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RCMP Investigate 'Serious Threats' Against Vic Toews as Opposition to Bill C-30 Mounts

While Twitter account Vikileaks30 may have been shut down, the war against Vic Toews and his Bill C-30 has only just begun. There is now a website called Vikileaks30, and the RCMP has been called in to investigate "serious threats" against the public safety minister.

“Threatening communications have been directed at the minister,” a spokesman for Vic is quoted as saying. “These incidents have been reported to the proper authorities.”

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Vic Toews Trends on Canada for All the Wrong Reasons (Plus a Must-Read Comic!)

Oh, Vic Toews. Your days are numbered, it seems.

Vic is the champion behind Bill C-30, the "lawful access" legislation that will allow police and government to spy on citizens without needing a reason. Twitter has taken to thrashing every fibre of his being now—the harshly mocking #TellVicEverything hashtag is a white-hot trend across Canada today. And while many of the tweets are quite funny, the best mockery thus far comes in the form of a comic by Malcolm Mayes:

Happy headhunting, Canada!

Twitter is Sexier than Facebook. Here's 10 Reasons Why [INFOGRAPHIC]

Here's another Valentine's Day Special for you. Euro RSCG Worldwide published an infographic that compares the sexiness and sexuality of Twitter users to Facebook users. As it turns out, Twitter users consistently score higher on all fronts. Who knew? Among the stats: 14% of Twitter users say that sex interferes with their jobs, compared to just 9% of Facebook users, and 40% of Twitter users consider themselves sexy, compared with only 28% of Facebook users.

Check out the infographic after the jump to see Euro's "10 reasons why Twitter is sexier than Facebook."

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Which Social Network is the Best For Recruiting? [INFOGRAPHIC]

LinkedIn is known as the major "professional network" with its focus on business, resumes, and the like. Twitter is the fast-paced microblogging platform that's all about real-time content. And Facebook is the world's largest social network with over 800 million active users. So which is best for recruiting?

According to "definitive data" from Bullhorn, the "clear leader" is LinkedIn. Analyzing online activity data from 35,000 recruiters, Bullhorn discovered that LinkedIn recruiting efforts manage to drive more views than Facebook and Twitter combined. In a report titled “The Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Activity Report," research revealed that LinkedIn drives nine times more job applications than Facebook and three times more than Twitter.

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Your Followers Don't Give a Damn About Your Breakfast but They Don't Mind Your Shameless Self-Promotion

A quarter of tweets are useless. A third are disliked. Is Twitter a time-sucking void of meaningless garbage?

Time-sucking it may be, but meaningless it is not. But the above data is indeed true, according to a new study. Conducted by a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Institute of Technology, the study reveals that roughly are quarter of all tweets are "useless" and about one-third get a thumbs down from the Twitterverse. Even so, this doesn't erode the value of Twitter, which is tremendous.

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A Quick and Easy Way to Find Out Who Your Most Valuable Twitter Follower Is

Ever wondered who the MVP of your Twitterverse was? Now you can find out.

A new app called MFV, an acronym for Most Valuable Follower, attempts to extract from your hundreds or thousands of Twitter followers just that person. Even though it's only a couple of days old, the algorithm has already been tweaked, and is likely to altered further, so expect your MVF to change as the developers better pin down the meaning of "value."

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ADDICTION: Study Finds Social Media to Be Like Smoking Cigarettes

Firing off a tweet or status update is not unlike smoking a cigarette, new research suggests. According to a study conducted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, social media may be just as addictive as cigarettes and alcohol.

Over 200 subjects delivered more than 8,000 reports and the results were clear: the toughest urge to resist was to check social networks online. Now, it wasn't the most desired activity—sleep and sex overpowered lust for tweeting—but many of the subjects actually had more trouble resisting the urge to social network than ignoring their desires for booze and smokes.

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Twitter: Google+ Does Not Concern Us

Twitter has spoken. And Google+ is not on its radar.

Co-founder Jack Dorsey spoke at a technology conference yesterday and stated that his company was much more than a social network and that Google's latest bid in the social space was not a concerning issue.

Describing Twitter as a personal news service as much as a "social network" like Facebook is considered, Jack called his microblogging platform an "information utility" in which "the biggest value is finding out what's happening in your world in real time." He also said that Twitter was still busy building itself and not focused on the competition.

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