The hottest viral meme: Ridiculously photogenic guy

And by hottest we mean popular and good looking. Plus, the Kony 2012 sequel, a grim jobs report, Facebook reportedly picks Nasdaq, an indie director misjudges Facebook, and more.

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Mitt Romney, the best-looking GOP presidential contender (sorry Ron Paul), has nearly reached the primary finish line. He’s done so thanks in large part to the massive amounts of data his campaign collected, reports Yahoo News.

While we’re on the subject of popularity, record-breaking viral video “Kony 2012” returned to our collective consciousness this week with a sequel that aims to address criticism of the original. After two days on YouTube, it has 800,000 views. In terms of sequels, we’ll see if “Part II: Beyond Famous” is more of an “Empire Strikes Back” or “Look Who’s Talking, Too.”

Meanwhile, the jobs report for March came out this morning, and it looks grim. The U.S. economy added 120,000, far fewer than economists expected.

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