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Bots Are About to Take Over Facebook Messenger

By Victor Luckerson

Here's the Big Facebook News We Expect This Week

By Victor Luckerson

LinkedIn to Pay $13 Million in Spam Settlement

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You'll Soon Be Able To Buy Stuff Directly From Twitter

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Snapchat’s New Ad Agency Could Totally Own Millennials

Could this be how to reach younger consumers?

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Magnum Photos' CEO Pledges New Era for Celebrated Agency

The photo agency plans to connect its photographers with their fans

By Olivier Laurent

You Really Can Blame Your Parents for Everything

How your parents treated you as a child has long-lasting effects on what kind of adult you turn into, finds a new study in the journal Child Development. The researchers looked at 243 kids in...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Tinder CEO Sean Rad Is Stepping Down

IAC plans to replace Rad with “an Eric Schmidt-like person"

By Fortune / Laura Lorenzetti

How Facebook Uses Ad Feedback to Alter Your Timeline

A few years ago, Facebook rolled out functionality to all users that lets us hide advertisements we find objectionable. Many ignore this “I don’t want to see this” feature, hiding in the down arrow at...

By Techlicious

Facebook Is Testing Disappearing Status Updates

Wish that the status updates you want to share on Facebook weren’t so permanent? Soon, you may be able to make your posts on the social network vanish without a trace – after a set...

By Techlicious

5 of the Biggest Facebook Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

The world's biggest social network turned 10 this year. With 57% of the American population — and 73% of teenagers — among its user base, Facebook has morphed from a way for college undergrads to...

By Techlicious

U.S. Soccer Captain Clint Dempsey Posts Adorable Father's Day Instagram

U.S. soccer wins Instragram

By Denver Nicks

30-Second Tech Trick: Get Fewer Friend Requests on Facebook

Are you popular? Must be nice! Here's how to cut down on Facebook friend requests.

By Doug Aamoth

Peer Pressure Lasts Only Three Days, Study Says

Wait a few days before you decide whether to follow the pack

By Eliana Dockterman

7 Ways to Shop Online with Friends

Shopping with friends used to be an event. You'd meet a girlfriend or two for lunch, then amble through the mall or down the street together perusing items and sharing opinions about what might look...

By Techlicious

#AmazonCart Lets You Shop On Amazon Right from Twitter

Just in case you needed an excuse to a) never leave Twitter and b) buy more stuff from Amazon

By Doug Aamoth

Twitter Reportedly Tests a Mute Button for Politely Ignoring People

An experimental feature would keep excessive tweets from clogging your feed.

By Jared Newman

Facebook Wants to Dominate Mobile Apps

The most striking thing about the keynote at Facebook's f8 conference in San Francisco was something that only became apparent after it was over: Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives spent an hour on stage...

By Harry McCracken

Facebook Beefs Up Privacy for App Logins--and Lets You Go Anonymous

I'm at Facebook's f8 developer conference in San Francisco, where the keynote is still underway--but there's already been some significant news. Mark Zuckerberg opened the day by saying that this conference would be all about...

By Harry McCracken

Facebook Messenger Is Looking More and More like Snapchat

Since Facebook couldn’t have Snapchat, the social network now wants to make it obsolete. On Monday the company rolled out an update to the iOS version of its Messenger app that makes it a speedier...

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