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WATCH: StumbleUpon CEO Discusses 850 Million Monthly Stumbles and the Future of Social Networks

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Garett Camp, the CEO of StumbleUpon recently sat down with us here in New York to discuss the success of his content sharing network and to give us some insight into the future of social networking. Specifically, he feels that social will become ubiquitous, and content will leverage existing social networks like Facebook or StumbleUpon.

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Update: Simon Cowell's 'X-Factor' Negotiating Facebook Voting

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Even though X-Factor will benefit by collaborating with Facebook, so will the social networking platform. The publicity of the show arriving in September and the massive hype due to Cowell’s fame from Idol and his huge success with X-Factor in the UK is enough to boast Facebook numbers even higher than its 550 million users worldwide.

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NBC Launches New Online Video Contest To Search For Next Pop Superstar

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The new socializing tool will allow wannabes to showcase their talents from home in front of their computer. This happens while the tool records the performance and rates it based on pitch and expression. I’d win hands down on my expressions alone.

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Warner Bros. Releases Inception and The Dark Knight as Apps Instead of Just Downloads

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Movie socializing becomes even more tantalizing while watching the film because moviegoers can connect with friends by sharing their favorite movie quotes through Facebook and Twitter. They can even watch a feed of social networking chatter directly related to the movie in real-time.

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Fünke Friday: Five Tobias Videos to Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Arrested Development Finale

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It was on this day exactly five years ago that Arrested Development aired it’s final episode, and every day since then fans have eagerly hoped for and awaited a return to the screen. For those that gave the show a chance, the reward was a show that was funnier and clever with every viewing. Jokes ran throughout not only an episode, but through the entire series, and to fully appreciate the comedic genius of Mitchell Hurwitz and company, the show needs to be watched from pilot to finale; and then re-watched a half dozen more times.

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Universal Tags Bridesmaids with as a Socializing Gesture

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A reader sees the full-page ad, becomes interested in Bridesmaids, wants to see the trailer, and so scans the Tag with the free Tag Reader app. Then, the reader can watch the Bridesmaids trailer and access additional movie information and content. According to Microsoft, Universal is the first major film studio to use Tag technology to promote a first-run, nationally released movie.

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