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Neighborhoods Crackle With Online Chatter

San Francisco’s Potrero Hill district is buzzing with online chatter, with residents promoting block parties and school fundraisers, issuing crime warnings and engaging in general neighborhood banter.

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Google Glass Will Disrupt Social Media With Too Much Data

When there is too much information, aggregators and hosts look for ways of slowing down the stream.
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YouNow Gives Stage to Internet’s Wannabe Stars, Leaves Judgment in Your Hands

YouNow is a “Gong Show” for the Internet.
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Amid Super Bowl Blackout, It’s Back to You, No, Back to You on SNL

What happens when there’s nothing more to say?
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There’s No Avoiding Google+

Google Inc. is gaining ground against Facebook Inc. thanks to a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network.

Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales

Can these high-tech scales help you keep those New Year’s resolutions?
From left to right: The Withings WS-30 and the FitBit Aria Smart Scale.

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Three Reasons to Watch Interest-Based Social Networks in 2013

Brands have some new marketing opportunities as interest-based networks grow and add more mobile features.

With New Privacy Changes, Facebook Inches Toward Being the One True Social Network

New tweaks in Facebook’s privacy settings aim at a better user experience — and less need to go anywhere else on the social Web.
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Nickel Faves

When I was your age, we made social networks out of hardtack and radio tubes. “Faves” cost a nickel, our friends had polio, and we LIKED it.

Merlin Mann, via Twitter

Path Builds a Proper iPad App

A new app for the private social network.
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About All Those Active Google+ Users …