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• 05 April 2013

• News: Microsoft disses Facebook Home as so 'two years ago'

  Microsoft took off the gloves and took a big swing at Facebook today, calling the social network's new Home launcher an old idea.

• News: How to become a LinkedIn power user in five easy steps

  LinkedIn is the most popular business network on the planet, boasting more than 200 million users. You're probably one of them. Also highly probable: You're not taking full advantage of this business and career networking service.

• 04 April 2013

• News: Will more smartphones support Facebook Home?

  The HTC First smartphone will have native support for Facebook Home when it ships on AT&T April 12. Some analysts wonder how soon -- or whether -- native support for the app will be added to more smartphones.

• News: Facebook's Home launcher for Android creates 'Facebook Phone'

  Welcome to your new home on Android. Strangely enough, it looks a lot like Facebook. Facebook's new launcher for Android, simply called Home, brings your social life to the forefront of your phone.

• News: Diversifying Facebook Home could broaden its appeal, analysts say

  Facebook's Home mobile software for Android-equipped smartphones might only appeal to the most active Facebook users at first, but the company's plan to integrate third-party social services into it could broaden its appeal.

• News: Facebook reveals 'Home' software for Android phones

  Facebook has released new software for Android phones that gives quick access to Facebook services and aims to further boost use of the social network on mobile devices.

• News: Facebook unveils Android Home screen and app family

  Facebook is not building its own smartphone. Instead, it today unveiled Home, a Facebook-focused home screen designed to give Android users quick access to their Facebook friends.

• News: HTC to be first with Facebook-integrated phone

  It's not quite the long-rumored Facebook Phone, but HTC's new First phone isn't far off.

• News: Facebook reveals 'Home' software for Android phones

  Facebook has released new software for Android phones that gives quick access to Facebook services and aims to further boost use of the social network on mobile devices.

• News: Twitter overhauls Android app

  Twitter's not-so-great app for Android is now smoother and sleeker, thanks to an upgrade available Wednesday on Google Play.

• 03 April 2013

• News: Twitter provides access to mobile apps from within tweets

  Twitter's in-the-moment stream of quick comments and links might seem tailor-made for those with short attention spans, but the company is rolling out changes that will make tweets more interactive, including the ability to access mobile apps from inside a tweet.

• News: Salesforce.com adding 'social intelligence' features to Chatter

  Salesforce.com continues to build out its Chatter social networking and collaboration software, with upcoming "social intelligence" capabilities that will allow users to find information through new Topics and Expertise categories.

• News: Facebook blames bug for disappearance of search history tool

  A Facebook tool that allowed users to view and delete their search history on the site has vanished, and some people are keen to get it back.

• News: Smartphone Users Tap Facebook Obsessively

  A new report shows just how much smartphone users love Facebook, checking it as much as 14 times a day. In advance of Thursday's Facebook phone announcement, this could be good news for the social network.

• News: Chat app Line breaks out of Asia, hits 10 million users in Spain

  Line, the messaging platform widely used in Japan, is breaking out of Asia and now has 10 million users in Spain, the company said Wednesday.

• News: SEC clears social media for investor announcements after Netflix case

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter to announce corporate information.

• News: Facebook blames bug for disappearance of search history tool

  A Facebook tool that allowed users to view and delete their search history on the site has vanished, and some people are keen to get it back.

• 02 April 2013

• News: Google+ Sign-In feature expands with Janrain, Gigya integration

  Google is aiming to expand the reach of users' Google+ profiles and social data across the Web through new partnerships with Janrain and Gigya.

• News: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg deposed in employee antritrust case

  Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is scheduled to join a number of other high-profile tech players to testify in a private antitrust suit brought against seven California-based technology companies by former employees.

• News: Speakerfy sees mini-concerts, more social music sharing with new app

  Imagine you're working out with friends at the gym and you all want to listen to a song, but only one person has it downloaded. Not a problem: Beaming the song from one smartphone to any number of other devices is a little easier now with a new app.

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