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Microsoft unveils a phone called "Kin" which the firm says has been made for those who live their lives online.

The buzz around realtime search of social networks has mostly surrounded Twitter and Facebook. Collecta, OneRiot and the search giants, including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo all tap into Twitter (and Facebook too) to capture the realtime stream of content. But MySpace is also getting into the game, recently releasing a set of real-time APIs that both OneRiot and Google will be tapping into to provide content from the social network. Today, real-time search engine Collecta has launched a search platform that offers a real-time view into MySpace.

New York State attorney general Andrew Cuomo backed the e-STOP law under which sex offenders' social networking accounts were terminated. Facebook and MySpace has terminated the accounts of 3,533 convicted sex offenders in the state of New York after they submitted their account information to the state as required by 2008’s Electronic Security and ...

Get ready for a rash of new business models and the consolidation of old ones.

Just as bearded hipsters migrate from bar to bar in pursuit of young ladies to ogle, so too have scammers and hackers followed their prey from MySpace to Facebook. As a result, the social network once deemed the "safe" option is now plagued by legions of 419 scammers, phishers, and peddlers of malware.

The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately.

Universal McCann has released a new report that looks at the state of social media today. Apparently, this trend is showing no sign of slowing down. In fact, it's still growing. From posting photos to writing blogs, the desire to share has become a universal phenomenon.

News Corp. is planning to position its MySpace unit as a Web site for accessing entertainment and related information, amid tough competition from Facebook.