SOCIAL MEDIA

Story went viral after surfacing on satire website the World Daily News Report

Facebook Mood Manipulator is a Google Chrome extension that is available for free.

London technophiles' new social network allows people to communicate using only icons.

Over 220m Facebook users talked about the 2014 World Cup, making it the biggest event ever on the social network

The Facebook post claims to have a sex tape of Jay Z, but there is none.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone reveals he turned down an offer of $500 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Betty White is alive and well, and is currently seen in Hot in Cleveland Season 5.

Yo has broken into the top 50 free apps in Apple's App Store, surging ahead of Facebook's recently launched Slingshot.

Just 30 minutes downtime could have cost Facebook $600,000 in lost revenue based on their latest financial results.

On Thursday Facebook.com went offline in a global outage

Jason Smathers requested documentation from the FBI on how to interpret "leetspeak" and received a 3,000-term glossary.

Social media savvy Islamic insurgents develop Twitter app - Dawn of Glad Tidings - to promote message online.

Millions of people followed the opening game of the 2013 on Twitter with Brazilian star Neymar gaining 165,000 followers during the 90 minutes.

Two senior executives have announced that they have quit Twitter amid stalling growth and rumoured clashes.

The Facebook post was created on the website Fakeshare.com.

Facebook embedded posts now look similar to tweets embedded within Twitter posts.

Students use devices straight out of a James Bond film to help them in exams.

Facebook's take on Snapchat - called Slingshot - was accidentally made available in Apple's App Store on Monday

The bizarre news report was posted on Empire News website.

An article claiming that Charles Manson has been granted parole has turned out to be a hoax.

#WED2014 is trending on Twitter, with millions spreading awareness on saving our environment. Will you join them?

The button previously influenced more people to vote during the 2010 US elections.

After its failed $3bn takeover bid of Snapchat last year, Facebook is now developing its own rival video messaging app.

More popular than Second Life, Utherverse gives 50 million people the chance to escape to a virtual life where they can fulfil their wildest dreams.

Sexually explicit content leads to website ban by Ministry of Communications and Information

One of the most prominent voices within Anonymous has been undermined by in-fighting and a missing $35,000.

The news that the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was won by Conchita Wurst, a gay transvestite with a beard, has not gone down well in parts of Eastern Europe.

Jan Koum attributes part of WhatsApp's growing success to the 's****y products put out by bloated competitors'

Internet bullying and slang terms such as memes, trolling and Anonymous born from 4chan