CNN: Microsoft opens its own social network

(CNN) — After a long period of closed beta testing, Microsoft made the beta version of its social network, Socl, available to everyone on Tuesday. Socl initially launched this May. It’s a search-meets-social networking website that looks more like Pinterest than Facebook, and has until now been open only to invited Microsoft employees and college students. Now, everyone with a Microsoft or Facebook […]

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iTunes Digital Gift Cards now available via FaceBook

Early Tuesday, FaceBook announced that its users can now purchase iTunes Digital Gift Cards via the social networking site: “Starting today with Facebook Gifts, you can instantly gift your friends iTunes digital gifts and recommend albums, movies, games, apps, and more available on the iTunes Store. Search for a specific song or album to recommend, […]

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Report: Apple considering investment in Twitter

Apple, which has stumbled in its efforts to get into social media, has talked with Twitter in recent months about making a strategic investment in it, according to people briefed on the matter. While Apple has been hugely successful in selling phones and tablets, it has little traction in social networking, which has become a major engine […]

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