Booting Up: Darth Vader Joins Instagram But His Selfie Technique Is Pretty Weird

Jordan Valinsky
Not how this works! (Photo: Instagram)
Not how this works! (Photo: Instagram)

Not how this works! (Photo: Instagram)

Cyber Monday sales exploded 20 percent higher than last year as more shoppers prefer the Internet over the mall. [Bloomberg]

Apple purchased Twitter analytics site Topsy for $200 million yesterday, but what they plan to do with it is clouded in mystery. One guess is that they're going integrate it with iTunes Radio and alert "trending" music on the social network. [WSJ]

Facebook is rejiggering its News Feed formula to cut down on junk and emphasize high-quality news articles. [BuzzFeed FWD]

Here's a peek into Betaworks' long-term plans. [Digiday]

Darth Vader joined Instagram yesterday and took an alleged selfie that isn't a selfie at all. [Wired]