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Josh Constine is a technology journalist who specializes in deep analysis of social products.

Remember GeoCities, an online community like Tumblr? Founded in 1994, GeoCities was the third most visited site on the World Wide Web by 1999 when it was bought by Yahoo for $3.57 billion in stock, according to Wikipedia.

Two years ago, Tumblr's overabundance of porn was well-documented . Today, nothing has changed: it's still a JPEG sex bonanza.

Rumors are spreading fast that Yahoo is in serious talks to acquire the New York-based social blogging site for as much as $1 billion.

It's easy to argue against a Yahoo-Tumblr deal . Internet history is full of misguided M&A, and Yahoo has its own , very expensive chapter .

The leading social advertising service, 140 Proof is proud to announce that Kim Stiefel has joined the company as Director of Business Development.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has picked up some interesting celebrity investors for his mysterious mobile startup Jelly.

Glass is getting some love at Google I/O as well. New applications have been released - Facebook, Twitter, Evernote , Elle, Tumblr, and CNN .

Yahoo is in serious talks with Tumblr to acquire the social blogging site , according to multiple sources familiar with the talks.

Google on Thursday unveiled several new apps -- or "Glassware," as it calls them -- for its wearable computing device.

From May 3-6, ten passionate travelers from across the U.S. converged upon this unique wellness resort for a tailored itinerary of fine dining, spa treatments and activities ranging from an equine encounter with beautiful quarter horses to a spirited chili cook-off. Since travel is inherently a social activity, and with Austin an epicenter of ... (more)

May 15, 2012 -- Happy birthday, Mark Zuckberg. The Facebook founder and chief executive officer turned 28-years-old Monday.

The Web produced the initial fissure, but mobile created new cracks in the landscape.

The black and white snapshot of a man in Harlem, New York, surfaced online via the Schomburg Center's Tumblr page over the weekend , prompting fans from all over the world to point out the mystery man's similarities to the hip-hop star.

For anyone with even a remote interest in music, fashion or the Internet, it might be hard to suppress feelings of intense jealousy when talking about #Been #Trill. Lately, the DJ-crew-turned-art-collective have had their hands in everything from buzzed-about New York Fashion Week parties and a meme-generating Tumblr page to DJ mixes and ... (more)

BookLikes announces its public launch after eight months of beta tests. The service, a blog platform for book lovers with a strong social component, lets users create a personal webpage with a blog, virtual bookshelf and reading timeline.

They say everybody has a twin. Well, Jay-Z has had a few in his day. But it looks like this one is particularly special, because its old NYC.

There is an increasingly long list of digital outlets pushing their own version of "native advertising" - ads that want to convince people that they're just like "real" content.

Comedy Central favorite Pete Holmes makes it weird in the world premiere of PETE HOLMES: NICE TRY, THE DEVIL debuting tonight, May 12 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. A popular nightclub comedian in this dimension and a youth pastor in most others, Holmes brings his signature silliness as he contemplates "Juan winning one," the loneliness of making his bed, ... (more)

Tumblr and Snapchat are two very popular social media networks that are growing in size.