An ode to Nancy Grace’s gloriously unhinged hashtags; Facebook’s News Feed and the tyranny of ‘positive’ content; How Facebook is changing News Feed: What the social network didn’t tell you; Meet the Internet’s ‘greatest liar,’ whose Twitter death hoaxes have fooled millions; In its ongoing quest to devour the Web, Google’s killing the sites that serve up song lyrics; Happy birthday, Google+. How are you still alive?; How online bots conned Brexit voters; Twitter wants you to use Snapchat-like stickers as visual hashtags;
 
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An ode to Nancy Grace’s gloriously unhinged hashtags
She's leaving HLN, but we'll always have #BoxofInfants.
Facebook’s News Feed and the tyranny of ‘positive’ content
Among the subjects that people "love" on Facebook the most: celebrity children, nature news and service animals.
 
How Facebook is changing News Feed: What the social network didn’t tell you
What a changing News Feed means for Facebook, the news industry -- and, of course, you.
 
Meet the Internet’s ‘greatest liar,’ whose Twitter death hoaxes have fooled millions
USA Today, Nicolas Sarkozy and many others have fallen for his stunts.
 
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In its ongoing quest to devour the Web, Google’s killing the sites that serve up song lyrics
Which industry will the search giant invade next?
 
Happy birthday, Google+. How are you still alive?
Google+ is a wonderful social network for the introverts among us who would prefer to avoid most people.
 
How online bots conned Brexit voters
4chan trolls claimed responsibility -- but that's only half the story.
 
Twitter wants you to use Snapchat-like stickers as visual hashtags
Twitter's new photo stickers will be searchable, like a "visual spin on the hashtag."
 
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