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If You Think “Social” Means Viral, You’ve Got It All Wrong

Ben Elowitz, CEO, Wetpaint in Voices on March 29 at 2:45 pm PT

There are different ideas of what “social” can mean on the Web, and not everyone knows where the gold lies. (Hint: You won’t find it with the South Park underpants gnome plan.)

Fish: A Meditation on Savoring the Internet

Liz Gannes in Media on March 22 at 6:30 am PT

Robin Sloan, a guy who thinks hard about the Internet while the rest of us go on blithely using it, made what he calls an iPhone “tap essay.”

On Facebook, We Get More Love Than We Give

Liz Gannes in Social on February 2 at 9:01 pm PT

We receive significantly more “Likes,” messages, tags and friend requests from our Facebook friends than we send out ourselves, according to a new Pew Internet report.

A Social Update From AllThingsD’s Social Media Editor

Drake Martinet in Social on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Today, we’re updating social media on AllThingsD, and I’ll be your guide to all the changes.

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+1 Gets a Minus

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on April 4, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

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Everyone's an Innovator

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on April 1, 2011 at 3:40 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Plus None: Babbling Babies Take on Google +1

Kara Swisher in News on March 31, 2011 at 2:54 pm PT

Please, please watch this video if you want to spit up your soda laughing hysterically. It mashes up the babbling twin babies YouTube phenom with Google’s +1 shoplift of Facebook’s “Like” button.

Google’s Schmidt: We Would Have Loved for Nokia to Adopt Android

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Speaking with reporters after his keynote speech in Barcelona, Google’s chairman said the door for Nokia to create Android phones remains open, despite its partnership with Microsoft. Schmidt confirmed the company talked with Nokia, but declined to say just how far those talks had gone.

Facebook Brings Back (Part of) Beacon, and No One Blinks

Peter Kafka in Media on January 26, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Remember when people freaked out about Facebook letting advertisers tell people what you were doing on the Web? Old news! Now it’s a yawn.

Top Docs on Scribd in 2010: Prop 8, P ? NP, GOP Pledge

Liz Gannes in Social on December 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm PT

A gay-marriage court ruling, a buzz-worthy computer science proof, a political platform and some macaroni-and-cheese recipes were the most shared documents on Scribd in 2010.