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It’s just been a day sinceParag Agarwal took over Twitter as CEO after Jack Dorsey resigned, and the company has rolled out a seemingly controversial policy. Under this new norm, youcan’t tweet out pictures of another individual. Twitter already hada private information policythat barred users fromsharing other people’s phone numbers, addresses, and email IDs.Now it’s extending that to media, including videos and photos of someone. How can an image or a video be taken down?...

As you well know by now, the Mango update to Windows Phone is in the process of being rolled out to the world community of WP7 handset owners. Microsoft and its bevy of carriers are shipping the update to only a sliver of the total userbase today, however, perhaps around 10%. That means that for a great host of individuals, likely including you, the date of one’s Mango upgrade could be more than a week away....

Since day one, bloggers, social media experts, and just about anyone with an opinion has been veryquickto passjudgementover Google+’s future. The social network hasn’t even closed in on 3 months and already many are more than happy to predict its early demise. A recent conversation I had on Twitter about this topic got me thinking about all the ingredients that Google+ currently has going for it, and since they could clearly not be limited to a 140 character update, I figured I’d blog about it instead....

Back in December, we told you aboutthe highs and lowsof the new beta homepage for YouTube. We also tol you how you couldopt into get it. Today, according toa poston TechCrunch, the new page has rolled out for all users (or very soon will be, if you don’t have yours yet). The new page focuses more on relevant content than the previous versions. On top of the suggested channels, YouTube has also given you some very cool control over the front....

The debate on if and when Google Middle East will provide its StreetView service for users in the Middle East has been going on forever, and it doesn’t look like a conclusive answer is on the foreseeable horizon. That’s why a Geneva based company called GlobalVision has taken it upon itself to provide for countries that aren’t as fortunate as their American and European counterparts like Saigon – Vietnam, Dubai – UAE, and Phnom Penh – Cambodia....