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Anti-Facebook Social Network Unthink Launches

Anti-Facebook Social Network Unthink Launches

Tampa-based startup Unthink launched Tuesday in a flurry of green trim and black-and-white revolution-themed photography. The newest social network claims $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital and has its sights set on taking down Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social networks it says are exploiting their users by selling their information to advertisers.

Zynga IPO Date is Week of Nov. 17 [REPORT]

Zynga will reportedly go public on Nov. 17, just one week before Thanksgiving. The company will attempt to raise $1 billion before then.
Zynga, the social gaming company behind hits like FarmVille, CityVille and Words with Friends, has reportedly set its IPO date for Nov. 17, just a week before Thanksgiving.
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More Facebook Friends Linked to Bigger Brain Areas

Scientists have found a direct link between the number of friends a person has on Facebook and the size of certain brain regions, raising the possibility that using online social networks might change our brains.
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Amber Cole Video: Top Tweets and Video Responses

Leave Amber Cole Alone, is one of the top trending topics across social media platforms in the United States. Why? Because many Americans believe that it is wrong to allow a video of a 14-year-old performing oral sex on her boyfriend to go viral.
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Spotify Now Has 250,000 Paying U.S. Users: Sources

Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.
NASA's UARS

NASA Satellite Has Landed; No Reports of Injury

The NASA satellite falling from space has landed in Canada, near Calgary, but nobody was hurt, according to reports.We can now confirm that #UARS is down! reported the official NASA Twitter account. Debris fell to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24.

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