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Facebook finally lets you edit your posts everywhere and look like less of an idiot

Finally, you may now go through your Facebook Timeline and correct all the grammatical and typographical errors in your posts.
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Achieving viral: Here’s the secret sauce behind images that win the Internet

If you want a viral image on Google+, you better find a happy GIF, according to new research.
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Are humans going to lose the war for the social Web to spam?

Will bots and spammers take over our social networks?
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Tumblr makes its first appearance in the Supreme Court

In an important case about campaign finance, anti-corruption activist Lawrence Lessig is using Tumblr to make a point.
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Twitter and the NFL strike a deal – start watching out for those spoilers, DVR users

Want more NFL all the time always? Well you're in luck, because a new deal with Twitter means it's heading your way.
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Can you tell a story in six words? Twitter wants to know

For storytellers keen on brevity, the Six Words contest allows writers to flex their shortest story muscles on Twitter.
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That Google Talk conversation you’re having? It’s not going to who you think it’s going to

Users who have not upgraded their Google Talk clients to Hangouts may be experiencing a glitch in which messages are being rerouted to the wrong recipients.
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Facebook’s redefined control over user data steamrolls teen privacy

Various advocacy groups call shenanigans on Facebook's proposed policy changes, claiming that the new language blatantly steps on teens' rights to privacy.
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You can now Shazam yourself to disaster preparedness

Shazam is known as a music discovery app, but a new partnership with Ad Council turns the service into a tool to get ready for disaster.
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[UPDATE] Facebook says it remains blocked in China’s Free Trade Zone

China has made waves with its plan to launch a free-trade zone in Shanghai, but earlier reports stating Facebook will be allowed have been refuted.
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Want some Instagram advice from billion dollar companies? Then listen up

This is how Fortune 500 are using Instagram - you might want to listen u. p
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Nobody panic! Facebook’s artificial intelligence just wants to know how you’re feeling

Facebook is undertaking an ambitious artificial intelligence project. Here's everything you need to know.
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@Horse_ebooks has been outed and it’s like seeing your dad in a Santa suit

Today the Internet learned what it should've known all along: horse_ebooks, its most popular spambot, is run by humans.
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Hands on with Moodsnap, the app that makes music from photos

In case you needed another launchpad for music discovery, here's an app that uses images to curate your Spotify Premium playlists.
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Everybody’s favorite vlog app, TouchCast, is now Instagram-ized

TouchCast for iPad is pretty much every on-the-go Web video-maker's dream app. Learn more as we test its newest feature that taps into your Instagram feed.
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New York State busts 19 companies for creating fake online reviews

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The 6 worst things you can do on Instagram

Want to know how to lose friends and evade followers on Instagram? Well the Internet decided these six things will you get you exactly that.

You may soon be able to pay Facebook to show off your News Feed posts

A journalist took a screenshot of what appears to be a new feature Facebook is testing to allow individuals to pay to promote posts.
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These are the sites you’re wasting time on while at work

In the world's least surprising survey, it turns out people waste time at work looking at the Internet.
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10 Instagram accounts that reveal what happens on the sets of your favorite shows

If you're a regular couch potato and Instagram user, you need to follow these actors and actresses that occasionally post behind-the-scene photos on set.
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Want to know what data Facebook has on you? A primer on what you get and how to get it

Want to know exactly what Facebook knows about you? Here's everything you need to know about your data, as well as how to request and download it.
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WTF, Internet? Technology is trying to make us even fatter than we already are

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of apps that are trying to give us (more) heart disease.
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As art collectors start eyeing GIFs, it’s time to ask: Can you ‘own’ digital art?

An auction house is collaborating with Tumblr for a net art sale... and it's just one of many examples of the burgeoning digital art market.
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These are the 4 types of people who will buy the gold iPhone

We searched and found them: The people who are totally serious about buying the gold iPhone.
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Facebook ‘Likes’ are protected by the First Amendment

A judge ruled that Facebook "likes" constitute protected speech.
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London firefighters start safety campaign using selfies

In London, the fire department started a campaign called #safetyselfies to spread fire safety awareness through social media.
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The best Instagram-made music videos

Instagram is getting a star role in music videos with more bands utilizing the technology to give their content the retro edge.
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Consider yourselves warned: I found out exactly how annoying Facebook Shared Albums can be

I created a Facebook Shared Album so that my friends and I can share photos from our Jason Mraz pilgrimage. The issues I ran into make me sort of regret it.
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Hands on: iTunes Radio can’t out-DJ Pandora, but it sure does look pretty

We took a gander at iTunes Radio to see how it stacks up to the competition.

Want some social with your science? The best Instagrams from NASA’s rocket launch

NASA and Orbital Sciences sent a rocket to the International Space Station on Wednesday – and here's how we documented it.
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China detains teen for going viral

Chinese authorities recently detained a teenager for muckracking about a local police investigation.
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Marissa Mayer is personally going to see to it that you use My Yahoo, one retweet at a time

Marissa Mayer is taking her My Yahoo campaign to the streets. Er, the tweets. The retweets, to be more specific.
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Facebook apologizes for its most tasteless ad of all time

Facebook issued an apology after one of its advertisers posted a shockingly tasteless ad.
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Zeega is the interactive storytelling tool you never knew you always wanted

There are already a lot of storytelling tools out there, but Zeega provides an interesting platform for interactive multimedia slideshows.