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Los Angeles County police have opened a criminal investigation to track the source of a tweet sent from rapper the Game?s Twitter account that resulted in two hours of jammed emergency phone lines Friday night, the L.A. Times reports.

With Google+ fiercely attempting to level the competition, Facebook is not one to stay idle but will likely be rolling out similar, if not better, gaming features of its own in order to satisfy, sustain and grow the current 750 million user base.

As the school year resumes next week, Missouri teachers will have to think twice about making private contact with students on Internet sites such as Facebook.

After Google announced on Thursday that it will offer 16 games from third party developers on Google+ such as Zynga Poker and the popular Angry Birds game, Facebook retaliated by stating the same day that it would improve gaming experience on its Web site and introduced a new policy loosening restrictions on how developers can market their games on the social network.

The war is on between Facebook and Google+ to win the hearts of users and last as the reigning king of social networking. Google+ is stepping up the game as it announced plans on Thursday to bring gaming features into the site, including popular games such as Angry Birds, which could be a major advantage in the fight to topple Facebook.

Game maker Valve just announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) has been targeted for release in early 2012.

Planking is when a person impersonates a stiff plank of wood by lying face down. The photos are then posted on Facebook or other social networking sites.

SMS what? Facebook stole the show this week with the launch of its free Facebook Messenger app, available for iPhone and Android users.

Facebook users are worried, as a rumor has it, that all the phone numbers in your phone are now on Facebook, whether you have allowed the access or not.

A list of the most recent Mac OS X Lion apps that are free for download.

Facebook is not the only game in town anymore.

Consumers will be able to text and send multimedia messages to 9-1-1 emergency call centers under a new plan from the top communications regulator.

Anonymous, the digital protesters who specialize in temporarily disabling targeted websites, posted a YouTube video July 16 threatening to destroy Internet giant Facebook. The video went viral the second week of August and now has over 1.4 million views. At the same time, the @anonops twitter feed, thought by many to be one of the official mouthpieces of the group, tweeted Operation Facebook was fake August 9. Anonymous has no central leadership or designated spokespeople, leaving analysts and F...

Twitter unveiled two new features on Wednesday to help users better monitor their corner of the social media universe.

The talk show host is engaged to Christian Evans.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron considers banning social media after London riots.

Yap.tv, a social TV guide app for iOS added enhanced navigation, instant live chat and connects users with friends and social circle in its updated version 3.0 on Wednesday.

Prime Minister David Cameron said he is considering banning social media Web sites like Facebook and Twitter for those suspected of criminal conspiracies following the UK riots this week.

Consumers will be able to text and send multimedia messages to 9-1-1 emergency call centers under a new plan from the top communications regulator.

Barely hours after the Facebook Messenger app launched, hackers managed to find traces of a video chat feature that appears to be under construction.

Security software demand for mobile devices could skyrocket soon.