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On February 8th, 2004 Facebook had a whopping 650 users
Now that Facebook is all grown up, it’s nice to take a stroll down memory lane every now and then. Thanks to a tweet from Matthew Keys, we’re reminded of just how far Zuckerberg’s company has come since its early days.
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Networkupdater lets you know when your Facebook or Twitter friends make profile changes
The main reason why we use services like Facebook and Twitter is to stalk keep up with our friends. Unfortunately, there is only so much time in a day that we can dedicate to stalking checking out people’s profiles.
Luckily, Facebook publishes News...
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National Geographic is documenting one team’s ascent of Mount Everest using Instagram
National Geographic was Instagram’s very first big brand partner and so it seems quite fitting that the media giant is using the photo sharing app for the very first time to let viewers in on an Everest expedition.
With a National Geographic expedit...
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A new app promises to let anyone use social media sentiment to guide them in the stock market
Derwent Capital Markets raised eyebrows when it launched a hedge fund that used analysis of Twitter to predict movements in the stock market. Now the London-based firm is set to open up its technology for anyone to use via what it’s calling the R...
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Facebook now lets developers track unique shares, reads, and clicks of Open Graph stories
We know that Facebook is definitely on to something with its Open Graph initiative. Apps like Socialcam have seen a huge increase in adoption thanks to the sharing of content on user’s Timeline and News Feed. Even Tumblr saw a 2.5X increase in tra...
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WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg: social and mobile is the “fourth phase of our evolution”
The founding developer of the popular blogging software WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, shared some of his thoughts about what’s next for the platform today. WordPress is completely open source, but Mullenweg founded the company behind the business arm ...
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Facebook shares the history of its “hackathon”
If you’ve paid attention to Facebook’s culture at all, you know that one thing has stayed true since its launch. The company has a hacker mentality, and since 2007 has held many official “hackathons” which allow its entire company...
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Facebook’s “Open Graph Challenge” will give developers 24 hours to hack something awesome
Facebook has a new road show now that it’s a public company, and it wants to find the best Open Graph hackers there are in the UK. During the Over the Air conference in Bletchley Park, the company will be holding an “Open Graph Challenge.R...
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Want to know when your items on Pinterest go on sale? Check out Lyst’s alerts
In our most recent iPad Magazine, we traveled the world over to bring you the best stories and trends in the digital fashion world. In London, we met with 5 hot startups who are reshaping the scene. One of them was Lyst, a social commerce platform that de...
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Facebook avoids billions in damages by settling “Sponsored Stories” lawsuit
According to a report by Reuters, Facebook has settled a lawsuit that was brought about by five of its users last year over its “Sponsored Stories” feature.
The lawsuit alleged that the feature publicized users’ likes without letting the...
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If Path is a “mini Facebook”, then Hmmm is a “mini Path”
We see our fair share of social networking apps here at The Next Web and once in a while there’s a new player that stands out to us. Whether it be because it’s only for couples, or because it brings a Facebook-type experience to your mobile d...
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From Linsanity to Obama’s tribute to Steve Jobs, here’s what happened at the Webby Awards
The Internet Week New York reached its acme yesterday with the Webby Awards. Held at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the red carpet event celebrated the best of the Internet.
From lolcats to memes like tebowing, let’s just say that the lulz side of the We...
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Full circle: MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson becomes advisor for Facebook casino app
Even Tom from MySpace knows that Facebook’s app platform is a powerhouse, and has joined a company called RocketFrog as an advisor.
The company has launched what it calls the “largest free to play online casino app” on the Facebook platf...
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Case filed against Facebook and 3 other sites in Pakistan for hosting ‘blasphemous materials’
Just one day after Pakistani authorities reported Twitter to Interpol, a criminal case has been filed against Facebook, and three other websites in a Pakistani police station today, the Express Tribune reports.
The past few days have seen a flurry of acti...
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David Karp: Facebook and Twitter pushes more traffic to Tumblr than Google
Tumblr’s CEO David Karp spoke to Crunchfund’s MG Siegler today at Techcrunch Disrupt about the current status of the company he founded in 2007 and dropped some interesting knowledge.
One of the interesting things to note is that the pair anno...
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Dubai Police continues social media crackdown, orders shutdown of 15 Facebook and Twitter accounts
At least 15 UAE Facebook or Twitter accounts have been shut down by order of the Dubai Police this year, The National reports,with ‘electronic crime’ cases more than doubling from 2010 to 2011.
The Dubai Police reported the accounts to Faceboo...
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Paper is the main problem of traditional media – and a moral issue
Do you feel guilty when you read a newspaper? You probably should, according to BuzzFeed’s co-founder Jonah Peretti, who has “a moral issue” with print publishing and its environmental impact.
Peretti made this controversial comment duri...
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Google actually listens, removes obnoxious feature from Google+ Explore
Google+ rolled out a pretty massive redesign last month, which I actually liked a lot. The only problem was, and it was a big one, the changes that it made to the “Explore” section, which I happen to use a lot.
For whatever reason, the team d...
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Microsoft would like you to think that So.cl is for students, but don’t be fooled
During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a research tool for students.
The project comes out o...
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This week in social media: Facebook trades 100m shares in 5 minutes, a new ‘ghost-town’ study on Google+ and more
It’s that time of week again when we take a look at the latest social media news, and highlight some of the most interesting stories.
You couldn’t avoid news of Facebook’s IPO lately if you tried, and the social network’s historical week...
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Twitter blocked in Pakistan after refusing to remove ‘blasphemous content’
In a move that is all too unsurprising, Pakistan has blocked social networking site Twitter, over a series of “blasphemous drawings”, The Express Tribune reports.
The crackdown comes just a few months after the Pakistani government withdrew it...
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The Obama administration calls Twitter’s adoption of Do Not Track “an important step”
In a post shared on the official White House Blog today, the Obama administration expressed its support for Twitter’s move to join the ranks of sites employing the privacy feature, Do Not Track.
The privacy feature, which Twitter now supports in all...
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Tumblr is now available in Portuguese for Portugal and Brazil, its second largest community
Tumblr is now available in Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal, the company announced on its staff blog today. According to the startup, this means that its platform is now available in 11 languages.
To switch to a new language, all you have to do is to go...
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It’s complicated: Indian woman files for divorce over ‘single’ Facebook status
Love. It’s not always all you need.
In a sure-tell sign that Facebook’s IPO will be a massive failure, an Indian women has reportedly filed for divorce after her husband failed to update the relationship status on his social networking profile...
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No more +1′s on YouTube, now you’ll have to share your feelings on Google+
Google has been integrating its social layer Google+ into all of its products lately. Gmail and YouTube have gotten the social treatment, but the latter made a bit of a tweak today.
Here’s what the YouTube team had to say on its Google+ page:
Start...
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Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, traffic from Facebook is up 2.5x
Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, its referral traffic from Facebook has grown by more than 2.5x, according to Jeff Sherlock of Facebook’s Developer Blog. This statistic makes one thing clear: the social giant really does drives so...
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Korea’s Treum helps companies cut through the noise and find value from social media data
Social media platforms, along with the number of users, continue to grow at an incredible rate and the amount of updates, tweets and links that are sent all over the world each day is nothing short of staggering.
An online social media presence has become...
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Twitter now supports Mozilla’s Do Not Track feature, lets Firefox users opt-out of tracking cookies
Twitter has confirmed via its official account that it supports the Do Not Track feature in Firefox, that allows users to opt-out of third-party tracking cookies, including those used for advertising. This means that users can choose not to be tracked whi...
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Confirmed: Pinterest raises $100 million from Japan’s Rakuten, previous backers
After we broke the news that visual bookmarking and curation site Pinterest was about to announce a big funding round, with AllThingsD following up with the name of (the only) new backer Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant this morning confirmed that it...
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Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sites
Whenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the only sites that ever earn a mention. If you’re judging social networks based solely on the number of users each can...
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Twitter opens up its Translation Center for 6 new languages, including Greek and Czech
Twitter’s Translation Center, originally released in February 2011, has just opened up for six new languages: Catalan, Afrikaans, Ukrainian, Greek, Czech and Basque. These six languages were the most requested, and Twitter is currently crowdsourcing...
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Facebook, General Motors and the caveats of online advertising
The big story going around the news in the past 24 hours is that of American car maker General Motors pulling its advertising from Facebook, citing “little impact”. Given the fact that Facebook is approaching its IPO (likely even this week), m...
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Storify working with Middle Eastern initiative Taghreedat to translate the site into Arabic
Storify has recently announced that it will be working in cooperation with Taghreedat to translate its interface into Arabic.
We caught up with Taghreedat co-founder Mina Takla to find out more about the project.
Speaking to The Next Web, he told us that ...
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Instadash: A slick Pinterest-inspired Instagram Web app built in just 12 hours
While Instagram has no Web-based interface to speak of, there is certainly no shortage of third party sites trying to fill that void. Instadash is yet another site we can add to the list of ways to access Instagram from a desktop browser. The question is,...
