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Ever since Twitter and LinkedIn parted ways June 29, the social mediascape has been witnessing several changes that seemed to have caught users unawares.

In long forgotten days, before most bank profits came from risky speculation and taxpayer bailouts and those institutions still lived or died by their ability to attract depositors, customers who opened new checking accounts were often given toasters as tokens of appreciation.

A composite of the erotic 50 Shades of Grey character, Christian Grey, has been created. The woman used a scientific photo composite to create an image of the domineering character, the Hollywood Reporter noted.

Khloe Kardashian has apparently released the first photo of sister Kourtney's baby, Penelope Scotland Disick. But is the picture really of little Penelope?

Usher's stepson from his estranged wife,Tameka Foster, was allegedly pronounced brain-dead after he was involved in a watercraft accident on Friday.

Click here to listen to Frank Ocean's debut album, Channel Orange, and learn why it's a refreshing departure from the boredom of recent pop/R&B/soul music.

The Rattler, a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio that was the world's largest when the park opened in 1992, will thrill its last riders on Aug. 5, the theme park announced Tuesday.

Lady Gaga finally launched her social media platform after months of beta testing.

Five months after its unveiling in early February, Apple is finally ready to release its next-gen operating system for the Mac. On Monday, the company released the golden master of OS 10.8 Mountain Lion to developers so they can begin submitting their Mountain Lion apps before the platform launches on the Mac App Store later this month for $19.99.

Sesame Street's Cookie Monster has put his own spin on the hit Call Me Maybe in a new video that is set to go viral.

Pioneering hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. is reuniting after 10 years, choosing Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest to host their reunion in November. The surviving members of the group, Rev. Run and Darryl D.M.C. McDaniels, will headline the Texas festival, which runs from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4.

We love that the Vampire Diaries cast is just as excited about the upcoming fourth season as us! Cast and crew of the hit CW series have been using Twitter to tease fans with pictures and season four spoilers. The latest Vampire Diaries news comes from Michael Trevino (Tyler Lockwood) and Executive Producer Julie Plec.

Legendary Filipino comedic actor Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr., better known as Dolphy and the Philippines' King of Comedy, died Tuesday after a four-year battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83.

The 2012 Home Run Derby was a big hit on social media platforms on Monday night.

Kourtney Reppert, a 26-year-old blonde buxom model based in Los Angeles, is turning her cyberstalking horror story into a positive one after being the victim of vicious threats by a man named Luis Plascencia on the Internet, who sent her over 400 emails asking her to stop modeling in photos.

Russia isn't the first place that comes to mind when thinking of free speech, but that's exactly where the second World Media Summit was held. Attendees including BBC and CNN heard about a free press from Vladimir Putin, and about world harmony from the North Koreans.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, could pay $22.5 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaints it infringed privacy of millions of customers of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the Wall Street Journal reported.

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan said he and President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Monday on an approach to Syria's conflict that he would now take to the opposition, as Russia, Assad's main protector, distanced itself further from him.

In the event that you ever wanted to walk around with your ta-ta's hanging free, you're in luck today. July 9 is national No Bra Day, as per the national No Bra Day Facebook page created by Anastasia Doughnuts.

The Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal evidently has not hurt Penn State's fundraising as the school said alumni helped raise more than $208 million this year -- the second-highest amount ever.

Hallelujah, it?s almost over.