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Current TV Tires of Twitter, Kills Off MySpace Instead [VIDEO]

Mashable  Jan 28 10

The Twouble with Twitters is that the Twitter jokes are pretty much dead. It’s no shocker anymore that tweets are pointless babble. So who else can Current TV pick on with its viral video parodies?

Easy: MySpace. Or rather the death of MySpace.

In its latest SuperNews! masterpiece — the aptly named The Death of MySpace — our Twitter-obsessed friend Craig is confronted with the reality that MySpace is a dead zone and that he needs to kill off his profile to regain social status. In this cartoonish parallel reality, even masturbating is more socially acceptable than logging on to MySpace. Full story...

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Apple Sells 51,000 iPads in First Two Hours? [REPORT]

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How Musicians Are Using Social Media to Connect with Fans

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