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(via eBay Launches Site Redesign, Pinterest-like Feed, eBay Now)

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What does your website say about you?

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Would cutting credit cards out of transactions make payments cheaper? Dwolla says it would. (Click the image above for the full infographic).

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Snubbed by Apple, Foursquare makes its maps experience better on iPhone

via VentureBeat

While Apple's new iPhone Maps continue to show disfavor from the iPhone community. Foursquare is looking for a way to improve the experience for its users. Continue Reading...

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According to comScore, Tumblr traffic has doubled in the past year. And did you know that Tumblr blogs rank extremely well in Google, too?

[wired]

Business iPad users beware. Your halcyon days of loading whatever the heck you want onto your tablet may be coming to an end.

Apple is set to introduce a couple of new features that will give corporate IT new ways to lock down the iOS 6 operating system, which powers the iPad and the iPhone, according to Zenprise, a mobile device management company that was briefed on the features by Apple.

More @ Wired Enterprise.

[bitshare]

Today the new iPhone 5 will be announced

Today is the big day, the day that the “new iPhone” or “iPhone 5” as many are saying will be announced to the general public at the Apple event in Yurba Buena, pictured inset. As an iPhone user, it’s exciting to finally put all the rumors to rest. That is all they are as of now anyways, rumors, until we get confirmation that the iPhone 5 will have several new and updated features.

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Report: Social network demographics in 2012

17 out of 24 sites (71%) have more female than male users.

Most male-dominated site? Slashdot then Hacker News and Stack Overflow.

Most female-dominated site? Pinterest then Goodreads and Blogger.

Facebook and Twitter have the same gender distribution: 40% male, 60% female.

The only sites in this survey with more male than female users are Quora, Reddit, Orkut, Github, Stack Overflow, Hacker News and Slashdot.

[searchengineland]

Wonder where Google+ falls - any guesses?

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Navigating the new multi-screen world: Insights show how consumers use different devices together

[thenextweb]

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Hackers leaked over 1 Million Apple device IDs, follow the links to see if you were one of them. You can find your UDID by opening iTunes and selecting the "Serial Number" line under your devices Summary tab.

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Shopping and Shipping: A look at how people shop online

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Facebook is adding a new feature to its Open Graph for developers today and it has huge potential to increase the engagement and exposure of apps. The feature is called Mention Tagging and it allows you to mention Facebook friends right in message text you enter inside any connected app. (via Mention Tagging Lets Apps Insert Facebook Users Into Message Text)

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(via Total Worldwide Social Network Ad Revenues Continue Strong Growth - eMarketer)

Gerd says: social media is becoming a default now…

[searchengineland]

SEOmoz released the results of its semi-annual survey yesterday, and if there’s one thing that stands out, it’s that the SEO industry relies heavily on the free Google tools - Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools and Google Website Optimizer. 

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Event photos from multiple photographers automatically merged into one album

Put any three friends together for some socializing, and there’s a good chance you’ll end up with three separate groups of photos to commemorate the occasion – one on each person’s phone. The Flock app is now aiming to make it easier than ever to share these photos and put them into one consolidated album. READ MORE…

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Looks like an interesting way to pull content from multiple users at an event.

[thenextweb]

(via Meet ‘Broadcast for Friends’ - the Instagram of Live Video)

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The 25 most popular online tools for freelancers (infographic)

via VentureBeat

We can vouch for a number of these applications, especially the full suite of Google Business Applications. 

Check out the full list on VentureBeat