Facebook deep-sixes a misleading privacy feature, but fails to backfill with a better one.
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Facebook Graph Search Gets a Little More Intrusive
If you don’t want your posts appearing when a complete stranger performs a Facebook graph search, you’ll want to set your profile and status updates to private.
Finally, a Dating Site for Ghosts
Ghosts need love. Just because they’re dead doesn’t mean they’re dead on the inside, too.
Take This Texting Acronym Quiz
Considering smartphone owners aged 18 to 24 send more than 2,000 texts a month, it’s no wonder the number of abbreviations and acronyms in common use has skyrocketed.
JumpCam Is a Video Sharing Network That’s Collaborative as Well as Social
If Instagram let multiple people make movies together, it might come out looking like this new service.
Log-Off Facebook Campaign Gets 2,379 Likes. #IdentityCrisis?
The #instacurity campaign uses social media to urge social media addicts to kick the habit
China May Lift Social Media Ban From Shanghai’s Free-Trade Zone
The government hopes a crack in the Great Firewall will ease concerns of foreign investors
Lucky Kids: California Gives Minors the Right to Delete Things They Put Online
The Golden State becomes the first state to demand that children have an “eraser button” online.
30 Pinners to Follow, 2013 Edition
TIME highlights 30 expert Pinterest curators for food, fashion, geek, design and wedding.
How Your Facebook Friends Might Get You Denied a Loan
Careful who you associate with online: Companies are starting to look at your social media history as part of the decision to offer you a loan.
Foursquare Looks Great on Windows 8
The first serious tablet version of the check-in app is here.
Deja Vu All Over Again: Twitter Mourns Neil Armstrong’s Passing
Twitter mourns the loss of the first man on the moon all over again.