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About logo_appetiteWhat is TNW’s Social Media Channel? TNW’s Social Media Channel is part of The Next Web, a network of blogs devoted to Internet news, reviews and culture. TNW’s Social Media Channel is a Social Networking, Social Media and Marketing Blog, offering the latest in news, discussion, analysis web services. About The Next Web The Next Web launched in January 2008 as a spin off of The Next Web Conference. Soon after, the site took a life of its own and the potential for a technology site from an international perspective became a reality. The growth of the site over the past year has been a testament to that, and we now currently serve 1,000,000 unique visitors a month. It has since grown into a network of over 20 blogs consisting of: * International Blogs: A number of “glocal” blogs with Internet news in their own language from blogs across the globe. * Continent Blogs: with news in English bringing you technology news from across the worlds continents. * Channels: Focused on select topics including Apps, Apple and Viral Sensations. While we pride ourselves on highlighting quality startups and bringing our readers up to date news. Where we really aim to stand out from other technology blogs, is by bringing news and views from an international perspective. With writers across Europe, Australasia, Middle East, Africa, Asia and North & South America., you can rest arrused that if it’s worth hearing about – you’ll hear it from us.

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  • The Next Web wrote a new blog post: Google actually listens, removes obnoxious feature from Google Explore   11 hours, 53 minutes ago

    Google rolled out a pretty massive redesign last month, which I actually liked a lot. The only problem was, and it was a big one, the changes that it made to the “Explore” section, which I happen to use a lot.
    For whatever reason, the team decided that placing a huge bar at the top [...]

  • The Next Web wrote a new blog post: Microsoft would like you to think that So.cl is for students, but don’t be fooled   14 hours, 6 minutes ago

    During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a research tool for students.
    The project comes out of Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, a division of the company that is working on other research tools that [...]

  • The Next Web wrote a new blog post: Twitter blocked in Pakistan after refusing to remove ‘blasphemous content’ [Update: Restored!]   21 hours, 11 minutes ago

    In a move that is all too unsurprising, Pakistan has blocked social networking site Twitter, over a series of “blasphemous drawings”, The Express Tribune reports.
    The crackdown comes just a few months after the Pakistani government withdrew its Web censorship plans, which would have restricted access to over 50 million URLs in the country. It also [...]