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According to overly obvious study, we are addicted to the Facebook mobile app

Social media can be quite habit-forming, and with the way smartphones are dominating the market these days, it's easier to get hooked to Facebook.

Did Amazon’s storage cloud burst?

If you think extra precaution is not necessary when it comes to backing up files online, think again.
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Who needs filters? Instagram is getting the silent (film) treatment

Silent films hit Instagram as part of an ingenious festival promotion.
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Hashtags for everyone! Path joins in on the #trend

Path joins Facebook and Flickr on the increasingly crowded hashtag bandwagon.
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Turns out federal government employees can be Craigslist creeps, too

If you're going to cyber-stalk somebody via Craigslist ads, don't use your work computer.
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Facebook gets green light to build Gehry-designed campus extension

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Student breaks into home to use Facebook, caught after not logging out

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Celebrating Tumblr’s 100 million blog milestone

Tumblr is churning out millions of blogs - and here are some of our favorites.
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If you don’t want ads targeting you, read this story about Facebook FBX

Facebook's ad-retargeting system Facebook Exchange will be expanding. That means a lot to marketers, but what does it mean for you?
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Don’t click that link! New Facebook spam features child porn and an account-controlling virus

Another virus-causing link has found its way into Facebook, and it's bad. Learn to protect yourself, your friends, and your kids from this kind of content.

You want the 3G? You can’t handle the 3G! North Korea pulls foreigner access [UPDATE: Temporarily]

We hope foreign journalists didn't get too comfortable - North Korea already pulled their 3G access.

Mark Zuckerberg pokes his way from tech to a new political group

Reports suggest that Mark Zuckerberg will launch a new political organization with a college roommate and consultants from both sides of the divide.

Wanna be a publisher? Flipboard 2.0 lets users create their own magazine

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Facebook uses push notifications to nag us … to use push notifications

Facebook wants to dominate the mobile market, and is alerting us to post more as well as enable push notifications. Fool me once, Facebook...

Hands on: MixShape dishes out tunes for the right mood

MixShape wants a peak into your Spotify playlists so it can improve them, increasing your music DJ cred along the way.
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The birth of a marriage equality meme

The Supreme Court is taking a look at marriage today - and if you look at Facebook, your friends are probably chiming in.
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FireMe! keeps you from tweeting your way to the unemployment line

FireMe! finds people on Twitter who hate their jobs or bosses and warns them of their indiscretions.

Allow us to introduce the world’s first Vine movie trailer

The first Vine movie trailer for The Wolverine takes over the video sharing app.
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You can now track Facebook Graph Searches on Google Analytics

Website administrators can now benefit from Facebook's new feature by rigging their Google Analytics accounts to keep tabs on Graph Search activity.

Get your Google Analytics in infographic form thanks to Visual.ly

Sick of text but want your site metrics? Visual.ly brings traffic data to you, infographic style.
Who needs Simon Cowell? How ‘big data’ will predict the next music superstar

Who needs Simon Cowell? How big data can predict music superstars

If there's one thing the Internet is full of, it's statistical data - there's a way to use it to boost the quality of the music industry through the roof.
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Vizify rolls out of beta, ready to protect and serve your Web identify – infographic style

Identify website Vizify is now open to the public, ready to create your personal landing page complete with personalized infographics.

Hands on: Webnote is an iPad Web browser and social network in one

Looking for a new browser? WebNote is a browser meant for sharers. Part web navigator, part social network, WebNote streamlines the sharing process.
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Everything you need to know about Facebook’s new Timeline

We get an early in-depth look at Facebook's new Timeline. Here's what you need to know.
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LinkedIn follows in Facebook’s footsteps, gets a search makeover

LinkedIn changed up its search, emulating Facebook to widen its appeal.
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Facebook employees say goodbye to their desktops and go mobile-only to improve the app

More people are using Facebook on their phones now. To properly address that, the company temporarily shut down employee access to the website.
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Fake tweet site LetMeTweetThatForYou could have real implications for Web journalism

LetMeTweetThatForYou is a quick and dirty solution to fake tweets and play it off as the real thing.

The Twitternet of things? How robots use Twitter for good … or evil

When you think of robots on Twitter, you think of spambots. But Twitter and its users can benefit from automated accounts.
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The case of the mysterious, vanishing Facebook Timeline redesign

Facebook gave some users a taste of the Timeline. But what Facebook giveth, Facebook taketh away.
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Man ignoring child support payments busted due to Facebook photo

A Wisconsin man skipping his child support payments thought it would be a great idea to post several pictures of himself and stacks of cash on Facebook.
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Facebook enhances Events pages with weather forecasts

Facebook has started rolling out a small feature that displays the weather forecast in Events pages for both attendees and admins.

Check out Facebook’s March Madness bracket

Facebook's March Madness bracket, based on Facebook buzz, has Duke winning it all this year.

No Twitter card support? No problem – Previeweet brings Instagrams back to the Twitter feed

We're sad that Twitter stopped showing Instagram photos on their feed, but we're glad that Previeweet on Google Chrome is here to the rescue.
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The Internet way to do your Spring Break vacation on the cheap

Want to get away for spring break? Look online for ways to save big.