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"Your World" Or Their World? Google's New Feature Controls Personal Info In Search [Updated]

Google's new Search Plus Your World initiative is not a full-frontal assault on making search social, but it is insinuated throughout the search experience. And there's a potential problem here: It's all about Google+. Is Google abusing its monopoly again?READ»

Google Gives More Prominence to Social Search

Google's just raised the stakes for its Social Search, peppering your search results with links from your pals, adding context, and giving you control over whose links you see. READ»

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Future Drug Science: A Permanent Placebo Effect, Facebook Helps Users Kick the Habit

New research suggests the placebo effect works even when patients know, and that Facebook could help addicts kick the habit. READ»

The Facebook Election: Can the Social Network Predict Winners in the 2010 Midterms?

In some races, there are large gaps in the number of friends various competitors have. Is that an indicator of how they'll do at the polls?READ»

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Twitter's "Who to Follow" Feature Should Always Recommend Kanye West

If you find that your Twitter follow list is too anemic to truly occupy your entire life, Twitter just implemented a new feature that'll recommend other users you might like to follow.READ»

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Facebook and Amazon Team Up to Make Gift Shopping Easier

The only question: What took them so long? Amazon and Facebook are teaming up for a new product recommendation service that could make finding gifts for friends much easier.READ»

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Poll: Facebook Has More Real Friends Than Twitter

Several months ago, a poll by Denmark-based Red Associates concluded that Facebook users aren't the friendliest. But a new survey by Stanford's Andreas Weigend finds that Facebook is at least a far friendlier social network than ...READ»

Twitter Makes It Easier to Follow Your Facebook Friends (Or Would, if It Wasn't Blocked)

Twitter's Facebook app showed off a new feature today: It shows all of your Facebook friends who are also on Twitter, making it easier to follow them. Great, right? Except Facebook seems to have blocked it.READ»

Twitpic's Face Tagging Shows How Twitter Could Beat Facebook

Twitter's powers always seem to grow in surprising ways, simultaneously via organic developments and third-party apps. Like this latest one for example, a feature of Twitpic that helps Twitter rival Facebook: Face tagging. Twitpic's ...READ»

How Rapleaf Is Data-Mining Your Friend Lists to Predict Your Credit Risk

By now, you probably already know your behavior on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook can get you fired, evicted, and even arrested--but what about your friends' behavior? READ»

Will Everything Be Wired to a Social Net? Even Google's Doing It

You've got to credit Google for trying to be the one-stop shop for everything online: It just grabbed hold of the craze for social networking, and built it right into Google users' homepages. Will everything soon be social ...READ»

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How to Enhance Relationships, Increase Fulfillment & Empower Yourself by Being Authentic

To utilize the power of authenticity in your life as a way to enhance your relationships, increase your fulfillment, and empower yourself, here are five key principles... READ»