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The New York medical examiner confirmed Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz committed suicide at his Brooklyn apartment on Friday night. Family of the 26-year-old technology genius is now blaming the prosecutors because Swartz’s tragic death happened before his scheduled trial next month with the US fraud charges filed against him.

Tweets from number one microblogging site Twitter could reach outer space. This was proven by tweet exchanges between American actor William Shatner, who portrayed Captain Kirk in Star Trek, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Popular torrent site The Pirate Bay reportedly went offline for some hours beginning Sunday, sparking fears among torrent fans that the free download site is next to go following the demise of Demonoid and BT Junkie in 2012.

Mark Zuckerberg should better watch out. His potential successors are getting younger. One such chap even shares with him the same initials - ZM - which stands for Zachary Marks.

Snapchat, a popular tool among teenagers wanting too fool around, is priced for its privacy and security features, which are especially useful for youngsters engage in sexting or the exchanges of sexually suggestive images and videos.

While doing everything in its power to challenge Facebook's number one position in social media, Google was cleared on Thursday by a U.S. anti-trust investigation on search engine bias.

RIP Megan Fox started trending on Twitter Wednesday night Eastern Time, with more people catching up to the presumed death hoax by midnight Thursday. It is not clear how Megan Fox became the first victim of fake celebrity death of the year, but fans are clearly irate by the latest news in social networks.

Sustaining the interest of such passive gamers, who only tries to pass the time and all of a sudden be muddled in some other work load and day-to-day existence are the source of a major concern for online game creator Zynga (Nasdaq:ZNGA).

South Korean YouTube mega sensation Psy continues to be on a roll. After his Gangnam Style video hit officially exceeded one billion views on the video sharing site (latest count is 1,065,599,218 views), reports said that the dance that he popularised was among the new words in 2012 that made it to Collins Dictionary.

Imitation is said to be the best form of flattery, and it certainly worked for several artists who made parodies of Psy's Gangnam Style MTV which had reached 1 billion views on YouTube on Dec 21. Based on latest YouTube data, here are the top five parodies of 2012's monster hit dance and MTV.

As Psy's Gangnam style hit one billion views over the Internet, it was not only young people who were seen hopping and swaying to the dance craze. Even politicians and other non-showbiz celebrities were spotted dancing Gangnam Style ala-Psy.

If in the run-up to Dec 21, media had a field day reporting the possible apocalyptic scenarios should the Mayan prediction come to pass, the failure of the forecast, in turn, is a field day for netizens to poke fun at the event in the form of jokes and memes. Just minutes after the clock struck 12 midnight, Facebook and Twitter started to show posts making light of the failed Doomsday prediction.

Social media site Facebook has decided to turn the First Amendment on its head, which is remarkable for no less a reason than because its creator has made a fortune on the concept of free, open and unedited speech.

While the world is changing, habits of nations are being changed as well. Recent research indicates that Britain not only has become a mobile device-obsessed nation, but also a nation which is highly addicted to online shopping. Britons use their smartphones and tablets to search for TV programs and shopping offers as well. And Britons are top internet shopaholics!

The official video of Korean pop star Psy had reached more than 900 million views on YouTube as of Friday and topped the search list on Google Australia.

If Pope Benedict XVI has more than 500,000 followers on Twitter and Dalai Lama has over 5 million followers, the likes of the religions they lead on Facebook are also growing.

Pope Benedict XVI hit hundreds of thousands of followers on Wednesday, Dec 12, on Twitter. The 85-year old Catholic leader sent a tweet which read, "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart."

It may not be as hot as it was but the Angry Birds fever that started three years ago remains in the right trajectory, hitting the intended marks and breaking new grounds, including a full-length movie set for theatrical showing on 2016.

Instagram is getting better with its new update for both iOS and Android. The popular photo sharing app has been known for its many filters and functionalities with photo editing.

Google announced an update to the Google Maps API which will make it easier to insert vector-base maps into applications. This will provide developers better and more comprehensive set of tools to integrate maps into Android Apps.

The uber viral ‘Gangnam Style’ video is nearing the one billion mark in YouTube views worldwide but already the artist, South Korean pop star PSY, behind this phenomenon is raking in millions of dollars.

Another indicator of how technology has changed the habits of people, loo habits included, is that instead of reading newspapers or magazines while seated on the toilet bowl, young Americans are tweeting.

Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Meyer hinted on Tuesday of the company's next plans about the booming mobile industry in relation to the Internet, which the company used to dominate several years ago.

Popular blogging site Tumblr was hit on Monday by a malware attack which resulted in the posting of self-propagating and offensive measures on streams of users.

There are reports that Facebook, the most popular social networking site, is in talks to acquire WhatsApp. The hit mobile messaging WhatsApp denied the report as a rumour.

Facebook user Nolan Daniels (not necessarily his real name) on Friday claimed winning $239 million Powerball money, and shared a photoshopped photo - supposedly of himself - with the winning lottery ticket. He encouraged users to share the photo. In return, he would give a million dollars to a random user.

Facebook Photo Sync allows you to effortlessly upload photos you have snapped with your Android or iOS device. What should you be cautious about? The Photo Sync was in limited testing in August. Now it is operational to some select users before a full rollout. Here are some user tips.

Two separate studies have emerged pointing to the conclusion that for all its popularity, Facebook is actually making people unhappy.

Before the computer age, viral was a term used to describe an infection caused by a virus. It was considered a scientific and medical term. Using the same principle of quick and widespread reach, people now refer to videos that are rapidly disseminated and spread via electronic communications as viral.