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Zynga Inc is launching a new games service that allows users to play on the company's website instead of Facebook, potentially driving traffic away from the world's No. 1 social network that is its biggest partner.

The trial for Dharun Ravi is underway as more information on how the webcam and cyber bullying lead up to Rutgers student, Tyler Clementi's death. Clementi, Ravi's roommate at Rutgers, jumped off the George Washington Bridge in 2010, killing himself. It was Ravi posting a video of an intimate encounter between Clementi and another man that lead to his actions. For his actions, Ravi faces 15 criminal charges, among them being invasion of privacy, evidence tampering and bias intimidation.

Things are getting heated in the land where Farmville and other casual games reign supreme. Zynga, the largest game developer on Facebook, has created a new site (http://www.Zynga.com) where it plans to hosts third party games along with its own. Facebook makes a lot of money from users paying for Zynga games; money Zynga would rather have lining its pockets instead of sharing.

Yelp, the San Francisco-based review website, raised $107 million in its initial public offering and priced its shares $1 above prior expectations.

Facebook Inc plans to increase its $2.5 billion credit line to help cover a major tax hit when employee stock awards vest shortly after it goes public, according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.

Jordan Powers, an 18-year-old California-native, made headlines across the nation after news spread that the young girl had moved in with her former high school teacher. That said high school teacher is James Hooker, 41, who left his wife and children to move into an apartment with the young woman. He quit his job after going public with his love for Powers.

Jon Bon Jovi is 50.

Facebook Inc plans to increase its $2.5 billion credit line to help cover a major tax hit when employee stock awards vest shortly after it goes public, according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.

For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer -- exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue chip advertisers.

Since its release in July last year, Google+ trended as the fastest growing social networking site in 2011. At the time of its debut, Google+ was being considered as a serious business-killer for Facebook and other social networking site. The Circles of Google+ pleased most of Internet users. As a result, millions of users signed up on Google+ and started spending time there. But, it did not last long and the same people now seem to have returned back to Facebook, Twitter and other like sites. A...

Facebook is planning to raise its $2.5 billion credit line to facilitate paying taxes on its employees’ restricted stock units when they vest six months after the company’s initial public offering.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were: Shutterfly, Ascena Retail Group, Flow International, Alaska Communications Systems Group, Merge Healthcare, Hercules Offshore, Zynga Inc, Immersion Corp, Collectors Universe and BGC Partners.

Chief Rabbinate of Israel has ordered Kashrut supervisors to remove the popular American drink Dr. Pepper from stores, because the production of the drink is not being reviewed for compatibility with Jewish dietary laws, an Israeli blogger has found. A group of anti-war activists in Utah have put up a billboard with the words Bomb Iran supposedly to create awareness among the citizens against a potential war with Iran, involving Israel. The Women's International Zionist Organization, ...

Justin Bieber, took his 18th birthday as an opportunity to rally up his fans on Twitter and ask them to donate t to the charity: 'Water.' In doing so his fans topped the Guinness World Record for the number of tweets sent out within 24 hours, according to Mashable

Yesterday brand pages were given the option to switch to Facebook’s new Timeline format. But on March 30th, the switch may become mandatory, according to SlashGear.

There are plenty of creative vending machine variants emerging in the U.S. market, but a Beverly Hills cupcakery just revealed the sweetest one yet.

Kingfisher model and worldwide Internet sensation, Poonam Pandey, kept her promise and tweeted a topless photo of herself without bikini on Twitter, amidst the many other sexy photos of the 19-year-old Indian model, in honor of her World Cup promise for Team India.

T.J. Lane, the student suspected of the Chardon High School shooting in Ohio this week, must have snapped, neighbor Steve Sawczak told Cleveland.com.

Police have stepped up the search for missing Boston College student Franco Garcia, catching the attention of celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, who tweeted about the student's disappearance on Wednesday.

Take a look at some of the wedding photos Branson posted on Wednesday.

FHM Philippines, the top selling men's magazine of the country, was forced to withdraw the front cover of its March issue following the accusation that the featured photograph was racist and insensitive.

Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO. With new Premium on Facebook ads, marketers can expand their reach on the social network by paying for a video.

Finnish gaming firm Rovio expects to boost growth for months to come, with expansion in Asia, to Facebook and with the launch of Angry Birds Spaces, its marketing chief told Reuters in an interview.

Monkees singer Davy Jones, 66, died from a massive heart attack near his home in Indiantown, Florida on Wednesday, his publicist has confirmed.

Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO.

Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO.

Verizon will give you a free Droid Bionic or a free HTC Thunderbolt when signing a new two year contract from its Web site only on Feb. 29, Leap day. All of Verizon's 4G LTE devices are on sale for $100 off, so that means the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Droid Razr Maxx are down to $200 on contract.

All former members of The Monkees have made public statements in response to the sudden death of Davy Jones. Michael Nesmith's is the weirdest.

Apple will unveil its next-generation iPad -- presumably called iPad 3 -- on Wednesday, March 7 in San Francisco. Here are the 10 most anticipated features and specs of the new tablet.