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  Aziz Ansari joins the growing ranks of straight-to-web comedians with his new $5 standup special

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 20, 2012 05:52 pm + 29 comments

  Aziz Ansari has become the latest comedian to self-release a stand-up special on his website — D Continue reading…

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  London mayor accused of hijacking official Twitter account for personal use

  By T.C. Sottek on March 20, 2012 04:53 pm + 22 comments

  The BBC is reporting that London's mayor, Boris Johnson, has transferred the public @mayoroflondon Continue reading…

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  If social networks were fancy cocktails...

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 20, 2012 04:33 pm + 18 comments

  As if "Social Media Explained" via donuts wasn't clever enough, we now have social media explained Continue reading…

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  Good Deal: $10 Amazon gift card for $5 through AmazonLocal

  By Adi Robertson on March 20, 2012 03:00 pm + 23 comments

  Amazon's Groupon-style daily deals site, AmazonLocal, is offering a $10 Amazon.com gift card for $5 Continue reading…

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  Twitter promoted tweets showing up in your mobile timeline now

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 20, 2012 02:15 pm + 37 comments

  If you've been checking your Twitter timeline and wondering why you're seeing tweets from companies Continue reading…

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  Beats buys MOG music streaming service

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 20, 2012 01:48 pm + 60 comments

  The rumors that have been floating around are true: according to All Things D, Beats has purchased Continue reading…

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  Microsoft launches 'The Hunger Games' minisite to show off latest HTML5 features

  By Tom Warren on March 20, 2012 12:54 pm + 31 comments

  Microsoft is teaming up with Lionsgate this week to promote The Hunger Games. Due to hit theatres on Continue reading…

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  The New York Times cuts free access to ten articles per month, has 454,000 paid digital subscribers

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 20, 2012 12:33 pm + 49 comments

  It's been a year since The New York Times erected a paywall limiting users to 20 free articles per Continue reading…

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  Gmail now tells you why it dumped that email in your spam folder

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 20, 2012 12:09 pm + 18 comments

  Googled just rolled out a new feature inside Gmail that tells you exactly why an email was Continue reading…

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  As social media grows, job seekers are asked to give up Facebook passwords

  By Adi Robertson on March 20, 2012 11:52 am + 80 comments

  Job seekers are routinely advised to scrub their social media pages of photos and text that might Continue reading…