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The Big Data revolution: 5 startups mining the trend
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Time releases 50 best websites of 2011
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Microsoft launches crowdsourcing blog for Windows 8
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Social media and the London riots: The good and the ugly
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How ‘Dunbar’s Number’ can make or break a social network
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