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7 Social Networking Apps for When Facebook Jumps the Shark | Gadget Lab
You can't even escape Facebook on Google+. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredBy Cory Doctorow at 9:12 am Thursday, Mar 8
ACLU sues school district for student's social media free speech rights - Boing Boing
Klout Confirms 'Mobile Component' Is Coming
After announcing a new round of funding Tuesday, Klout told Mashable the undisclosed amount raised was a step up from previous rounds and that it now has the resources to work on a mobile initiative. Klout — which measures a social media user’s online influence from 0 to 100 on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Foursquare — doesn’t have an official mobile app, so this initiative could fill that hole in the San Francisco-based startup’s growing arsenal. “The money is going to be used to really drive accuracy, transparency and utility,” Klout CEO Joe Fernandez told Mashable.
Google Just Made Bing the Best Search Engine
I just switched the default search engine in my browser from Google to Bing.
How the Hashtag Is Ruining the English Language
If Twitter is useful for anything beyond a flamethrower of breaking news and URL errata, it's forcing us to be considerate about language—we have to use space wisely.