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<title>Google adds 18 new features to Google+</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/14/google.gets.new.android.ios.apps.today/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft opens testing for 'socl' social networking service</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/04/new.product.still.in.testing.for.foreseeable.future.no.announced.plans/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354672330_socl-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's work-in-progress Socl has opened its doors to all. The nascent social network project was originally available to invited testers, and was primarily used amongst Microsoft employees along with students in a few select universities. Officials have described the new product as a combination of social networking and image search (a la Pinterest), to try to get groups "considering how to u...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung to offer its own Facebook-like social network</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339617281_Samsung-Facebook-Teaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[While competitors are touting deeper integration of Facebook into their products, Samsung is reportedly looking to unseat the social networking giant. Unnamed officials within the company have revealed to The Korea Times that Samsung will introduce a social network embedded in its products sometime early next year. The company is said to have been emboldened by early successes with some of its soc...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia lands patent for social network automatic sharing</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/nokiasharesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia has been granted a patent for technology that enables phones to automatically upload data to social networks. The patent describes a system that could be used to initiate automatic uploads whenever a user performs certain operations, such as changing a music track, capturing an image or video, accessing a website, or changing location....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Path updates self-titled app, now hashing user data</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/path21.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Once the center of a firestorm of scandal regarding its collection of users' address book data without explicit permission, social networking app Path has announced that in order to further safeguard security, it will hash user contact data so that it is anonymized, according to a new blog post from the company. The new update, version 2.1.1, will still collect contact data, but only with explicit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Orange bringing Facebook to all subscribers in Africa</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/facebookafricasml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Wireless carrier Orange has announced that it will bring Facebook functionality to its subscribers in Africa. The company suggests the social networking feature will be available on all of its mobile phones throughout its coverage area across the continent....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Bump updated to 3.0, iSmart Protection Plans</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/briefly1602.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Bump, a free app for quickly sharing information between mobile devices, has been completely redesigned with a focus on sharing contact information in social settings and sharing photos with friends and family. Unlike most major updates, Bump 3.0 actually removes more features than it adds, however, the developers feel this has resulted in a streamlined experience that still offers the most reques...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Social app Path uploads users' address books, to get fix</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/path-iphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The social networking app Path, which provides its own community along with the ability to share statuses and pictures to other popular public networks like Twitter and Facebook, has been discovered to be uploading users' entire address books to its own servers on first use. The undisclosed (and unauthorized) uploading was discovered by developer Arun Thampi and detailed in a blog post. The co-fou...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands on: Garmin StreetPilot onDemand with Foursquare</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/27/navigation.company.embraces.social.networking/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/garminsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Although Garmin would seem to fit in better at CES rather than the Macworld iWorld expo, the navigation company brought its latest iOS apps to San Francisco this week to show off the latest features. MacNN played around with the updated version of StreetPilot onDemand, which now enables users to take advantage of social networking features....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google+ opens up to teens with extra safety measures</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/Google+_lets-teens-in-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has opened up Google+ to teens 13 and older. Previously, only adults over 18 could participate in the service. Google has also implemented safeguards to help make sure the younger crowd's participation in the social network is safer until they're adults....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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