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Facebook looks poised to officially announce the Facebook phone this Thursday. These are the features and functions that we'll most likely see.

The worst kind of April Fools' prank is the kind you wish was true; former Google exec tells Chinese that Facebook and Twitter are unblocked.

In an elaborate April Fools' Day prank, YouTube executives announced that the site will shut down to review its best videos and relaunch in 2023.

Twitter has announced a new “two-tiered service” called “Twttr” that allows users to tweet only with consonants.

Facebook will reportedly introduce a new HTC handset running an "altered" version of Android.

Meet Sir Charles Barkley, a French bulldog who has charmed thousands of Instagram users with photos of his cute mug, stealing the thunder from Grumpy Cat.

The red equal sign being shared all over Facebook has, of course, turned into a perfect opportunity for social media users to make memes to show their support for the gay marriage hearings at the Supreme Court.

Facebook plans to add a new 'reply' feature, which will allow users to directly respond to individual comments, by July.

Facebook became a sea of red on Tuesday with many users posting a photo of a red equal sign in solidarity of the Supreme Court gay marriage hearings.

The BBC's Weather Twitter account was hacked Thursday, posting anti-Semitic tweets to its 60,000 followers.

Facebook on Thursday introduced a brand-new look to its News Feed. Watch a live stream of the event, here.

#UnlikelyPopeNames is currently trending on Twitter as users have fun coming up with names that will not come up during the College of Cardinals discussion of Pope Benedict XVI's successor.

The "Harlem Shake" pandemic viral Internet video has been commercially embraced. Is this the logical conclusion for an Internet meme?

Twitter introduced its new advertising API on Wednesday to allow businesses to create more types of native advertising than they were previously able to on the social network.

An administrative court in Northern Germany granted Facebook a “suspensive effect” against an order leveled against the social network to change its real name policy.

Former San Diego mayor Maureen O’Connor stated on Thursday that she had siphoned $2.1 million from her late husband’s charity foundation to bankroll a severe gambling addiction which ultimately lost her over $1 billion over a decade.

Many Facebook users were surprised to find that the site was down Thursday evening, but the site has provided an explanation for social media addicts looking to post Valentine's Day messages and photos.

One night after “killer cop” Christopher Dorner was suspected killed following a firefight in a rural California cabin, conspiracy theories have swept Twitter stating that the charred body found in the burned cabin did not belong to Dorner, but to an unidentified female.

When a financial services giant joins forces with a social media start-up to spearhead a new kind of e-commerce, things are bound to get interesting.

Facebook has deleted all of the facial recognition data it held for European users after German and Irish authorities questioned its compliance with privacy laws.

Rachel Baier agreed to sign a contract with her father Paul where she agreed to stay off Facebook for five months in exchange for $200.

The warning going around that "Facebook will be closed for maintenance from February 29th to 31st" is nothing to worry about, because, if you check your calendar, none of the dates in that range will be taking place this year.

From Kuala Lumpur to Kansas City, peddlers of sweet treats around the globe are partaking in World Nutella Day by doling out freebies and deals on the hazelnut chocolate spread.

Facebook has changed how we use the Internet but its extensive usage has led to many interesting questions about privacy and security. Perhaps the most interesting could be what happens to your Facebook after death? Turns out several senators are examining that very question.

Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona posted a racist tweet on Twitter earlier today that has gotten a good deal of backlash from both parties.

As many as 250,000 Twitter accounts were hacked by a recent attempt to infiltrate the social network, the company revealed Friday.

A dog left at a shelter because the owner thought it was "gay" was saved from euthanasia by veterinary tech Stephanie Fryns and a viral Internet campaign.

It shouldn’t be surprising that the two most popular subjects on Vine, the new video sharing service on Twitter, are cats and porn.

A man who indicated he was a pastor on his receipt stiffed a waiter on his tip, expressing outrage at the 18 percent automatic gratuity added to his bill.