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"Confession Bear" funny memes are typically self-deprecating if not self-indulgent declarations by active social media users. Reddit is one of the best go-to places for such memes, with Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter following close behind. Over the weekend, a controversial "murder confession" got the Redditors' attention, and the FBI reportedly received a report on the matter.

If Torrent Freak's discovery is a basis, it would not be surprising that reports of a gay sex ring in the Vatican circulated during the time that Pope Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI quit the papacy in February 2013.

The Coalition in Australia released on Tuesday its broadband policy which would cost Aussie taxpayers less at A$29 billion. It would replace the fiber-to-the-premises (Fttp) deployment used by the current National Broadband Network (NBN) to a fibre-to-the-node (FttN) network.

In another display of how social media could turn a cute kiddy prank into something viral, an apology letter written by a nine-year-old boy named Zac from Adelaide, Australia is being read by thousands of amused Facebook members.

Australian subscribers of Vodafone will enjoy 4G long-term evolution (LTE) services by June 2013, Vodafone Chief Executive Officer Bill Morrow said on Monday.

To change the wrong notion that many people have about lovemaking, often caused by first exposure to sex through pornographic movies, a start-up company in New York is attempting to educate the public about what real love making is.

In the past few days, photos of female celebrities and even porn stars became viral in the Internet. The latest female caught sans her make-up is Barbie doll and the photo shown below has gone viral.

Pope Francis's popularity continues to soar. Barely one month from his election and resuming the use of the @Pontifex handle, his nine Twitter accounts in different languages have reached more than 5 million followers.

The Click Frenzy online sale in Australia is making a comeback. Organisers assured Aussie consumers that the crash would not happen again.

Drop calls and weak receptions are the main gripes regularly aired by millions of device owners. However sleek and up-to-date your gizmo is, it is completely useless when getting sufficient cell phone signal seems to be an eternal issue.

Skype just reached a milestone by hitting 2 billion minutes of connections handled daily. To mark the important event, Skype released an infographic that shows the equivalent of 2 billion minutes in more practical terms.

A study by Bitdefender released on Tuesday indicated more threats to Internet user privacy amid large jumps in adware, malware and Trojans that target Android devices.

A U.S. District Court in New York ruled on Saturday that reselling of old MP3 files violates copyright law. The decision by Judge Richard Sullivan was based on a request by Capitol Records which sought summary judgment against RiDigi.

Barely a week into its Internet debut, Human Rights Campaign's pink-and-red equal sign has become viral in the cyber world, indicating how the same-sex marriage debate, now being tackled by the U.S. Supreme Court, has become a very hot topic.

Tech Crunch just released an article on Sunday night that claims YouTube, the most popular video sharing site in the world, will close on Monday, April 1. The Web site explained that YouTube started as a competition and the portal is now deciding the winner of that alleged contest as part of the closing down.

Popular blogsite, Tumblr, closed for three hours on Good Friday, March 29, due to networking problems. Tumblr reached a landmark when it reached 100 million blogs hosted and 44.6 billion posts on March 26, 2013, from only 50 million blogs hosted in April 2012.

With more than 18 million hits for performing a daredevil stunt like that shown in the YouTube video above, anyone in search of fame and perhaps fortune would be more than willing to risk his life by engaging in rope swinging.

Twitter is not just about sharing to the world in 140 characters about your thoughts. It's also about money, and not just for the founder but also members who have been cashing in on their Twitter accounts through humour or just because they are celebrities.

Laugh if you want, but in many cultures, 7 is the magical number. And today, on the 21st of March, Twitter turns 7 years old and these years were indeed magical. Without a doubt, microblogging social platform Twitter has remodeled ways of contemporary communication. After the birth of Twitter, nothing was the same!

A European Commission study made by its Joint Research Centre released recently found that pirates have minimal effect on the music industry.

There are now more than 1 billion unique users monthly for the video sharing site YouTube. That means 50 per cent of people who are on the Internet visits YouTube.

Kayleigh Lawrie, 14, of Willoughby, predicted on Aug 4, 2012 her own death in Facebook minutes before the car she was riding was hit by another vehicle. Her post - "I think I'm going to die. Xx. luv you all." - was referring to the very fast and drunken way that Steven Hayter, 42, of Seymour Terrace, was driving the car.

A week after his election as leader of the 1.2-billion strong Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis's popularity continues to soar as his online followers doubled that of his predecessor and he receives invitations from governments for an apostolic visit.

The two most popular social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter, are adding features to their Web sites in a bid to improve user experience and entrench their hold on the market.

When newly elected Pope Francis, previously known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, holds his installation Mass on March 19, Tuesday, he will follow tradition and wear the papal vestments that his predecessors did. That includes the skull cap and the world famous red shoes.

A U.S.-based porn search engine, PornMD, has identified Aussie (Gay) as the most searched porn term used in the land down under. The word is part of the portal's study on global Internet porn habits.

While the 115 cardinal electors who just elected a new pope were bound by a vow of silence and hence could not tweet during the conclave, Australian MPs are not. However, at one point, House Speaker Anna Burke was asked to consider banning the use of social media while the sessions are ongoing.

On the 7th of March, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a major overhaul of its popular news feed that would enhance visual content by centrally focusing on pictures and videos of close friends. In addition, the facelift is expected to receive the interest of various advertisers luring users to spend more time on the website.

Korean YouTube sensation Psy announced over the video sharing site the worldwide release of his new album on April 13 through a concert at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Fans could watch the concert's live streaming via YouTube.