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Google+ Hits 50 Million Users, Adds Circle Sharing

Google’s social network has hit an estimated 50 million users, with 2 million new users joining per day, thanks to a surge…

By Rob D Young · 28 Sep 2011

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How to Spoof Facebook Friends with Dodgy Headlines from Trusted News Sources

Did you know that when you re-share content on Facebook you can edit the titles and descriptions of links posted by friends?…

By Miranda Miller · 27 Sep 2011

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Google Homepage Advertises Addition of CityVille to Google+ Games

Google today welcomed popular game “CityVille” to its small collection of games on Google+. Google once again used its valuable homepage space…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Sep 2011

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Facebook Kills Rumor, Announces ‘Facebook Will Always Be Free’

Perhaps you saw a friend post a message over the weekend that Facebook is planning to charge for “gold,” “silver” and “bronze”…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Sep 2011

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Google+ May Have 43 Million Users

Ancestry.com’s Paul Allen estimates 43 million users have joined Google+, a large majority of those in the two days after it opened…

By Miranda Miller · 26 Sep 2011

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Mesh & the Tyranny of Size: How Mesh Might Change Second Life Culture

  While other ongoing stories are still… ongoing, four weeks ago the much awaited release of Mesh to the full Second Life…

By Avril Korman · 24 Sep 2011

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Yahoo Launches Social News App Outside of Facebook Platform

Yahoo users opted in to the new app will see the profile pictures of Facebook and Yahoo contacts displayed across the top…

By Miranda Miller · 23 Sep 2011

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Twitter Buys Julpan, Former Google Engineer Ori Allon’s Company

Twitter has picked up year-old startup Julpan. This service will help Twitter surface relevant results in the stream. Equally important, though, is…

By Rob D Young · 23 Sep 2011

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Facebook F8 Wrapup: Timeline, Ticker, GraphRank for Users & Marketers

The third major evolution of Facebook was unveiled at today’s f8 conference. Facebook will be reborn as the place you curate your…

By Miranda Miller · 22 Sep 2011

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Web Liquid Test Drives 5 Top Social Media Monitoring Tools

Web Liquid’s Social Media Monitoring Tool Buyer’s Guide is more than a laundry list of tools; see what they found during in-depth…

By Miranda Miller · 22 Sep 2011