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With Mark Zuckerberg announcing new features at the Facebook Developer conference, there will be the need for businesses to seize the opportunity to maintain a definite competitive advantage.

The latest Facebook rumor circulating online asserts that Facebook will begin charging users for membership.The rumor is gaining traction due to a chain message hoax spreading virally, although the company promises It's free and always will be.

BioWare and LucasArts have announced that Star Wars: Old Republic will be officially debuting in North America on Dec. 20 and in Europe on Dec. 22.

People aren't too happy with the new Facebook. In a survey of over 1,000 people conducted by Sodahead, a social-voting-based site, about 86 percent of the Facebook audience said they strongly disliked the changes that the site recently underwent.

Facebook has grabbed a lot of attention lately with efforts to combat its new competitor Google+, which has the potential to steal the ground that the social networking giant holds with a user base of 750 millions.

The Facebook CEO is richer than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page who have a personal wealth of $16.7 billion each

There have been rumors that a possible midrange smartphone will be launched along with the release of iPhone 5 in early October.

Groupon's chief operating officer is leaving to join Google Inc five months after joining the company, and ahead of a highly-anticipated initial public offering.

Missouri lawmakers on Friday overturned a pending state law that would have banned private chatting between teachers and students on social media sites such as Facebook.

Spotify announced its partnership with Facebook at f8, and one day later, announced it would remove its invite-only process and open registration up to the public. Users get six free months of the service when they sign up.

Facebook will roll out its new Timeline feature over the coming weeks, but luckily there's a way to preview Timeline before anyone else. In eight simple steps that take less than five minutes, you can be first friend on the block with Timeline.

Facebook has teamed up with Yahoo, The Washington Post Co. and News Corp. to deliver more personalized news. With the ability to share news with friends like never before, where does this leave Google News?

Facebook unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV, offering tie-ups with the likes of Spotify and Hulu, as it attempts to make media an integral part of its social networking service.

Here are the 10 most frequent queries that will help you gear up for one of this fall’s most ground-breaking shooter games.

The hottest social networks seem quite busy these days -- providing a lot for millions of users around the world to digest. Just this week, Google+, Google's new social network, opened to the general public for sign-up and while making several site changes. Now, Facebook is launching a major design overhaul new features -- some similar to those introduced recently by Google+.

With the latest bevy of features announced at the annual f8 developers’ conference, Facebook will no longer remain merely a social networking site, rather it will penetrate more into the lives of its users and transform itself in to an entertainment hub.

An open beta for EA’s most-awaited FPS (First Person Shooter) game, “Battlefield 3,” is set to arrive on Sept. 29 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

The special design feature of Windows To Go will be available in Microsoft’s recently unveiled Windows 8. This will provide mobility to users since Windows 8 can boot from a USB key.

Thursday's Facebook festivities included an appearance from SNL's Andy Samberg.

Zynga, the top maker of Facebook games, revealed a 90-percent plummet in profit in the June quarter on Wednesday that raised fresh questions about whether the company can sustain its growth ahead of its much-anticipated IPO.

Users overwhelmingly dislike the Facebook changes like the new news feed and ticker.