This week’s chart-topping story was Sarah Perez’s look at the new unlike button on Facebook’s News Feed. In our coverage of other top Internet trends, new data shows that the location-based check-in craze is far from mainstream; Kinect could control your Internet of Things; and in mobile Web news, Dell, Bank of America and Citigroup are reportedly ditching Blackberry.
Top Stories of the Week
- Facebook “Unlike” Button Comes to the News Feed
- Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Mobile Platform
- Hulu Plus Opens to All, No Invite Needed
- IE9 Outperforms Other Browsers for HTML5 Compliance
- How to Watch Election Results Tonight Online
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