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Hands on: Google Keep wants to be your new Evernote

Google Keep hopes to keep your love for note-taking within the Google family, further solidifying the company's comfy spot in your daily routine..
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Why was Digg de- and then relisted by Google?

Earlier today, searching for Digg.com on Google was an exercise in futility. It's been fixed, but it makes you wonder, why does de-indexing happen anyway?

Google introduces animated GIF search, Internet weeps with glee

Finally, Google offers a service that can address our obsession and love for animated GIFs!
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Facebook is trying to prevent scams and fake profiles, one locked account at a time

Having trouble logging into your Facebook today? Don't have a heart attack, it's just a way for the site to eradicate spam content and malicious profiles.

Twitter is like high school all over again, study reveals

Study shows that by simply analyzing the words you commonly use in your tweets, you can easily find out which Twitter group you belong to.

Manage March Madness using teams’ Facebook page likes

Facebook data can help determine which teams in this year's NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tourney you should root for, whatever type of fan you are.

Are you a visual learner? Here’s how to make sense of all the SXSW news

It's hard to listen to a keynote speaker and also jot down what's being said. Patrick Ashamalla has an ingenious idea...why write it if you can sketch it?
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Hands on: Zite has already created a Google Reader alternative

You RSS-lovers can ease your troubled minds. Another alternative to doomed Google Reader is born, this time courtesy of Zite. Here's how you can try it.

Your Facebook Timeline is about to change

It's been seven days since Facebook revealed its plan to modernize our news feed. What's new this week? A more structured view of the timeline, that's what.
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Twitter expected to launch music discovery app, Twitter Music

Twitter gets in the music discovery business with its rumored acquisition of We Are Hunted, in the hopes of developing their own music app, Twitter Music.
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Hands on: SocialMe discovers hidden gems in your Facebook profile

Want to know what your Facebook profile really says about you as a person? Enter SocialMe, an app that'll break down your timeline into useful social data.

Facebook ‘likes’ may soon tell companies everything about you

Can you really get to know someone well through Facebook? A study says you can, and that your 'likes' are more meaningful than you thought it could be.
SXSW 2013 Playlists

SXSW Music Week has officially begun – celebrate with our festival-feting playlists

Whether you're staying home or flying to Austin for a week of good music, you'll surely enjoy these playlists that feature artists at SXSW 2013.
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Enough! Here are a few ways to mute the SXSW madness

Are you overwhelmed with the amount of SXSW news? Try one of these tricks and get ahead of the overload.

YouTube co-founder teases mystery video collaboration service at SXSW

At SXSW 2013, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley teased the crowd with a few vague details about his upcoming "video-based" collaboration service.

Facebook acquires Storylane and wants to give you better content

Just a day after announcing the new Facebook news feed design, news of its acquisition of storytelling site Storylane is released.
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Time to be paranoid! The FBI may be watching you, says Google

Google bolstered its transparency credentials this week by revealing that the FBI is using powerful National Security Letters to monitor user activity.

Tweetdeck is dead! Long live the numerous tweet management alternatives

If you were an avid user of Tweetdeck, you should know that soon, it will stop working. Start looking for your next Twitter app and consider these examples.

She said yes! Graph Search is used for good in this social media-made proposal

Social media does not kill romance. In fact, tools like Facebook and Twitter can inspire it! Just ask this couple featured in a unique proposal video.

Sick of having an ocean between you and your beloved? Get married on the internet!

Finally, long distance couples have a way of getting married without having to be together in one place. Proxy marriages are legal, but only in some states.

Evernote saves some face, adds two-factor authentication

Due to the monumental security breach Evernote suffered recently, the company decided to adopt two-factor authentication and avoid future password attacks.

Selfies made simple with Kickstarter project the IMAGOphotour

German artist Susanna Kraus wants your help on Kickstarter. In return, you get a cool, specially printed life-size self-portrait in black and white.
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Facebook finally hides your phone number … after exposing it for nine months

It took Facebook 9 months to fix a bug that reveals your phone number, which prompts the question, can we truly keep our information private online?

Internet, that’s enough! The Harlem Shake is turning into a life-ruiner

Are you planning on orchestrating your own version of The Harlem Shake? Better think twice - people are already getting sacked and punished for just that.

Facebook helps a Louisiana couple adopt their baby

One couple turns to the social network to help raise last minute funds in order to adopt their baby.

Kim Dotcom is one step closer to being forced back to the U.S.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom loses his extradition battle when NZ Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the US government.

Oh, so THAT’S how search works! Thanks, Google!

Here is an interactive walk-through to better understand how Google Search works.

Enter American Airlines’ Vine contest, you could land in London

American Airlines wants you to post a Vine clip telling them why you deserve a free ticket to London.

Why does everyone want to work at Google? Oh yeah … this is why

The recently opened Google office in Tel-Aviv, Israel boasts to be the best space they have yet. Here are photos that will make you want to work there.

Don’t get punked by Facebook, watch out for these spam attacks

Don't get your account hacked or spam your friends into oblivion; avoid these new spam and scam attacks taking over Facebook.

Facebook officially buys Atlas advertising software from Microsoft

To boost its efficiency in observing ad performance on their site, Facebok acquires Atlas, an advertising management and measurement tool, from Microsoft.

Groupon says goodbye and cuts ties with CEO Andrew Mason

A day after the reveal of Groupon's exceptionally bad financial performance last quarter, CEO Andrew Mason steps down and relinquishes command to two execs.

eBay Now goes fully mobile, same-day shipping available in New York, San Fran, and San Jose

EBay Now offers one-hour delivery service to residents of San Jose and launches their mobile Web version this Thursday so smartphone users can shop easily.
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New York online daters are liars, liars pants on fire, study claims

A new survey shows that New York breeds a lot of dating profiles that are full of lies and embellishments.