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Before Facebook, Twitter and the internet, how did people spread news to one another? We assume newspapers, talky pictures and the Victrola but we aren’t sure what any of those things are. Telephone poles were probably useful in getting out a message to the community. Espe ...

A study by technology research firm Gartner, which recently surveyed 6,295 people between the ages of 13 and 74, reveals almost a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter less than when they first signed up for the services, with many saying the services simply aren’t that much fun anymore. “The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters,

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them. “Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

I knew that damned ole facebook was gonna be trouble. But ruining marriages is one thing. Addiction to "Farmville" is stupid and irritating to hear someone talk about, but it's not the real problem now either.

Technically, Dallas city workers aren't allowed to do personal business when they are on the taxpayer's dime. Which is why two dozen workers at Dallas' city hall are in hot water after a probe revealed that they were spending a good chunk of their day on Facebook.

There are times when I am mildly entertained by the name my parents chose for me. Particularly, I enjoy going to the doctor’s office and watching the face of the nurse as she first struggles to pronounce my first name and then as she finally says it and sees me in all my goatee-d glory stand and head her way. Amused or not, however, if someone searches for my name on a social networking site or th

If your grandmother has recently friended you on Facebook or followed you on Twitter, you’re not alone. The website myvouchercodes.co.uk recently conducted a survey in which it asked people over 60 about their social media habits. It yielded some interesting results.

A group of about 200 concerned citizens dressed as zombies this weekend and marched through the British city of Leicester to highlight the city’s lack of preparation for an uprising of the undead. After Leicester resident Robert Ainsley learned (via a freedom of information request) that the city did not have a zombie contingency plan built into its emergency preparations, he and 26-year-old poli

We’ve all updated our Facebook and Twitter accounts with messages we’ve later regretted, but most of the time they’re completely legal. Such wasn’t the case for 20-year-old Eley London, a mother from Philadelphia who told Facebook she’d “pay a stack” for someone to kill her baby’s father.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Sunday posted two new photos to her Facebook page, offering the first official look at the congresswoman from Arizona since she was shot in the head in January. The two photos, which were captured by P. K. Weis on May 17, show a smiling Gifford at the TIRR Memorial Hermann, where she has been receiving treatment. In one photo, Gifford is seen sitting and smiling alongsid

Not even gunfire can stop Barney. A kindergarten teacher in Monterrey, Mexico named Martha Rivera Alanis has become a hero after she sang the purple dinosaur's 'If All the Raindrops' while a gang shootout took place outside.