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  • Why These Social Networks Failed So Badly

    Why These Social Networks Failed So Badly

    Sixteen years ago, the sun set on Web 1.0, and we embarked by the light of our smartphones to 24/7 connectivity, down a road paved with corporate blunders, littered with yesterday’s top 8 friends, scrubbed n00ds, trashed chiptune tracks, bomb threats, and downy unicorn costumes. Comedic treasures were born and abandoned by parent companies, screaming…


  • Twitter Suspends Alex Jones And InfoWars For 7 Days

    Twitter Suspends Alex Jones And InfoWars For 7 Days

    Alex Jones, America’s most unhinged vitamin salesman, has been temporarily suspended from Twitter. The social media company has sent Jones to what users call “Twitter jail”, meaning that he can’t publish any tweets for the next seven days. The InfoWars Twitter account, which has just over 400,000 followers, has also been suspended.


  • Google Is Finally Divorcing Google+

    Google Is Finally Divorcing Google+

    The oft-mocked Google+ is getting stripped of features that will be incorporated elsewhere into the Googleverse. Google has decided to “move some features that aren’t essential to an interest-based social experience out of Google+,” according to a post on its official blog today.


  • Google’s Photo Service Might Finally Escape Google+

    Google’s Photo Service Might Finally Escape Google+

    After Google just announced that it would be dropping the Google+ requirement for business videoconferencing this week, the search giant is planning to set loose its (fantastic) photo service, according to Bloomberg. If and when it does, you’ll be able to take advantage of this pretty handy photo tool without any unwanted ties to Google+.