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Facebook is sometimes a fickle friend, but what if your private messages and notifications were being sent to a complete stranger? That's what happened between an American mom...

Kent State Wrestler Suspended for Anti-Gay Tweets, So Of Course Free Speech Is Once Again Under Assault

Here's your daily reminder that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. Kent State wrestler Sam Wheeler has been suspended indefinitely for making several anti...

Facebook Page Admins Will Now See Who Posted Stuff on Behalf of the Page

Facebook has just announced a change to Pages that will make it clear to admins which other admins posted certain content on the page's behalf. The changes are set to go into effec...

Facebook’s Look Back Videos, If They Were At All Genuine

Well this is pretty funny. Like most things on Facebook, those packaged "Look Back" videos that everybody has been sharing in honor of Facebook's 10th anniversary are annoyingl...

StumbleUpon Now Emails Users About Successful Stumbles

StumbleUpon is sending emails to users letting them know when they've submitted something that got a lot of stumbles. I'm not sure how frequently the company is doing this, or what...

Klout CEO Explains How The New Klout Is Its First Product To Help Users

On Thursday, Klout launched a big redesign with a focus on "creating content," which...

Klout Just Turned Into A Social News Reader

Klout just got a big redesign. Head over to Klout.com now, and you'll see a page encouraging you to "Create and share great content." The change is billed as being about "creat...

George Clooney Reaffirms Aversion to Twitter

If George Clooney were to ever pick up Twitter, I'm sure he'd have some amazing tweets. Unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen. The actor/director, known not only f...

Join Zuckerberg In Reflecting On Your Time On Facebook As It Turns 10

Today marks Facebook's tenth anniversary. Mark Zuckerberg has posted some thoughts on the last ten years, which began with going out for pizza with some friends, and sharing how ex...

Quentin Tarantino And Prince Attack Linking

It's been an odd week in Internet news as both Quentin Tarantino and Prince looked to sue people for linking to things. The former is suing Gawker for posting links to his recently...

Katy Perry Is the First to Hit 50M Twitter Followers

29-year-old singer Katy Perry is officially the first user in the history of Twitter to hit 50 million followers. According to dat...

A ‘Selfie’ TV Show Is on the Way Because #YOLOSWAG

Are you a person who thinks that weekday nights are sorely lacking in bathroom mirror shots? If so, ABC may just have the perfect pilot for you. The network has ordered a pilot...

Infographic Gives You Tips For Getting More YouTube Views

Whether you're new to YouTube video creation or have been doing it for years, you'd probably like to see your videos get more views, especially if you're trying to monetize them....

Facebook Enters News Reader Space With ‘Paper’

There's been talk all month that Facebook would soon...

Twitter Improves Search with New Filters

It would be in Twitter's best interest to become a true search destination - to have people check Twitter when they want to find photos, videos, and news on breaking topics. Search...

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