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Facebook is making it easier for users to control who sees their information, and to have more say over the photographs they appear in, as the world's No. 1 social networking service seeks to assuage privacy concerns.

Internet phone and messaging service provider Skype said, Sunday, it will buy mobile group messaging service provider GroupMe. But why GroupMe?

Lost in the smoke of the Google-Motorola Mobility deal was Microsoft's plan to buy Skype. What are the implications?

A cash crisis is driving the United States Postal Service toward insolvency. Postmaster James A. Farley is asking Congress for help, threatening that the postal service will default in September if something isn't done. Here are five problems plaguing the USPS.

Friend has a promising future but was stressed at the time he disappeared

British youngsters are ditching Dickens, Shakespeare and Keats for Facebook and Twitter, with one in six failing to read a single book in a month, according to a survey.

A decree by Zimbabwe's government that foreign mining companies must submit plans for turning over majority control of their operations to locals has divided top officials into supporters and opponents.

Here is the list of the top features and apps.

Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal and now with Miramax Films, Facebook has announced the largest streaming movie venture yet, making 20 of its movies available on demand.

A group of 35 Michael Jackson fan clubs have joined forces to lobby for the cancellation of a Michael Jackson tribute concert, saying the October event is doomed to fail.

A group of 35 Michael Jackson fan clubs have joined forces to lobby for the cancellation of a Michael Jackson tribute concert, saying the October event is doomed to fail.

The Dude abides ... on Facebook. Universal said on Thursday that it will begin offering the Coen brothers' stoner classic The Big Lebowski through its Facebook fan page.

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter both posted record unique visitor numbers in July, according to comScore data.

Skype has purchased Groupme. What does it see in the

History will note that Internet came back to life in Libya on August 21, 2011. It took 150 days for its resurrection.

Though Google’s social networking site Google+ has reached a count that Facebook and Twitter took two years to attain, Google+ could not slow down the activities in the other social networking platforms.

Video calling firm Skype, which is being acquired by software giant Microsoft, has bought GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services, for less than $100 million.

It is no sequel to the Hugh Grant movie. Rather it's about some interesting news tidbits that popped up in the last few days.

Jennifer McKendrick, a photographer from Indiana County, Pa., is refusing to take pictures of a group of high school girls after finding evidence of them cyber-bullying classmates on Facebook.

Grieving parents, students and friends gathered at Mainland Regional High School in southern New Jersey on Sunday evening to mourn the deaths of four high school football players in a car crash.

The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) has filed a lawsuit on Friday against the new law that prohibits teachers from being Facebook friends with their students.

Internet voice and video calling giant Skype has agreed to acquire New York-based start-up GroupMe, a move that will let the company get into group messaging service.

Leading book publisher, Penguin Books India has launched a mobile application that offers information of all books by the penguin Books India.

Micronations or libertarian utopias aren't conceptually new. They claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations. Many of these nations envisage a utopian society free of authoritarian control of any kind. These are non-existent except on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators.

PETA plans to launch a pornographic Web site to promote veganism and highlight the horrific mistreatment of animals on factory farms.

Two Americans held in Iran for more than two years have been convicted as spies and sentenced to eight years' jail, Iranian TV reported on Saturday, a verdict that will further strain already very poor relations with Washington.

A funeral service was held on Saturday for Florida megachurch pastor Zachery Tims who was found dead in a New York City hotel room last week. The circumstances surrounding Tims' death is still a mystery and the 8,000 members of the New Destiny Christian Center, which was run by Tims, will have to start moving forward and begin rebuilding without knowing what resulted in the death of their leader.

Almost half of the workers in Verizon's wireline business went on strike on August 7 after talks for a new labor pact failed when their contract expired.

Planking, a game between friends to have fun that involves simply lying down with face and feet straight down and arm by side, is viral on the Internet.