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Can Hinge challenge Tinder with its more grown-up approach to snap judgement dating?

Can Hinge, a new mobile dating app that connects mutual friends, compete with Tinder?
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New viral Facebook scam is tempting users with non-existent Facebook Credits

Watch out for this new Facebook scam making the rounds, advertising the social network's defunct currency.
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Google launches Helpouts, a video marketplace – here’s what we know so far

Google launched a new live video marketplace today.
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WTF, Internet? Overexposed celebs don’t get to pick which parts of their life go viral

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of a lawsuit from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, who claim their privacy was violated.
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Complete proof that Instagram is an endless circle of self-referential meta-ness

An artist decorated London with an interactive project called Real Life Instagrams. But it's not the only indication we may have a problem.
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Instagram’s first ad showed up today, so let’s all over-analyze it

It's finally happened: Ads have hit Instagram. Users reported seeing this Michael Kors Insta-ad today, and the reactions vary.
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Report: Google+ user numbers tell an incomplete story

Google+ released an update and positive news about user activity, but Google may be overstating the service's popularity.
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Event notifications are Facebook’s latest attempt to be Twitter, and they’re coming soon

Facebook's obsession with getting users to participate in real-time events continues: the site is testing live event notifications.
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Do we deserve rewards for online rants and raves? Some users – and platforms – say yes

Some members of the Elite Yelp community are suing, saying they're unpaid employees. Are they right?

These IFTTT Halloween-themed recipes will digitally get you in the spirit

Need a little help streamlining your way to Halloween fun? These IFTTT recipes will do the trick (or treat - sorry, had to).
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Yesterday was a great day for Facebook, if it weren’t for all the ‘buts’

Facebook's Q3 earnings report beat Wall Street expectations, but there are a few 'buts' attached to all the good news.
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Facebook login is quickly conquering the Internet as the de facto account sign-up service

With the social network's popularity on the rise, as long as you have a Facebook account, you can pretty much use almost any site on the Web in the future.
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Calling all procrastinators: These are the best Halloween costumes you can print

In a last minute costume bind? Here are some options that require nothing but paper, scissors, string, and a printer.
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NSA secretly taps into Google, Yahoo data centers, leaked documents show

The NSA has collected hundreds of millions of records from the data centers of Google and Yahoo through a security backdoor, reports the Washington Post
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Facebook officially hits stalker mode, wants to watch your cursor movements

Just when you thought you'd get away with secretly caressing your crush's photo with your mouse pointer, Facebook finds away to discover your hover habits.
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The very simple reasons Twitter just totally messed with your feed

If there was any wondering why Twitter is pushing photos - and pushing them hard - ease your mind, because it's all pretty obvious: Ads and brands.
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Infinite scroll not enough? New Pinterest feature will get you even more hooked

If your incessant need to peruse and pin on Pinterest isn't enough, the site has released a new feature that will keep your project-crazy brain preoccupied.
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Blend wants to fill the Facebook-sized hole in the college campus social scene

Facebook's overpopulation problem is bumming the college crowd out. Blend hopes to relive the days when social networking was exclusively for the cool kids.
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Less clicking, more looking: Twitter images and Vine videos will now show up in tweets

No need to click those Twitter and Vine links, content will show up in your feed in full.
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According to a new study, Facebook knows when you’re going to get dumped

A recent study analyzes how mutual friends shared by couples affect their romantic relationship. Here's what we were able to find out
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Google bolsters Hangouts with SMS support, location sharing, and animated GIFs

In an announcement this morning, Google revealed a handful of updates for Hangouts.
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Pixlee wants to get you recognized by the brands you shower with Instagram love

Professing your sports team fandom or product affinity on Instagram? Pixlee could be bridging the gap between you and the brands you love.
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Uber and Cheezburger are partnering to fill your office with kittens … yes, really [UPDATE] Uber experiencing kitten shortage

It's National Cat Day, and a new feature on the Uber app wants to help you celebrate - by filling your office with rent-able kittens.
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Do you want your Facebook notifications to smell like bacon? Of course you do

If you're broke or on a diet, here's a mobile device that'll make you think you just had a plate of pork chops for dinner.
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Instagram relaxes terms on censored hashtags, but its criteria remains confusing

Some of the previously unsearchable hashtags, like #sexualwednesday, are not OK on Instagram. But how the platform decides is still a conundrum.
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Suddenly Facebook friends with a lot of giraffes? Here’s why

Confused by all the giraffe profiles pictures on Facebook? Allow us to help.
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An explanation of this Facebook Bitstrips nonsense and how you can block it

The new annoyance to hit Facebook is here and it's called Bitstrips. Here's how to get rid of it.
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Starbucks @Tweetacoffee campaign lets you send the sweet, sweet gift of caffeine

Starbucks new tweet-a-coffee program lets you simply tweet to give your friends and followers the greatest gift of all: free coffee.
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To boldly go where no social media fan has gone before (and then post selfies about it)

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WTF Internet? A tweeting bra is not helping cure breast cancer

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of a bra that tweets, which is the ultimate in pinkwashing for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Getting to know my fake Facebook friends

After a swam of too-similar fake friend requests filled up Facebook, I tried to find the thread connecting them.
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Hands on with Photopon, the app that turns food porn into dinner discounts

Want to get something in return for your countless brunch pictures? Photopon might have the answer.
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Experts say LinkedIn’s new Intro app comes with huge security holes

Just when you thought finding more info about people who send you email got easier through LinkedIn Intro, security experts come out and call it unsafe.
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Tumblr finally improves search so you can find all content, hashtagged or not

Frustrated by Tumblr search? You weren't the only one. But with a helping hand from Yahoo, the feature is much improved.