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When Engineer Adam Reiss was confronted with a login message on his Spotify account asking him if he wanted to connect with Facebook music, he thought why not? After all he thought that would only entail having access to friend's playlists who had consented to share.

Some people have complained about changes in Facebook, but not Rolanda Hill, who used the social media site to seek help after an armed robber broke into her home and stole her cell phone.

Facebook is dramatically changing its designs and features, but one thing will remain unchanging on the fast-changing social media giant: you will never pay to use Facebook services.

Facebook isn't charging a membership fee from its users, and according to the social media site, it never will.

Since the launch of Google+, Facebook has made various attempts at amending its design and adding news apps to combat its new competitor and grab the ground firmly.

Prosper Mobile Insights recently released a report of its “Simultaneously Media Usage Survey” that reveals that most affluent smartphones owners prefer a BlackBerry over the iPhone, and Android remains the people’s choice of the middle or upper-middle income group.

With Mark Zuckerberg announcing new features at the Facebook Developer conference, there will be the need for businesses to seize the opportunity to maintain a definite competitive advantage.

The latest Facebook rumor circulating online asserts that Facebook will begin charging users for membership.The rumor is gaining traction due to a chain message hoax spreading virally, although the company promises It's free and always will be.

BioWare and LucasArts have announced that Star Wars: Old Republic will be officially debuting in North America on Dec. 20 and in Europe on Dec. 22.

People aren't too happy with the new Facebook. In a survey of over 1,000 people conducted by Sodahead, a social-voting-based site, about 86 percent of the Facebook audience said they strongly disliked the changes that the site recently underwent.

Facebook has grabbed a lot of attention lately with efforts to combat its new competitor Google+, which has the potential to steal the ground that the social networking giant holds with a user base of 750 millions.

The Facebook CEO is richer than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page who have a personal wealth of $16.7 billion each

There have been rumors that a possible midrange smartphone will be launched along with the release of iPhone 5 in early October.

Groupon's chief operating officer is leaving to join Google Inc five months after joining the company, and ahead of a highly-anticipated initial public offering.

Missouri lawmakers on Friday overturned a pending state law that would have banned private chatting between teachers and students on social media sites such as Facebook.

Spotify announced its partnership with Facebook at f8, and one day later, announced it would remove its invite-only process and open registration up to the public. Users get six free months of the service when they sign up.

Facebook will roll out its new Timeline feature over the coming weeks, but luckily there's a way to preview Timeline before anyone else. In eight simple steps that take less than five minutes, you can be first friend on the block with Timeline.

Facebook has teamed up with Yahoo, The Washington Post Co. and News Corp. to deliver more personalized news. With the ability to share news with friends like never before, where does this leave Google News?

Facebook unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV, offering tie-ups with the likes of Spotify and Hulu, as it attempts to make media an integral part of its social networking service.

Here are the 10 most frequent queries that will help you gear up for one of this fall’s most ground-breaking shooter games.

The hottest social networks seem quite busy these days -- providing a lot for millions of users around the world to digest. Just this week, Google+, Google's new social network, opened to the general public for sign-up and while making several site changes. Now, Facebook is launching a major design overhaul new features -- some similar to those introduced recently by Google+.