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China’s Sina Weibo passes 300m registered users, reveals mobile usage is higher than PC
Twitter is blocked in China but that hasn’t stopped microblogging flourishing in the country, and proof of that comes with the announcement that Sina Weibo broke 300 million registered users in the last quarter.
News of the landmark, published on Si...
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Why Twitter’s weekly email digest is a great move
Yesterday, Twitter launched a new weekly email digest that it will be sending out to all members. Contained within are a few hotly shared news stories, the Twitter accounts that have shared them and some well-traded Tweets from popular users of the servic...
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UK Internet users hitting up social media for customer service double in 8 months to 18 million
According to a study conducted by Fishburn Hedges and Echo Research, as many as 18 million UK Internet users have turned to social media at one time or another to connect with brands.
It doesn’t come as a surprise that more and more people are takin...
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Social media ad spending in the US to reach $9.8 billion by 2016: Report
That spending on social media advertising is on the rise should be a surprise to absolutely no one, but research firm BIA/Kelsey is putting a ring number on it.
In the United States, BIA/Kelsey says, ad spending on social networks is expected to grow at a...
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New Moo offer lets businesses create cards from Facebook Pages
Innovative card printing firm Moo.com has extended its Facebook-based card making initiative to businesses, with a new offer that allows companies to design cards using their Facebook Pages for free.
Under the offer, businesses, such as restaurants, can c...
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Japan’s top social network Mixi is reportedly set for new ownership
Japan’s ground breaking social network Mixi is reportedly set to be sold with its founder looking to offload his 55 percent majority stake in the company, according to tech blog Asiajin.
Japanese business site Nikkei reports that Mixi founder and CE...
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Facebook gives its mobile versions a facelift to better use white space
Today, the mobile team at Facebook announced some changes to all mobile versions of the site, which include better utilization of the real-estate on your mobile device’s screen:
Starting today, we’re rolling out an improved design for posts in news ...
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Social Media Week launches the ultimate photo sharing contest: Instagram Your City
For the love of all things social on the Internet, we admire everything about Social Media Week, a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. Since its inception 4 years ago, Social Media Week has held conferences ...
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“Google A Day” trivia game gets the Google+ treatment with social update
If you’re a master Googler, then you’ve probably heard of the trivia game called “A Google a Day“. It’s a trivia game where using the search service isn’t banned, it’s encouraged. It’s a pretty fun way to ...
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Louis C.K. says that sites like Facebook and Reddit are “hurting folks”
Comedian Louis C.K. has been a bit of an Internet darling, of late. His irreverent style is a hand-carved fit for Internet culture, and his in-your-face attitude has carried over to how he markets his work as well. Today the comedian is back on Reddit, do...
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Study shows Facebook Timeline extends post lifetime, increases engagement by 13%
According to a recent study by Sotrender, despite any gripes brands may have had, after having the (not so new anymore) Facebook Timeline forced upon them, the change has had a positive effect on fan engagement.
With over a month passing since the changes...
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LinkedIn releases official Windows Phone app, and it’s beautiful

LinkedIn has quietly released an official Windows Phone 7.5 application over the weekend (picked up earlier by Guardian, Neowin and many others). I gave it a quick whirl, and the verdict is that it looks really fast, and gorgeous – see more screens...
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Why ‘going global’ makes no sense for China’s social networks, for now
They may only ‘live’ in one country, but China’s social network giants have no need to turn their attention to taking down Twitter and Facebook, at least until they get their own domestic houses fully in order.
Despite the common concept...
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This week in social media: Google reportedly in talks to buy Meebo, Bing launches social search, and more
It’s that time of week again when we take a look at the latest social media news, and highlight some of the most interesting stories.
From a not so surprising FTC probe into Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, to Google’s week of new features...
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A UK woman is taking Facebook to court to unmask anonymous trolls who made her life a misery
A UK woman is taking Facebook to court in an attempt to uncover the identities of anonymous users who attacked her on the social network, the Telegraph reports.
The real case for Nicola Brookes, a 45-year-old Brighton resident is not against Facebook itse...
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Twitter teams up with GitHub to grow its TwUI open source project
GitHub has announced on its blog that the company is teaming up with Twitter to further the development of TwUI,  an open source, Core Animation-based UI framework for Mac. TwUI is the same framework that drives Twitter for Mac, and has gotten its fair sh...
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