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PeopleBrowsr v. Twitter: The Arguments On Each Side — And What’s At Stake

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The uneasy relationship between Twitter and the third-party developer community has been well documented. How is the company making its case — and what is Twitter’s counter-argument? In 2011, Twitter began to say that it intended to reserve Firehose access for “Twitter-driven” partnerships.

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Top Magazines on Google+ Have Larger Fan Base But Less Engagement Than On Facebook

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The buzz about Google Plus was grim as 2012 began: “ a virtual ghost town compared to Facebook ” was how the platform was described in February, as the rapid user growth following its June 2011 launch leveled off — and data revealed that those who signed up were doing little after that. By November 2011, comScore reported that 15.2

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