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Google+, Netflix for theaters, Egypt's new incubator, living on Groupon for a week, and more. Google introduces its own social network.

Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. With job creation at the heart of the economic discussion in America, former President Bill Clinton will soon be joining the conversation in a big way

Foursquare partners with AmEx, an 'Anonymous' group of hackers, the Winklevosses back down, social innovation, and more.

Women are more prolific networkers in male-dominated industries. Is social media correcting the real-life old-boys' club? Women are the best networkers in the tobacco and ranching industries; men rule cosmetics, according to LinkedIn 's new study of the 21st century workforce, Battle of the Sexes, in which the social network tapped its massive trove of user data to examine gender imbalances between industries.

With bandwidth-heavy streaming apps such as Netflix, HBO Go, and Pandora out on the market, users are consuming more data than ever before on their smartphones. According to a new report by Nielsen out today, average U.S.

On Thurdsay, DVD rental giant Redbox announced that it will expand its offering to include video games at more than 21,000 of its kiosks nationwide. The new service will launch Friday, and include titles from the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3, all for roughly $2 per day

Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill yesterday that takes direct aim at online privacy.

In a move that'll help some digital magazine publishers and possibly streaming content providers, Apple has adjusted the terms and conditions for its subscriptions service. But how much help will it provide the struggling industry

At the AllThingsD conference Wednedsay, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings expressed lots of love for the high-end content produced by premium cable stars HBO and Showtime.

Today, Comcast finally upgraded its mobile app, Xfinity TV, and now offers roughly 6,000 hours of On Demand content to subscribers who own the iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. The top players are all present--HBO, Showtime, Starz--making streaming premium content on your mobile device a cinch

Whether it's for streaming Netflix or sharing files, we're gobbling up more and more data--and we want it faster. But even shooting data with lasers over fiber-optic cables has its limits.

A New York startup is betting that businesses will, in fact, want deals on more than just printers. A few weeks ago, we told you about one of the first daily deal companies to start doing offers for businesses. Now another is opening up in New York, but this time with a twist.

The streaming movie service has grabbed over 30% of Net traffic into U.S. homes during peak evening hours.

The online retailer is pulling a Netflix, dangling the promise of a rich reward--not to mention some serious bragging rights--to the team that increases customer purchases. Overstock.com is about to pull a Netflix

Netflix and Hulu should probably be paying attention. HBO's lone-cowboy strategy might be brilliant. HBO Go , the app from HBO that gives streaming access to 1,400 titles (including the big ones--The Sopranos, True Blood, and so on) hit 1 million downloads in just a week