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G+ on the iPhone

Jul 20, 2011
Google+ is now available as an app on the iPhone. It had already been around for Android but it's a little surprising that Apple and Google got it...

Microsoft momentarily reveals new social network thing

Jul 15, 2011
Microsoft is calling it an accident but for a little while yesterday visitors to socl.com were greeted with a project codenamed Tulalip (name of a...

Google + debuts

Jun 29, 2011
Remember that +1 button Google introduced a few weeks back? Remember how nobody really knew what, exactly, +1-ing a site would do? Google+ is the...

Myspace update

Jun 29, 2011
Looks like Specific Media is the front runner in the bid to acquire Myspace. Specific Media made a fortune, get this, as creators of the pop under...

It's like a series of anticlimactic sequels to The Social Network!

Jun 23, 2011
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, aka the Winklevii, have dropped their lawsuit against Facebook. This comes as a shock to all those people who thought...

Facebook to launch photo sharing app?

Jun 15, 2011
TechCrunch is all in a lather about a series of screen shots of what they say is an impending Facebook photo sharing app. Facebook gets 6 billion...

Stupid idea fails due to how stupid it was

May 20, 2011
Remember Blippy? Probably not since no one was using it. But the idea was to register your credit card on the site and then let people see what...

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E-smoking goes social

May 11, 2011
Sure, smoking is great because of the nicotine vibe and the general aura of knowing you are one of the cool people (kids: NO! That is not true!)....