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UK to go easy on prosecuting offensive Twitter users who show remorse

By Sam Byford on December 18, 2012 08:35 pm + 42 comments

The UK has announced new guidelines that could see less social media users prosecuted under the Continue reading…
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Iran's Supreme Leader adds Facebook to growing online presence, despite official ban

By Adi Robertson on December 17, 2012 12:21 pm + 9 comments

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, is a major force behind the country's increasingly Continue reading…
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National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting

By T.C. Sottek on December 17, 2012 09:58 am + 905 comments

The National Rifle Association (NRA) — the largest gun rights advocacy group and one of the Continue reading…
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Facebook 'Year in Review' for you and your friends

By Aaron Souppouris on December 12, 2012 08:04 am + 8 comments

The trifecta is complete. After Twitter and Google summarized what everyone has been tweeting about Continue reading…
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Redesigned Flickr for iPhone adds filters two years after Instagram

By Aaron Souppouris on December 12, 2012 07:10 am + 53 comments

Yahoo has released version 2.0 of its iPhone Flickr client, which features a new UI and Continue reading…
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The White House to celebrate new Pinterest account with holiday social event

By Sam Byford on December 8, 2012 09:19 pm + 17 comments

After Barack and Michelle Obama joined Pinterest, the White House has followed suit with an account Continue reading…
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Surviving the Tokyo earthquake using inexact technologies

By Sam Byford on December 7, 2012 06:19 am + 33 comments

A powerful earthquake just shook my home city of Tokyo. Of all the countless notifications that Continue reading…
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SoundCloud redesign now available to all, new mobile apps coming Thursday

By Aaron Souppouris on December 4, 2012 06:38 am + 26 comments

SoundCloud has just announced that its redesigned site is now live. Launched in beta form back in Continue reading…
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Pope Benedict XVI joins Twitter as @pontifex, first tweet coming December 12th

By Aaron Souppouris on December 3, 2012 07:02 am + 81 comments

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has signed up for Twitter with the handle @ Continue reading…
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Instagram and Street View mashup reveals who's smoking weed and where

By Aaron Souppouris on November 29, 2012 09:11 am + 42 comments

Rutgers New Brunswick's Social Media Information Lab has created The Beat, a site that combines Continue reading…