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Pinterest and other sites are making it even easier to collect, sort and share content. Here are some of my favorite places to curate content on the Web:

At a recent Socialize event in Toronto, a few panelists pointed out that people may be looking at Google+ the wrong way.  While most are trying to categorize it as a social network, the speaker felt that Google+ couldn’t miss because it was just a way of strengthening social SEO, and as the years pass, [...]

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

Today we raise a glass to Libatious, a social network for beer drinkers that launched today from its headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. The site has a database of beers and breweries from all over the world for users to explore, bookmark and rate – an intriguing blend of Pinterest and Yelp. In the real world, beer and social media go together like soda and pop rocks. Just for fun, here’s a sampling of eight beers to pair with eight different social networks, inspired by beers found on tap at Libatious.

This week, Raytheon is hiring a social media manager, while Big Think is seeking an account manager. Rodale is looking for an SEO manager, and PMC is in need of a content manager for ENTV on YouTube. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com.

What happens when two guys that are constantly wearing plaid shirts get together for a few beers? Well, they come up with the idea to do a talk show all about plaid that’s shot entirely on iPhones, of course! The show is called Plaid Forever and it launched today on Tumblr.

It looks like Warner Brothers could be building another Instagram. According to Fusible.com, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. filed patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in December for variations on the name Out My Window to build what appears to be a photo-sharing social network.

Pinterest and other sites are making it even easier to collect, sort and share content. Here are some of my favorite places to curate content on the Web:

Every year Forbes magazine singles out 30 entrepreneurs under 30 years old who are out changing the world before they’re even old enough to run for president.  Topping the list this year is Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek, whose digital music service Spotify has won the hearts of music lovers worldwide while working toward a more [...]

Unless you’ve been living in a bird-free zone, you know that Twitter recently overhauled their home page.  The new page allows people to see shared videos, links and photos directly within the stream of Twitter by clicking the ‘open’ button.  Photos are expanded, videos are displayed and even links to text articles are expanded into [...]

Vkontakte, one of the largest social networks in Russia, has been asked by a consortium of Russian producers to pull down a bunch of content uploaded by its users.  The uploading of illegal content is always a hot topic once a social network comes of age and demands enough attention, and this news can be [...]

The folks at RecordSetter have put together this extremely interesting infographic looking at 2011 World Records for social media.  It looks at various networks including Facebook and Tumblr, and also has some statistics on games.  Take a look below.