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  Lady Gaga iPad scam puts her little monsters at risk

  By Vlad Savov on December 20, 2011 07:35 am + 10 comments

  Lady Gaga's Twitter and Facebook accounts were compromised yesterday, when some savvy scammers Continue reading…

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  Will social networks kill the high school reunion?

  By Sean Hollister on December 19, 2011 11:01 pm + 28 comments

  There are plenty of discernible benefits to being a social network user, but The New York Times Continue reading…

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  KLM to let airline travelers choose seating partners based on social media profiles

  By Bryan Bishop on December 18, 2011 06:51 am + 22 comments

  Dutch airline KLM is taking some of the surprise out of air travel with Meet & Seat, a new program Continue reading…

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  Britney Spears makes Google+ relevant with a million followers

  By Joseph Parish on December 16, 2011 03:14 pm + 50 comments

  Britney Spears has become the first to reach the milestone of one million followers on Google+, and Continue reading…

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  Researchers testing a social-based distributed computing network

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 15, 2011 04:34 pm + 3 comments

  Most people think of cloud computing as a few users collaborating on Google Docs, but it covers a Continue reading…

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  Microsoft So.cl launches as a social search research tool

  By Thomas Houston on December 15, 2011 12:11 pm + 21 comments

  As we reported earlier this year, Microsoft's been working on a new social network that combines Continue reading…

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  Windows Live Messenger adopts XMPP open instant messaging protocol

  By Jamie Keene on December 15, 2011 09:53 am + 29 comments

  Everyone loves standard protocols, and now Windows Live Messenger has finally moved away from its Continue reading…

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  Facebook Timeline rolls out worldwide

  By Vlad Savov on December 15, 2011 07:41 am + 42 comments

  The big change to the way Facebook presents its user profiles and data is rolling out globally Continue reading…

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  25,088 tweets per second is the new single-topic record, set by 'Castle in the Sky' anime screening

  By Vlad Savov on December 14, 2011 06:40 am + 25 comments

  Twitter has a new record-setting topic on its books following the recent screening on Japanese Continue reading…

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  Facebook 'Subscribe' button can now be added directly to websites

  By Adi Robertson on December 9, 2011 10:15 am + 1 comments

  Facebook's "Subscribe" button, which lets you add someone's public updates to your news feed without Continue reading…