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• Twitter Hacked! 250,000 User Accounts Breached

  Hackers' latest victim is Twitter. Roughly 250,000 accounts were breached though Twitter said "limited information" was breached.

• Cramer: Facebook Is 'Doing the Right Thing'

  

  CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday that Facebook's spending strategy is catered to growth investors and that he was pleased by the company's conference call.

• 12 Most Unusual Super Bowl Bets

  

  Beyond wagering on traditional point spreads, gamblers these days can choose to put money down on hundreds of obscure and sometimes ridiculous bets listed on sportsbooks for the Super Bowl.

• Facebook Hails Its Mobile Evolution...Market Not Impressed

  

  Impressive quarterly earnings from Facebook did little to keep analysts at bay or placate investors, with the stock sinking in pre-market action on Thursday.

• Has Apple Lost Its Cool Factor?

  

  Has Apple lost its edge with the college crowd? Jane Wells headed to California State University to find out what the students had to say.

• Yahoo Earnings Beat; Revenue Outlook Is Light

  

  In its first full quarter with Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped expectations. But its first-quarter revenue guidance was a bit lower than analyst estimates.

• Twitter's Vine Features Porn Video as 'Editor's Pick'

  

  Twitter blames "human error" for pornographic video slipping into Vine's "Editor's Picks" section.

• For Super Bowl Ads, It's Viral or Go Home

  

  Call them super leaks or super teasers. For a growing number of Super Bowl advertisers, they are super smart business.

• French Court Orders Twitter to Reveal Users Over Racist Entries

  

  A French court on Thursday told Twitter to identify people who had posted anti-Semitic and racist entries on the social network.

• Time to Dump Social Media? 

  

  A new study says users of Facebook may have feelings of jealousy and envy after reading their friends posts. The social stocks have been on a tear. Dr. Janet Taylor, Community Psychiatrist, offers insight.

• Is Facebook Envy Making You Miserable?

  

  Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.

• 'Think Like Zuck' - A Facebook Business Plan for Your Business

  

  A new book takes a look at Facebook's innovation culture and offers readers and entrepreneurs lessons they can learn from the company and its CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

• New Facebook Tool, Te'o Scandal Fan Flames of Privacy Debate

  

  Social networking platforms are culling data from users, helping to fan the flames of new privacy concerns.

• Facebook Stock 'Now Normalizing': Morgan Stanley CEO

  

  Facebook stock is "now normalizing," said James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley, which was the lead underwriter on the social network's IPO.

• Facebook Messenger App Now Lets You Make Calls

  

  There may be no Facebook phone yet, but there is a new feature that lets iPhone users make calls using the Facebook Messenger app.

• Get a Fake Facebook Girlfriend for $20

  

  Want a girlfriend to pump up your social profile? Love may not be all you need.

• Former Google Employees Head Up Facebook's New Search

  

  Former Google employees played a big part in making Facebook's new search feature a reality.

• Facebook Builds a Moat

  

  There will be fewer social networking companies at the end of 2013 than there are now. Facebook is going to be a survivor. TheStreet.com reports.

• Facebook Leaves Unanswered Questions: Max Wolff

  

  Facebook’s left out a few important details in its announcement, Max Wolff of Greencrest Capital says.

• Risky Business: Making Trades Off of Twitter

  

  A new trading platform uses social media to help retail investors look for trading signals.