets to track and detect earthquakes
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LinkedIn retools Groups and debuts new sales metric

LinkedIn is changing up its Groups feature and debuting a new metric in Sales Navigator that should interest sales professionals active in social selling.
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Privacy is dead, says Mark Zuckerberg, even for his unborn daughter

Mark Zuckerberg is "really looking forward to being able to capture not just a photo but to really capture the experience" of his child's first steps.
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New novel ‘Hey Harry, Hey Matilda’ comes with a serious twist: It’s on Instagram

One Instagram post at a time, Rachel Hulin plans on slowly releasing a 200-page novel titled 'Hey Harry, Hey Matilda.'
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Surprise! In-person interactions prevent depression better than emails and texts

Face-to-face interactions are better than sending an email or a text when it comes to staving off depression, a new study suggests.
Twitter may eliminate its 140-character limit on direct messages

Twitter debuts Moments, its editor-curated news stream

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Elon Musk’s belated advice for Twitter’s Dorsey on being a dual CEO: Don’t do it

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Facebook’s first satellite will beam Internet to rural Africa starting in 2016

Facebook is partnering with French satellite communications provider Eutelsat to beam a satellite internet connection to remote parts of Africa.
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Playing tourist? Here are the most Instagrammed places in North America

If you want to be avant-garde in your Instagramming, you may want to avoid the places Busbud has identified as the most Instagrammed location in each state.
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You can finally build a website easily on your phone with Weebly’s Carbon

Weebly is the first website platform to let you build a full website using a free drag and drop mobile app for Android, iPhone, iPad or iWatch.
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Everything you need to know about Android 6.0 Marshmallow: Get it on your Nexus now

Google's next major release of Android is Marshmallow, or version 6.0, and it's coming to Nexus phones at the beginning of October
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It’s official: Jack Dorsey is back in charge at Twitter

After speculation that Jack Dorsey's interim gig at Twitter's helm would turn permanent, the 38-year-old announced this morning that the rumors are true.

Weekly Rewind: T-Mobile’s big breach, dog cloning, and the new Tesla Model X

It's hard to keep track of everything that happens in the tech world. We compiled a list of the top 10 tech stories: Peeple and the massive T-Mobile hack.

This guy just used virtual reality to propose to his girlfriend (and did it IRL too)

We've toured Syria with VR, been forewarned of the inevitable link between VR and sex, and now, one man has proposed to his girlfriend using the technology.
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Hey Facebook users, you know you’re on the Internet, right?

Earlier this year, a perplexing study was released that suggested millions of Facebook users claimed to not be Internet users.
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Next time you check-in with Swarm, you could actually save a kitten

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Do you like, I mean really like, that Tinder profile? Now you can Super Like it

Following an apparently successful trial run of the feature in Australia, the dating app is unveiling its "Super Like" feature to the rest of the world.
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Twitter looks set to name co-founder Jack Dorsey as permanent CEO

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Facebook will soon let you replace your boring old profile picture with a video

Facebook's redesigning profile pages for the first time in a long time. The most noteworthy new feature? Animated profile pictures.
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Twitter has a 136-page handbook to help you run for president

For those candidates still trying to find their social media voice, Twitter has a handy 136-page handbook filled with tips and tricks.