Get yourself off social media: A guide to deleting your accounts Facebook Removing yourself from the big FB could mean either deleting your account or merelydeactivatingit. The latter is just what it sounds like: temporarily putting your account on ice so you can do a social media detox. Honestly, out of all the sites on this list, Facebook is the one you would probably most need to cleanse yourself of, so we do recommend deactivation before deletion....

Tech Crunchhas just announcedGetAroundas the winner of the 2011 Tech Crunch Disrupt Conference in New York City. Both Tech Crunch’s Mike Arrington and Erik Schonfeld said this was the best group of startups to ever compete at Tech Crunch Disrupt. Yesterday, duringour interview with GetAround, the founders said if they win they will take Arrington for a spin in the Tesla they brought to demo their app. For GetAround, it’s looking like green lights from here....

When considering a new purchase, one of the first things I do is open up Google and search for comparisons on a few similar products. More often than not, I come up empty handed, unless its something popular like the comparison of an Android phone with the iPhone. GetComparisons, the brainchild of Akshay Arabolu, a once-upon-a-time Investment Banker turned entrepreneur, is a new site which aims to cut right to the chase, giving users a one-stop-shop for product comparisons....

GetGlue, a social network for entertainment, with free iOS, Android, and web-based apps, now features 900k users, in addition to 12M unique monthly check-ins. The iPhone app has received updates today allowing users to check into sports programs, and share one’s location via Foursquare. GetGlue Version 2.4.1 for iPhone offers a redesigned UI, complete with larger buttons, one offering sports program check-in capability. Through the addition, sports fans can share what they’re watching, be it a favorite sport/team or an event....

Third-party application marketplace GetJar has today banned the Opera Mini mobile browser from its multi-platform application stores, denying access to the app because it now features its own web-based app store. MocoNewsnoticeda tweeton the GetJar account, posted today, which stated: “Due to violations of our T&C’s Opera Mini has been banned from GetJar. Download Bolt, UCweb, Dolphin, Layar or Sqauce and others as needed,” said the note. Whilst GetJar hasn’t provided any further comments, it did reply toanother tweetthat questioned the company’s decision:...