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I am shocked… SHOCKED about the recent revelation that Obama has not authored any of his 418 tweets posted to his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Doesn’t he have a free second between ruling the free world and meeting with world leaders to fill us in about… oh I don’t know… what he’s eating for lunch, maybe?

While in China, Obama was quoted as saying “I have never used Twitter but I’m an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access.” Right, right, net neutrality, blah blah. But you’ve NEVER USED TWITTER?! And I voted for this guy?

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If you spend all of the time you used to spend exercising checking all of your shiny social media sites, chances are you’re starting to look a little lumpy. But there’s a solution!

The New (Media) Workout Plan encourages fitness and geekiness working in tandem. Every time you open up a new tab to check one of these sites, perform the listed exercise. I’m going to be doing sit-ups, arm circling and jogging in place all fucking day.

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Millions are doing it. And so are we. We’ve been on Twitter for a while now and we’re totally loving the conversations we’re having with all of you. We just hope you’re not missing out!

Are you following us yet? If not, it’s really simple to do. Just click this link, @Gearfuse, make sure you’re signed in with your username, if you don’t have one, make one, and simply click “follow.” Now we’re connected! Let’s hug.

Moral of the story?!

FOLLOW US, PLEASE? Discounts and contests are coming your way! Oh, and as long as you’re not some weird spammer, we’ll likely follow you back, so no be screwed over from us.

According to BGR, this screenshot taken from Facebook shows the upcoming social networking interaction offered by iTunes 9, expected to be announced at Apple’s September 9, 2009 special event.

While the screenshot clearly shows notifications for new songs added to the iTunes library and the creation of a playlist, I wonder how far Apple has gone with the social interaction. Will we be able to share the tracks we are currently listening too?

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This handy chart predicts what job description you might provide depending on when you first signed up for your Twitter account. My personal account falls somewhere between professional blogger and futurist.

I’m pretty sure futurist is just a nicer way of saying geek. If you forget when you joined Twitter, you can check here. You can check out the full-sized image here.

Hey, you! Follow us on Twitter @Gearfuse for exclusive content, contests, all of our posts syndicated right to your Twitter page and more.

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I’m pretty sure the consensus is that most people don’t need another reminder to use social media sites. They already take up so much of our time. But how could you possibly resist this Social Media Watch, despite the encouragement it provides for procrastinating more important projects.

Featuring all of the major networks, including Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and so on. Each of the 12 digits have been replaced with the logos of your favorite networking sites. You can grab yours for about $18.

Wanna see some more awesome gadgets? Follow us on Twitter @Gearfuse for exclusive content, contests and more.

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Apparently your mousepad is in dire need of a social life. And who are we to hold it back? The Twitter and Facebook Mousepads give your mouse and mousepad an outlet for social networking.

It’s about time the mouse showed the keyboard who’s in charge. The keyboard has been walking around with its nose up in the air for far too long. Grab your own for $18.

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Is this proof that time travel, indeed, exists? I want to believe, baby! Please tell me Marty McFly would never lie to me!

By the way, I think my brain just imploded.

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The social media war has finally come to an end. We all know that MySpace has been declining in popularity and use since 2006 and since then, has only been beating out Facebook in US-based traffic. Now, Facebook has overtaken MySpace, according to Comscore. The exact results? For May of 2009, Facebook actually passed MySpace with 70.278 million unique visitors compared to MySpace’s 70.255 million. So close, but I think we can officially declare the ‘Book the winner of the social networking wars.

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New scientific findings have discovered that the rapid-fire rate of information and social interaction on Twitter can cause all of you mere mortals some serious issues. As a Jew-Bot T1100, I’m at no risk here, though you, as a human, are apparently at risk of a numbed sense of morality and indifference to human suffering, classic symptoms of a sociopath.

So you might feel like your more social than ever, but you’re actually digging yourself into a hole of insanity. Humans, so weak.

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