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We are losing the battle for online privacy

Online privacy norms are being dictated by companies with a vested interest in acquiring and selling our personal data, writes Milo Yiannopoulos.

The Queen joins Facebook social networking site – but you won’t be able to friend her

The Queen is to embrace the world of "social networking".

Facebook ‘knows’ when you will get dumped

An analysis of more than 10,000 Facebook relationship status updates has shown that around Valentines Day and Easter time are the times when most couples split up.

Facebook launches Places Deals and new iPhone and Android App

Facebook is to launch Places Deals, a service that allows American users to check in to shops to get 'deals'.

Twitter rolls out ‘adverts’ in user timelines

Twitter has started rolling out promoted tweets, its own form of advertising, into peoples' personal timelines.

Police to receive Facebook training

Detectives are to receive special social media training to learn how to use websites such as Facebook and Twitter to gather information on suspected criminals.

Police to receive Facebook training

Detectives are to receive special social media training to learn how to use websites such as Facebook and Twitter to gather information on suspected criminals.

Twitter and Square’s functions ‘could merge’

Jack Dorsey, founder and chairman of Twitter, has spoken about how the functionality of the micro-blogging service could be "mashed up" with his new mobile payments system, Square - opening up the possibility of a unique, real-time, geo-locat...

Astronaut uses Foursquare to ‘check in’ at International Space Station

Doug Wheelock, commander of the International Space Station, has become the first person to check in on Foursquare from space.

Digg sacks over a third of staff

Digg, the social news curation site, is to sack over a third of its staff, in an effort to cut costs and reach profitability by 2011.

Bafta to award social media gaming

Bafta to create Social Network Game category in the 2011 GAME British Academy Video Games Awards.

People more likely to lie on Twitter than in real life, survey reveals

Dishonesty more likely online than in person, according to latest study