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Yahoo Inc. announced Sunday that it has appointed three new independent directors following a failure to arrive at a settlement with Third Point LLC, its largest shareholder that owns about 5.15 percent of shares.

In today's competitive world, Microsoft and Apple are known rivals and each does its best to reach the top and gain a larger share of the market. With such tough rivalry, it makes sense to promote and use your own products, instead of the competition's. On this note, Microsoft is now banning purchases of Apple products with company funds.

Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of online activists is harnessing social media like Twitter and Facebook to get consumers to spend at locally owned stores in cities around the world in so-called Cash Mobs.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

Facebook and lawmakers have warned employers against requesting Facebook passwords while screening job applicants, a controversial practice that underscores the blurring distinction between personal and professional lives the era of social media.

Following the increase of reports that employers have been asking candidates for their Facebook passwords, the social media network has spoken up, saying the request breaches their privacy policy.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

Cate Blanchett might have just made history. The 42-year-old A-list actress appears on the cover of Intelligent Life magazine and the photo is (shockingly) completely Photoshop-free. Gasp!

Lawmakers sent letters on Thursday requesting information from more than 30 popular iPhone applications developers as part of an inquiry into how software companies collect private consumer data.

EBay Inc agreed to sell its Rent.com unit to PRIMEDIA as the company shifts away from classified and listings businesses to focus on other e-commerce and payments efforts.

Facebook has acquired hundreds of patents from International Business Machines Corp as the social networking company attempts to bolster its intellectual property portfolio in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo.

The Sweet 16 kicks off tonight. If you can't get to a television, you can still watch the games online, for free, just follow these steps.

On Wednesday, March 21, Twitter celebrated its sixth anniversary. A company announcement on its blog reports more than 140 million active users who send roughly 340 million tweets each day. Just two months ago, in January, Twitter said 250 million tweets are being sent out every day, which means a whopping increase of 36 percent in such a short time.

Adobe's latest Photoshop CS6 Beta is dubbed by the software company as a whole new experience in digital image editing. The software company has released as limited time free download of the latest digital image editing software. Adobe Photoshop CS6 and CS6 Extended will be released this May. In the meantime, check out some of the top 10 new features you can test out on Photoshop CS6 Beta right now.

According to the Daily Mail, the game has already been downloaded around 700 million times and fetched nearly $7 billion in the two years since its launch in 2010.

In addition to the above features, Photoshop CS6 offers automatic correction controls and includes Content-Aware technology for relocating objects besides blending and filling in patches.

iPhoto, which Apple released along with the new iPad earlier this month, is an instant hit. The newly launched app has got one million users a little over a week after being available on the App Store, reports The Loop. And the number represents only the unique users, not just downloads, the blog adds.

If you think differently from the rest of the world, then you are either a genius or a fool. An extraordinary YouTube video has surfaced online, showing a Dutch engineer Jarno Smeets flying like a human bird in the sky with self-made mechanical wings.

How many friends do you have on Facebook? If the answer is a lot, a new study says you might be a narcissist.

Oh, the power of social media. 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin called upon his loyal Twitter minions Tuesday night to take action against a specific tweeter who had allegedly been harassing his girlfriend Hilaria Thomas for some time. In a plea for help, Baldwin released the Twitter handle of the purported stalker, @scarfacemadam, asking followers to go to her address, and read just a few of her posts, and give her your notice of her behavior.

In 2013, Netflix and horror director Eli Roth will team up to stream a new, original and horrifying series, Hemlock Grove. The slated 13 episodes are based off the book of the same title by Brian McGreevy, who will also be an executive producer.