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More than 10 million Facebook users play glitzy Diamond Dash each month, according to developer Wooga, making it one of the most popular games on the social networking site.

Friday there's going to be a funeral at the Azzara Funeral Home for Amanda Cummings. I will take a moment the end of this workweek to pause, silently, to send a wish to her and hers. And to reflect on the bullying that apparently caused her to take her life.

It was the year of Mila Kunis.

The U.S. Transportation Department to Airlines: advertise your taxes.

Barrera, 29, Austin's first homicide victim of 2012, was a teaching assistant for children with special needs and a die-hard music lover who worked at Waterloo Records and as a camp counselor at Girls Rock Austin. Police believe a suspect in two New Year's attacks may be the same man who killed Barrera, and are investigating leads while friends and family mourn Barrera's passing.

From farmers who swapped fields for cash to 20-something CEOs that inherited the family business, hot new money is flooding India's luxury car market as roaring sportscar engines announce the country's growing wealth on its roads.

2011 was not only a big year for news, it was also a big year for online leaks. Several celebrities fell victim to online hackers who posted their nude photos or alleged nude photos on the Internet. Similarly, footage from some of the biggest movies last year also found its way on the World Wide Web.

Like many post-holiday gift-getters, you may be taking more time out of your day to take more pictures with your new glitzy smartphone. Smartphone cameras came a long way in 2011, to the point where digital point and shoot camera sales began falling off.

The highly anticipated ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime has arrived with a major flaw: a locked bootloader.

An app that acts like a musical postcard enables users to capture and share musical moments with friends and family and to discover great songs along the way.

Apple's $99 set-top box, the Apple TV, has been coaxed into running full screen iOS apps by an enterprising hacker named Steve Troughton-Smith.

It seems the act of supporting Ron Paul, in the run up to the 2012 U.S. presidential elections, has its own rewards. His loyal supporters are apparently prepared to go great lengths to ensure his success.

Micro-blogging site Twitter went out of order for more than an hour after it was overloaded with New Year greetings yesterday. The site crashed at midnight in Britain after recording a stream of over 16,000 tweets per second.

A new Web site called my4oneone.com launched on Sunday, Jan.1, adding another dimension to the social networking scenario. The new service is a platform that allows users to store and access a wide variety of personal information, said a PR Newswire release.

Earlier this week, Experian Hitwise released its annual list of the most-visited Web sites of 2011; unsurprisingly Facebook topped the list, surpassing Google. Just a few days after that Nielsen Research came out with its own analysis and released its own list of the 10 most-visited Web sites, putting Google on top.

Keasha Draft, the wife of retired NFL linebacker Chris Draft, has died of lung cancer. She passed away on Dec. 27, 2011.

The highly anticipated Brock Lesnar vs Alistair Overeem fight is just hours away. Prelims on Facebook starts at 6:50 p.m. ET and the event starts at 10 p.m. ET. UFC has listed multiple ways to watch the paid event.

NetColalition, a trade association that includes Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and PayPal, is planning a coordinated blackout to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The blackout would be the most extreme move against the controversial bill yet, but NetColalition says the protest is just the tip of the iceberg.

In uploading the video, which has received more than 167,000 views in less than 24 hours, Ray Wilson did as many do in the twenty first century, turning to the Internet and social media when hope fades. There's also a Help Find Haley Faith Wilson page on Facebook that posts information, hopes from well-wishes, and more. The saga has also gained traction on Twitter.

Fox Latin America is in trouble after asking users in a poll whether Jewish people are responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

Robert W. Baird believes that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) finished 2011 on a strong note, with healthy Search and e-commerce trends likely driving upside to consensus estimates. The brokerage reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Google, while increasing its price target to $760 from $700.

Two Arizona parents were arrested by sheriff's deputies after apparently posting pictures on Facebook that showed their children, an infant and a toddler, bound with duct tape, authorities said on Thursday.

The founder and president of New York City's Pace Public Relations is a successful and sober-minded individual, but when it comes to this one thing, she has a definite compulsion. It's the Like button on Facebook -- she just can't stop clicking it.

Fox Latin America has apologized for a Facebook poll which sought to uncover people's opinions on who was responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

Former teacher Alex Grodd is betting on social media to solve a big problem in education: how to tap other teachers' hands-on experience for what works in the classroom.

Paul Christoforo and his Ocean Marketing firm were dumped by N-Control Wednesday after a rude exchange with a customer went public. In an exclusive interview with the IBTimes, Christoforo discusses the incident, hate mail, and his future.

The Kindle Fire was one of the most popular holiday gifts this year, but many users may be worried that Amazon's tablet lacks basic necessities. You can easily have access to a number of essentials by downloading these top ten crucial apps for your Kindle Fire.

Beauty coaching, online wellness, snow showers and sound massages are just a few of the luxury treatments clients at spas around the globe will be experiencing in 2012.

No Doubt, Justin Bieber and The xx also have albums coming out in 2012.