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The Power Of Building A Platform
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The Best Streaming Music Services You Aren't Using
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How Facebook Uses Your Personal Data To Target Ads, Even Offline
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How Facebook Uses You To Annoy Your Friends (And How To Stop It)
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Facebook Might Actually Be Good For You
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F.B. Purity's Facebook Row Is A Cautionary Tale For Extension Developers
The Power Of Building A Platform
Every day we see it. People seemingly coming from nowhere and finding their way onto your crowded radar; they’re carving out a reputation for themselves as an expert or authority in a particular space and then over the journey you watch them get bigger and more influential as their star rises with each new blog or video post.
BirdDrop Puts Twitter In Your Mac Menubar
Mac: Much as Facebox does for Facebook, BirdDrop puts Twitter in your Mac menubar for quick and easy access so you can read, compose and respond to tweets without the need for a separate app.
Facebook’s Trusted Contacts Sends Password Reset Codes To Your Friends
Today, Facebook introduced a new feature called Trusted Contacts that allows you to choose three to five people to help you regain access to your account if you ever lose your password. After you choose your friends, if you ever have trouble getting into your account, you’ll have the option to recruit their help.
Want To Download Tweetdeck Mobile? You Have A Fortnight
We learned back in March that Twitter was planning to kill off the iOS and Android versions of TweetDeck. Now we have a cut-off date: May 7.
The Best Streaming Music Services You Aren’t Using
Streaming music apps and discovery services are a dime a dozen, but even the best ones have a hard time competing with the names everyone already knows. Even so, getting out of your comfort zone a little bit and trying a new service will only reward you with lots of great new music. Here are a few services we love that we think you’ll love too.
Get Facebook Home On Any Android Phone
Android: Facebook Home, Facebook’s new Android skins, is officially only available for a handful of devices. However, if you want to give it a try, some enterprising devs at the XDA Developers Forum tweaked the app so it will work on any Android device.
Piki Is Pandora-Style Music Discovery Powered By Real People
iOS/Web: Most music discovery services rely on algorithms to deliver music you’ll enjoy, but Piki, a new discovery app for the iPhone, aims to make finding great new music a little more personal. Tell the app which artists you like, and it will match you up and start playing music from other Piki users who like the same stuff.
