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Why the SXSW curse

Why the SXSW curse? Apps launched in fantasyland seldom survive real life

Facebook helps a Louisiana couple adopt their baby

One couple turns to the social network to help raise last minute funds in order to adopt their baby.

Don’t make me ROFL! Teens are losing interest in Facebook

Teens are growing bored with Facebook, and the social network knows this.
How social media leverages shame for better and worse

From motivation to slander: How social media leverages shame for better and worse

How shame manipulates, embarrasses, and provokes social network users.

Oh, so THAT’S how search works! Thanks, Google!

Here is an interactive walk-through to better understand how Google Search works.
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Facebook announces new News Feed – here’s how the social network might finally be fixing it

Facebook will announce a revamped News Feed on March 7, and this is what we think Facebook has in store.
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Facebook testing in-line buttons to friend, follow, and like everything in your News Feed

Facebook is testing out new in-line options to help find and interact with more content and actions from directly within the News Feed.

Enter American Airlines’ Vine contest, you could land in London

American Airlines wants you to post a Vine clip telling them why you deserve a free ticket to London.

Don’t get punked by Facebook, watch out for these spam attacks

Don't get your account hacked or spam your friends into oblivion; avoid these new spam and scam attacks taking over Facebook.
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Back to the future, Socialmatic digital instant camera to be branded Polaroid

The Instamatic Socialmatic camera, which marries digital Instagram-style photography with instant film gratification, will debut in 2014 as a Polaroid cam.

It’s National Day of Unplugging, and here are five ways Internet addicts can get through it

Constantly on your phone? At your computer? Surfing the Web? If this sounds like you, it might be time to take a brief hiatus from constant connectivity.

One month later, how are video apps faring in the face of Vine?

It's been one month since Twitter introduced the Internet to Vine. Are competitors keeping up?

Facebook officially buys Atlas advertising software from Microsoft

To boost its efficiency in observing ad performance on their site, Facebok acquires Atlas, an advertising management and measurement tool, from Microsoft.

Groupon says goodbye and cuts ties with CEO Andrew Mason

A day after the reveal of Groupon's exceptionally bad financial performance last quarter, CEO Andrew Mason steps down and relinquishes command to two execs.

U.K. authorities order social networks to take down photos of killer

Jon Venables' identity was revealed in a photo republished on Twitter, but U.K. authorities are pressuring social networks to take the photos down.
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Will the companies feeding Vine’s growth ultimately poison it?

Celebrities and brands love the new video-sharing app. Can Vine survive its rapid growth?

OpenTable gets in on social discovery with ‘Places I’ve Eaten’ Facebook app

OpenTable is venturing into restaurant discovery using social signals, with the launch of its Facbeook app "Places I've Eaten."

Facebook Graph Search saves all your creepy searches – and here’s how to delete them

Facebook keeps a record of your searches, to help better tailor search results, but if you're feeling wary this is how to delete your history of searches.
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Tweetbot shows pirates why it’s the Twitter client with a (sassy) personality.

Users who decided to pirate instead of buy the Tweetbot Twitter client ended up announcing their thieving to the Twittersphere.

Twitter makes ‘American Idol’ even more interactive (content quality still questionable)

Fox's "American Idol" will launch a new level of interactivity by allowing viewers to live-tweet the show in response to on-screen questions.
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New York online daters are liars, liars pants on fire, study claims

A new survey shows that New York breeds a lot of dating profiles that are full of lies and embellishments.
Pandora Music Genome Project

Pandora introduces 40-hour monthly limit on free mobile listening, rising royalty rates to blame

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A few reasons why social media is freaking amazing (and also sort of depressing)

A peak into how our obsession with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google have grown and infiltrated our lives.

Spotify finally becomes a real social music network with new ‘Follow’ feature

Spotify updates its desktop application by introducing the new Follow tab which enables users to easily follow Facebook friends and favorite musicians.
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Land of the freelancers, home of the brave: How to find your next freelance gig online

Sick of trolling Craigslist for job after job? Try these Web apps and sites that can get you your next work from home job in no time.
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Photographer takes copyright infringement case to the Web, gets DKNY to pay up

After being called out for using copyright images in a store display without permission, clothing company DKNY admits to wrongdoing.
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Thanks for oversharing, famous people! The Oscars, as retold by celebs’ social media accounts

A quick selection of photos posted online from the awesome party that was the Oscars 2013.
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Facebook plays favorites, blocks Instagram-like app Vintage Camera

Facebook might be feeling protective of its Instagram acquisition, as the social network is blocking another competitor photo-sharing app, Vintage Camera.
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Buying things on Facebook is now – literally – three little letters away

Twitter and Instagram in-stream payment app Chirpify has introduced Facebook commerce, bringing instant buying to all three major social platforms.

Narcissism thy name is Your Show, the new app that makes you an entertainment TV star

Social Studio's 'Your Show' curates just the top content and updates from your Facebook friends in an entertainment TV format.

Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia unmasks his ‘Catfish’ with the help of MTV

Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia hid behind a Facebook profile, waiting for contestants to find him.

Will we ever run out of original tweets? Math says ‘no’

XKCD What If? tries to answer a question about the possible number of original tweets available and how long it would take to read all of them.

What user backlash? Instagram now has 100 million users

Instagram announced that, with the help of its community, it passed its 100 million user milestone.
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Terrifying Facebook security flaw lets hacker access anyone’s page

A hacker unearthed a terrifying Facebook bug that gave him full access to everyone's Facebook accounts.