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Posterous gives up the fight against Tumblr with ‘Spaces’
Posterous, the creator of a simple blogging service via email, has dramatically shifted its focus. The company now revolves around...
AOL and Yahoo discuss merger
According to Bloomberg, AOL and Yahoo are reportedly in talks regarding a possible merger. The report comes just three days...
Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet
When the Google +1 button first rolled out earlier this year, it made a little bit of a splash from...
The social evolution of gaming
Gaming was once ripe with solitude and individualism. Sure, there were multiplayer games, but that required people to be playing...
In the Google+ vs Facebook battle, does one have to beat the other?
Almost all of the social media hoopla lately has been about Google+ and its relationship with Facebook. Just over a...
Loopt’s u-Deal delivers local discounts on demand
Loopt has announced a new service that’s essentially a reverse Groupon, allowing users to get custom deals made on demand....
Will someone please give SETI $5 million so we can continue the pointless search
Between a budget shortfall in California and cuts in federal funding, the ongoing "Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence" is going into...
Google +1 For Search, -1 for Social Media
It’s another year, which means the time has come for Google to take yet another shot at social. They added...
Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them
Matthew Rothenberg, the man who most believed ran Flickr for Yahoo!, announced his departure in a Tweet today. He was...
Egyptian Father Names Daughter ‘Facebook’… Yeah, For Real
Talk about gratitude.According to Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, a twentysomething father has named his newborn daughter 'Facebook' to pay homage to...
Why the Groupon Superbowl Ads are a Symptom of a Sick Culture
Groupon's Superbowl ads have already generated a firestorm of controversy. The spots, which variously made light of endangered whales, rainforest...
What the Flock? Their Technological Distinctiveness Will Be Added to Zynga.
If you haven't used Flock, one of the original "social browsers," then...Actually, that was the problem. So few HAD used...
Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters
It's no secret that many of us who work in an office with a computer spend a good portion of...
Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them
Four hours. This is the amount of time I spent playing Minecraft today. But I had only intended to load...
Erasing A “Friend”: An Examination of “Friends” On the Internet
I remove people from Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks on a daily basis — not by choice, but because...
A Time Line of The Social Buying Universe
While most have only heard of "social buying" in the last couple of years, it has actually been around since...
What If the iPad Magazine is Already Obsolete?
Ever since the iPad was announced, there has been no end of talk about how it and other tablets represent...
Google’s A-Comin’, and Facebook’s Locked Down for War
It's no secret that Google is clearly ramping up for war with Facebook in the social network sphere. Fortunately, Google...
Rushin’ Roulette – Ternovskiy Brings Down the Chathammer
"I believe that Chatroulette was great in the first honeymoon days after it was launched," says Andrey Ternovskiy, the founder...
Remember MySpace? They’re Finally Making Some Changes
Remember when the social media war wasn't just between Facebook and Twitter, with Google nipping at both their heels with...