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Microsoft attacks Google over privacy, ignores the exact same violations from its partner, Facebook

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Microsoft is leveraging an outcry over Google’s approach to privacy to smear its rival in the press. It released a blog post yesterday that claimed to have fresh findings about how Google circumvents privacy protections in Internet Explorer to place …

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Pinterest Will Let Web Publishers Opt Out With Code

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Pinterest is offering code that will let publishers opt out of having their site content shared on the increasingly popular social network. In an interview with LLSocial.com, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann said users who try to pin from sites using the …
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Google quietly launches Latitude Leaderboards, threatens Foursquare under its breath

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Google didn’t exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature — as far as we can tell, it still hasn’t been officially announced. With the latest update to the Maps app, Mountain View delivered an extra level of functionality to the all but forgotten…
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Tell Facebook the Minute Details

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Facebook recently added an “Add to Map” button for pages which have specific locations. Like everything in the new Timeline layout, which encourages users to recount their entire lives since joining Facebook, and before, this new feature is another ste…
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Fun New App Reveals Your Twitter Crush

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Looking for love on Twitter? Your special someone is no further than a click away thanks to Twit Amore, an app that’s launched just in tim…
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CEO: Twitter Won’t Be Ready For IPO For "A Couple Of Years"

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Don’t expect a initial public offering of shares of Twitter anytime soon. CNN is reporting that the company has placed restrictions on employees who hold shares, forcing them to keep 80 percent of the shares they own. The cable news outlet cited compa…
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Community Managers Share The Best Apps and Tools For Productivity

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In honor of Community Manager Appreciation Day on Jan. 23, we asked several leaders in community management about the apps and tools they swear…
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Facebook app for Windows Phone gets upgraded, redesigned

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Here’s some news to brighten up your day: the Facebook client for Windows Phone has just been updated to version 2.3, bringing with it a host of enhanced features. Precise details remain a bit fuzzy at the moment, though in an announcement on its Fac…
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"This is My Jam" is Like Pinterest For Music

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You know how it goes. One way or another, you get introduced to a new song, it sticks in your head and you want to share it with your Internet buddies. There are a few ways to go about it. You could find the song on YouTube and post a link to it on Fac…
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[INFOGRAPHIC] How Much Are Your Social Media Skills Worth?

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Employment agency OnWardSearch is kicking off Social Media Week by releasing an infographic that gives a snapshot of the state of salaries in the field. The Salary Guide, which gives the top 20 markets as well as salary ranges for top job titles in ea…
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Friday Poll: Has Pinterest piqued your interest?

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This CNET-themed Pinterest pinboard features kitchen tech. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET) Oh yippee, another social-networking site. Well, this one seems to have some legs. Pinterest has been described as a cross betw…
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Study Suggests Content Matters On Twitter

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Will this article get re-tweeted? According to a new HP Labs white paper, we can now predict whether or not it will become popular on Twitter. The findings are crucial because most previous analysis of how tweets travel have focused on who has been tw…
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Here’s How To Actually Make Money Using Social Media

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Everyone loves to tout Facebook and other social media sites as huge sources for traffic. But how do you actually convert that to revenue? We sat down with a bunch of startups and companies that are using social media to generate new sources of reven…
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The free ride is over: Facebook likely adding mobile ads “within weeks”

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With Facebook’s financial situation firmly in the spotlight after its IPO filing, the company will finally address the problem of generating revenues from mobile users by introducing mobile ads in the next few weeks.

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How to Get a Pinterest Invite

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Pinterest is unquestionably the hot social service of early 2012, with mainstream outlets such as Good Morning America covering it and brands wo…
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