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  • Can Google News compete with Twitter and Facebook?
    Google says it's adding +1 recommendations to Google News. But has the web giant lost the social news market to Twitter and Facebook, or could the integration of recommendations with the Google+ network allow it to catch up and become a strong competitor?
  • HOW TO: Change Your Twitter Handle
    Looking to change your Twitter handle? You don't have to create a new account -- you can simply modify your old Twitter handle and keep all of your followers.
  • Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Does Social Networking [INFOGRAPHIC]
    China’s notorious Great Firewall — or as they call it, the Golden Shield — is known for blocking some high profile sites. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are all victims. But that has not kept the world’s most populous country from getting into social networking. Some 500 million Chinese citizens are online and a quarter of the world’s social network users live under the firewall.
  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Twitter
    A writer's journey from Twitter hater to Twitter hoarder.
  • Movie Theater Twitter Seats Give You Permission to Bug the Hell Out of Everyone
    Can you sit through a two-hour movie without looking at your cell phone? Of course not! You have to check your email or tweet about the movie you're seeing or play Angry Birds. Thankfully, some cinemas have found a way for viewers to do this without getting kicked out.
  • From Fukushima to Charlie Sheen – the Twitter hashtags that dominated 2011
    Twitter has revealed its top hashtags of 2011, showing what the world's tweeters had on their mind
  • Flipboard finally makes its way onto the iPhone
    One of my favorite apps for the iPad is Flipboard, which turns the links found in your RSS, Twitter and Facebook feeds into a slickly laid-out digital magazines. The free app is a great way to catch up on news shared by your friends and colleagues if you’ve not had a chance to check in with your preferred social network for a while. And now there’s a version of Flipboard for the much smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod Touch.
  • Universal Censors Megaupload Song, Gets Branded a “Rogue Labelâ€?
    Earlier today, Megaupload released a pop video featuring mainstream artists who endorse the cyberlocker service. News of the controversial Mega Song even trended on Twitter, but has now been removed from YouTube on copyright grounds by Universal Music. Kim Dotcom says that Megaupload owns everything in the video, and that the label has engaged in dirty tricks in an attempt to sabotage their successful viral campaign.
  • Everything You Wanted To Know About Twitter But Were Afraid To Ask
    Twitter: so few characters, so much confusion. Filled with "@" signs, "#" symbols, "RTs" and "MTs," Twitter timelines can look like baffling algebra equations to those unfamiliar with the lingo.
  • $300 Million Twitter Investment
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he and his investment company are investing a combined $300 million into the microblogging site Twitter. Alwaleed said Monday the joint investment with his Kingdom Holding Company represents an interest in investing "in promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact."