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In 2012, battles were fought on retail shelves, on TV ads, and in social media and courtrooms -- and living rooms -- around the world.

Indian media are being criticized for sensationalistic coverage of a gang rape that led to the death of a 23-year-old Delhi woman.

A significant drop in Instagram's daily active users recorded by AppData after the photo-sharing app announced on Dec. 17 changes in its privacy policy and terms of service may be exaggerated.

This past year didn't come without its fair share of failures. Check out our list of the top five tech flops from 2012.

The Spaniard remains plagued by a stomach virus and knee problems.

Facebook's New Year's Eve Midnight Message Delivery feature automatically sends messages on NYE.

Before Kimura became the oldest person in the world, that title belonged to Dina Manfredini of Johnston, Iowa. However, Johnston passed away on December 17 at the age of 115, making Kimura of Japan the oldest person alive and the oldest man ever at the age of 115 years and 252 years old.

The suburban newspaper continues to take heat from fellow journalists after publishing the names and addresses of permit owners.

As text messaging turned 20 years old this year, traditional SMS messages have seen a decline for the first time in the United States. Will texting eventually be replaced by social media and other messaging apps?

Some colleges are using online "scrubbers" such as BrandYourself to help students improve their Google search results.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has filed for a handful of new trademarks for "Poke," its new messaging service that rivals Snapchat, despite abandoning its original "Poke" trademark little more than a year ago.

A Zuckerberg family photo was leaked from Randi Zuckerberg's account amidst complaints about the social networking site's privacy settings.

After 21 years, the seminal Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine has finally announced that it is finished with a new record, the follow-up to 1991’s “Loveless.”

Just a week after the popular photo-sharing service Instagram released its new user terms of service, the company has been hit with a lawsuit seeking class-action status from a group of dissatisfied customers.

Facebook messages from Ryan Lanza, the brother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam, 20, are all a hoax, according to the Lanza family.

Ryan Lanza, brother of Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza, has taken to Facebook as an outlet for his grief and says he, too, is one of the victims.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center came to Mila Kunis' defense when a Ukrainian politician targeted her using an antisemitic slur.

Facebook will soon require all users to pay a $1 fee to send messages to strangers.

Olivia Black was fired from "Pawn Stars" after nude photos during her days as a porn star circulated on the Internet.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has done it again! Zuckerberg has donated liberally to a charity in Silicon Valley.

Five days after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the media’s continuing coverage of the shooting and its aftermath.

Instagram has addressed concerns about its Terms of Service update, saying that it does not plan to sell users' photos or display them in ad campaigns.

The National Rifle Association's Facebook and Twitter pages went back online Tuesday evening at the conclusion of a day marked by a slew media reports criticizing the NRA for going dark on social media and failing to address the Newtown, Conn., massacre last Friday that left 20 students, six adults and the shooter, Adam Lanza dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Breaking its silence four days after the slaughter in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association said Tuesday it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

Users who are upset with Instagram might find the new Flickr app to be an acceptable replacement.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has been ordered to stop enforcing its real name policy by the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection (ULD), a German data protection agency.

Instagram is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads.

Naeimeh Eshraghi, granddaughter of Iran's late Ayatollah Khomeini, surfs banned web sites & champions democracy despite a repressive regime.

Facebook pages celebrating Adam Lanza, the suspected killer in Friday's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., have been springing up since the tragedy.