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Starting April 3, just after the Fools Day messages, Twitter this week gave more than the expected momentum to some top news which would have missed the limelight had Twitter been not there.

World number two Novak Djokovic will miss next week's Monte Carlo Masters with a knee injury and with it an opportunity to close the gap on Rafael Nadal in the rankings.

In the wake of the attacks by the hacker collective Anonymous on Sony and on Livejournal, more attention has been focused on just what such attacks mean and how to defend against them.

The domain registrar and web hosting firm is estimated to have won over 20000 GoDaddy customers in the aftermath of the PR crisis brought about by the viral video of the latter's CEO killing an endangered African species.

The NBA legend comforts Lakers fans

Support pours in for anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare from across India, an online projection of which is seen on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

The Department of Homeland Security will use Facebook, Twitter to send terror alerts to the public.

Although the social media has not yet exploded with the pictures and videos of the latest earthquake in Japan, a home footage of the April 7 quake has hit YouTube.

Allegations of spying on its own employees and managing to get confidential high-level information from Twitter leaked out are flying thick and fast as technology rivals are raising stakes in a bitter recruitment war.

The Department of Homeland Security is changing up its update system and is bringing terror alerts to Facebook and Twitter.

Days after Evan Williams declared dark days of imminent technical meltdown are over, at Twitter, the microblogging site suffered a glitch in connection with its interface.

India's social activist Anna Hazare is on indefinite fast from Tuesday against corruption. India was ranked 87 among 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2010, mainly owing to growing series scandals related to corruption in holding Commonwealth Games and in the distribution of 2G spectrum involving the top minister.

Golf legend Tiger Woods answers questions at a press conference.

A few weeks ago Lady Gaga released a harmonica-infused version of her top hit Born This Way on her Twitter account. Now, Lady Gaga has released the track for sale and will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sales to charity.

Miley Cyrus, who had quit Twitter for a long time, returned to the social networking site for two reasons: her fans and Charlie Sheen.

Wednesday, April 5 marks the 17th anniversary from the day the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain took his own life by shooting himself in 1994.

There have been a number of rumors circulating the Internet that claim Justin Timberlake and Olivia Wilde are an item.

A University of Cambridge scholar has released a happiness map of countries, based on a study of tweets made by citizens on the popular social media platform Twitter; Germany emerges at the top of the table.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has awarded the Tor Project for championing Internet by protecting Anonymity in an era of social media revolutions in Middle East and the North African country Libya.

April Fool's Day frenzy grips Twitter, with tweeps playing pranks, and a flood of jokes on celebrities like Rebecca Black, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga.

The Bronx Zoo's Egyptian cobra was found in the dark corner of the zoo's reptile house after being missing for almost a week.