Won’t You Be in My Nextdoor Network?

Though it sounds counterintuitive, you might get to know your next-door neighbors better by joining a free social network called Nextdoor.
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What You Don’t Know About Sharing Photos

Tips on photo sharing through Facebook, Apple’s Photo Streams and Google+.
Apple Photo Streams

Using a Self-Made App for Family Ping-Pong

Yapp helps people make apps for events such as PTA meetings or weddings. It requires next to no technical knowledge and it’s free.
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A Hangout for All Your Social-Network Photos

Katie tests two products that pull in and back up photos and videos from various social networks.
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E-Invites to the Social Network Events of 2012

Google and Facebook aim to be the Web hosts of the party, but sharing may make some nervous.
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App Makes Readers’ Thoughts an Open Book

Katie looks at Subtext, a free iPad app designed to enable and encourage conversations among readers within digital books themselves.
Subtext

Digging Deeper Into Roots With Spruced-Up Ancestry.com

Katie takes a fresh look at her family tree using a revamped Ancestry.com.
ancestry

A Few New Reasons to Reunite With Twitter.com

Twitter.com has revamped its site to make it more approachable and easier to use, particularly for tweeting newbies.
New Twitter Icons

In Your Hands, Just What You Want to Read

Until now, personalized-reading apps have been mostly found on tablets like the iPad, but Wednesday, the first of those apps moves to the smartphone for reading on the go.
Flipboard for iPhone

Group Messaging for the Rest of Us

Katie tests a new service, called GroupMe, which enables group messaging on any phone that can text — regardless of who makes it or what operating system it runs.
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New Way to Stream Music Crosses the Pond

Going in Google+ Circles