Ahoy, social sailors! Hop aboard for another round of Internet catch up, courtesy of the good ship Mashable.

The resource buffet is open 24/7 for your perusing pleasure. This week, we have a look at how far social media's come over the last five years, a slew of juicy factoids about Facebook and Microsoft, some sweet iPad games we dare you not to drool over, and some great biz lessons from the most successful tech startups of our day.

Heading further out into open web waters? Don't forget that this resource mondo-guide bubbles up every weekend — a real life preserver, if we do say so ourselves.

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