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| Why Do Instagram and Facebook Want to See Your Photo ID? | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:54 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Over the last week, several Instagram users began reporting that the photo-sharing app was locking them out of their accounts, and asking them to confirm their identity by showing photo ID. These incidents, which CNET first covered Tuesday, were reportedly a result of Instagram's new terms of service, which came into effect on Jan. 19. At first, users were worried that their accounts were hacked.
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| Warning: Graphic Porn Invades Vine | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:18 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| It didn't take long for Twitter's new mobile service Vine to get its first collection of porn uploads.
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| 40 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:23 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Another busy week is wrapping up, and this weekend is the perfect time for catching up with all the news in social media and tech that you might have missed. With big announcements from Myspace and Facebook, and some unearthing of lies from Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o we've got you covered from industry updates to entertainment news.
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| Pinterest Introduces 'News' Feature to Improve Content Discovery | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:49 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| In place of Pinterest's activity feed, the company has installed a new tool called "News." The feed displays boards where your recent pins have been repinned, creating a feed of potentially relevant content that users can peruse from their own profiles or those of others. According to a blog post introducing News, Pinterest explains the tool is meant to foster content discovery.
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| 10 Awesome Pranks to Play On Your Facebook Friends | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:37 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Whether you're after sweet revenge, a fresh online battle or just a little harmless mischief, Facebook is a fertile ground for pranking. We have gathered 10 devious tricks you can play on your Facebook friends, from freaking them out with photos to fooling them with alternate realities. SEE ALSO: 10 Skype Chat Tricks for Power Users Take a look through our suggestions in the gallery above.
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| Vinepeek Opens a Window on the World, Six Seconds at a Time | | Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:07 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| A newly launched website gives you a chance to glimpse into what's going in the world, six seconds at a time. Vinepeek aggregates Vine videos in real time, showcasing an endless stream of six-second snippets of everyday lives. Vinepeek takes inspiration from This Is Now, a real-time aggregator of Instagram pictures, and does the same thing with videos created with Twitter's newly released social video app, Vine.
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