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Imgur evolves into a more socially-friendly service – without alienating its loyal Redditors

Imgur made some rare but dramatic changes to its service, adding Reddit-like functionality to look more like a social network.

Second screen app Boxfish takes its TV-guide-killing self to the iPhone

TV search and discovery - as well as remote control - app Boxfish can now add the iPhone to its list of compatible devices.
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Facebook stock price surges after beating Wall Street expectations

Facebook's third quarter performance in 2012 beat Wall Street expectations and renews investor confidence.
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Vizify rolls outs badges, analytics, and custom backgrounds to customize your landing page

Landing page creator Vizify continues its quest to plot your Internet portfolio with several new features.
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Tradesy is a second market for authentic designer apparel, with an ironclad guarantee

Women can buy and sell designer fashion without the risks of buying counterfeits or damaged apparel and accessories with Tradesy.

Microsoft Xbox 360 update comes to all, introducing disruptive changes

Microsoft completed its week long roll out of the new Xbox 360 dashboard on Tuesday, preparing its console business for the Friday release of Windows 8. Changes to the interface might not please users, though.
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These five apps turn your static address book into a feature-full social network

Check out these apps that take your boring old contact list and turn it into an engaging, iterating social network.
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Hands on with AOL’s Alto: A webmail client that’s big on beauty, and has decent brains to boot

AOL is introducing a new webmail application, Alto, that groups your various inboxes into one stylish stop.
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Do you remember Facebook political ads? If not, you’re not alone

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Yelp tries public shaming to discourage businesses from gaming reviews and ratings

Yelp, in its latest measure to discourage businesses from gaming its reviews and ratings, will display warning signs on suspect businesses.
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Anonymous, Amanda Todd, and the dangers of vigilante justice online

We sift fact from speculation in a search for the truth about 15-year-old Amanda Todd's suicide.
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Who’s the average Twitter user? She’s female, 28 years old, and loves the color purple

Beevolve's extensive study unveils the average Twitter user, who is female, 28 years old, loves purple and tweets from an iPhone.

Grooveshark redesign puts more power into artists’ hands, but is it enough to fend off copyright fiends?

With its redesign, Grooveshark is attempting to win back users by giving artists more control over their music property.
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Visual.ly plays matchmaker between infographic designers and data-hungry companies

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Facebook revokes agency’s Preferred Developer badge for discussing beta features

TBG Digital had its Preferred Marketing Developer badge suspended by Facebook after reportedly discussing a Facebook beta feature.
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JibJab gets political with the Great American Dance Off!

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Favery, a virtual pinboard to help ‘friend-source’ feedback for your important purchases

Favery is a new Pinterest-like platform that lets others vote on your buying decisions - all from your virtual pinboard, of course.
Terms & Conditions: Reddit

Terms & Conditions: Reddit’s user agreement is a joke

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Facebook sold you out, changed its mind, and now it’s getting sued

Data crawler Profile Engine is fighting back after losing Facebook indexing access.
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Facebook gets strict with new Open Graph rules and tries to tone down all the over-sharing

Facebook now expects quality content from its third-party developers and so has updated its Open Graph actions to combat newsfeed spam.
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Video: Tech’s finest propose how startups can fix San Francisco’s problems

Tech's leading minds in San Francisco, from Twitter to Jawbone, unveiled a promo video of how they'd improve the city, while plugging Prop E.

The ProfileStalkr Tumblr app won’t track who’s looking at your blog, but it will spam your followers

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British man sentenced to 12 weeks in jail as result of Facebook posts

Store, share, and add vowels to your video with Cloudee, from the makers of Boxee

Cloudee is now available for open beta testing with new sharing features, a web-based interface, and unlimited storage -- for now.
Don't click: myZamana emails

‘Dating service’ myZamana will infiltrate your Gmail and spam your friends

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Foursquare update delivers all your friends’ check-ins — anywhere, all the time

Foursquare's latest update allows you to see all of your friend's check-ins regardless of their location.
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StumbleUpon refreshes desktop app with new design and content discovery features

StumbleUpon has updated the relaunched site from 2011 with a refreshed design and new content discovery features.
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LinkedIn rolls out skill endorsements, and it’s as easy as one-click

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Lego balls, robot mules, and drunk RAMing in this week’s Staff Picks

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Thousands showup to party in tiny Dutch town after Facebook invite goes viral, ends in riot

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Hostage situation unfolds over Facebook, ends peacefully

cbs introduces tweet week to launch fall shows

CBS introduces ‘Tweet Week’ to launch fall shows

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British authorities to set up guidelines for social media hate speech

news360 launches publisher program 05  edit your categories

News360 partnerships seek to bridge the curator-publisher divide