With New Mobile App, Nextdoor Unveils Its Take on the Neighborhood Watch

Radios and neighborhood patrols are so last year.
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Led by Greylock, Social App MessageMe Raises $10 Million

MessageMe, the mobile application that offers free text, photo and video messaging between smartphones, announced Tuesday that it had raised a $10 million round led by John Lilly of Greylock Partners — who will join the board of MessageMe makers LittleInc Labs — with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, Social+Capital and others. The company said it currently has more than five million users on its service.

As Google+ Pushes Hard Into Photos, the Race Is On to Own Your Memories

Your baby pictures are far more valuable than you’d think.
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Social App Pheed Brings Streaming Pay-Per-View to Mobile

An update to its app could give the creative class another distribution method — live broadcasts to your phone.
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Instagram Adds an Identity Layer — Which Could Be a Big Deal for Brands

Brand marketing opportunities abound in Instagram’s new “Photos of You” feature.
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LinkedIn Brings Rich Media to Profiles

LinkedIn on Wednesday announced that it will now allow users to add video and photos to their profile pages — essentially, a way to let users create a more visual representation of an online resume. The update will begin rolling out to members of English-speaking countries on Wednesday.

Snapchat Now Boasts More Than 150 Million Photos Taken Daily

That’s a lot of selfies.
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Aviary Brings Photo-Editing Tools to Windows 8 Developers

Good news for Windows software enthusiasts could spell good news for Microsoft, too.
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In Facebook’s News Feed Redesign, the Focus Is on the Photos

Facebook debuts major changes to its News Feed. Hint: It’s really pretty, and that’s important.
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Instagram Surpasses 100 Million Active Users

A new milestone for the popular photo-sharing application.
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Vine, Twitter’s New Video-Sharing App, Gets Tangled Up on Launch Day

With $3 Million More in Funding, Stipple Aims to Tag the Visual Web

Instagram Releases a Small Update, Complete With a Shiny New Filter

Twitter Aims to Release Photo Filters in Time for the Holidays

Instagram Gives Twitter the Bird

With Site Badges Debut, “Mobile First” Instagram Is Catching Up to the Web

As Instagram Debuts Web Profiles, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Facebook

Finally, Facebook Speeds Up Its iOS App

Google’s Social Trojan Horse? Google+ Events.