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We’re not sure if the squirrel in this week’s top viral video was put over the edge by the last ‘Fast and the Furious’ movie or if he’s just playing chicken with his squirrel squad. Either way, he’s is now a viral celeb squirrel and has earned the top spot in our top 10 this week. This video deserves it, people are going nuts over it. Sorry, we couldn’t resist the pun.

After several prior failed attempts to challenge social media behemoth Facebook, Google introduced a new service on Tuesday that it hopes will finally do the trick. Called the Google+ project, it’s currently only available to a select group of Google users — they’ll soon be able to invite others — and it will let people share and discuss status updates, photos and links, just like they do on Faceb

What’s a pop phenom and social networking maven to do after she tops 11 million Twitter followers? Join Tumblr, of course.

The brains at web development and design company Go-Globe created a stunning infographic that breaks down the internet activity happening every minute of the day on sites like Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. And it’s kind of amazing.

Al Franken made a speech at the music festival SXSW about how big corporations are not happy about how the internet has leveled the playing field and gives everyone the same opportunities. But how big corporations like Comcast is trying to change things to give the corps the upper hand.