25 Unmissable Social Media Articles From The Last 7 Days To Read This Weekend

Every week here on the blog we bring you 25 of the best stories from the world of technology and social media that you simply can’t afford not to read. Of course the big news this week was the death of Steve Jobs which more or less overshadowed everything else that was happening and we do share a couple of the best stories on the mercurial leader but also focus on the rest of the news. You might not get through all these articles in one sitting but they are all well worth bookmarking and reading when you have time…
Early payouts to startup execs a troubling trend
Like them or not, the latest changes to Facebook offer big ideas for news orgs
Facebook: Brutal Dishonesty
Coupon Sites Are a Great Deal, but Not Always to Merchants
Google’s “Interesting” Week
HuffPost at One Biiiilllliiion Monthly Page Views: More Buying, More Launching, More Hiring
A Journalist? A VC? Who cares. It’s all about Influence.
‘Diggnation,’ Popular Web Talk Show, to End Its Run in December

Social Media News Site Gains Clout
If you’re disappointed by the iPhone 4S, you’re nuts
Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+
The Steve Jobs I Knew
Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole)
Wozniak Tearfully Remembers His Friend Steve
What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs
The Wizard and the Mortal: Two Sides of Genius
Politician’s Twitter slip shows it’s time for a fix
How to Use Secret Facebook Groups to Enhance Your Business

45 Kick-Ass Resources for Online Entrepreneurs
The 5-Step Process that Solves Three Painful Writing Problems
The Platform Wars: Will Music Bring Harmony or Discord?
News Outlets Preserve Privacy by Giving Users Ways to Mute Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing
Google+ as your Blog (Concept using the G+ API)
When tech fails…Six ways to never get lost in a city again
Demystifying Facebook’s “People Are Talking About This” Metric