We took a shot of Google Caffeine, cut calories with Facebook Lite and took a nap on some social media pillows. A guy caught a laptop in his butt, a judge banned Microsoft Word and Googlers wondered: "why do men have nipples?"
Without further ado, here are the highlights from the past week in social media.
FriendFace: Facebook Buys FriendFeed, Launches Realtime Search
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed - The big news this week: social networking leader Facebook acquired status-update aggregator FriendFeed. The move likely signals Facebook's desire to compete in the real-time search market.
Watch Out Twitter! Facebook Launches Realtime Search - Facebook is getting serious about search: you can search for status updates from friends and public profiles.
Facebook To Launch Facebook Lite - News broke this week that Facebook is working on Facebook Lite, a minimalist, fast-loading version of the site.
FACEBOOK LITE: The Early Details and Screenshots - What's Facebook Lite all about? We pull together the early details and a screenshot.
FACEBOOK FIRED: 8% of US Companies Have Sacked Social Media Miscreants - Social media-related firings are more common than you might think, reports Adam Ostrow.
Study: Facebook Increases Jealousy in Relationships - Does Facebook make you jealous? A study says: yes!
Twitter to Support Retweets...But Are Tweets Pointless Babble?
Twitter Announces Project Retweet - Twitter announced the upcoming launch this week of Project Retweet, its plan to make retweeting an official Twitter feature. What will the changes mean, we ask.
TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless Babble - A new study claims that 40% of Tweets are "pointless babble". We take a look at the results.
Twitter CEO’s Wife Tweeting While in Labor - That's dedication: @sara Tweets during labor. She later gave birth to a baby boy.
Social Media Pillows Are All Kinds of Awesome - What better addition to your personal "downtime" than a Fail Whale pillow? How about Digg, Reddit, or Facebook? Social media pillows might be for you.
We Google So You Don't Have To
Google to Launch a New Version of Google Search - Google is working on its Caffeine update, the biggest change to Google search in years. Ben Parr takes a peek.
What Does Google Think of Twitter? [Pic] - an amusing Google Suggest result shows what the Googling public really thinks about Twitter.
Top 10 Funniest Google Suggest Results - When you type in a search term on Google, the search engine suggests terms to search for based on what phrases other searchers tend to look for. The result: some very funny observations about what people are really thinking, including the age-old question, "why do men have nipples?".
Google Caffeine: A Detailed Test of the New Google - We take Google Caffeine for a test run.
Microsoft Maelstrom
Microsoft Banned from Selling Word in the US - A Texas judge has ruled that Microsoft cannot sell Word in the US due to patent infringement. How will Microsoft get out of this bind?
Microsoft: IE6 Cannot Die - Microsoft responds to the calls for an end to IE6, explaining why it's not likely to happen any time soon.
...And Finally
Guy Catches Laptop With His Butt: YouTube Video Raises Eyebrows - Can there be any explanation for this viral video?