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Apple has confirmed that it will be holding a media event on October 4, where the company is expected to announce the iPhone 5, iOS 5 and iCloud; the event carries the tagline "Let's talk iPhone"

A house fire that killed a family of six including five children in north London was started by a chest freezer.

Joining the Samsung and HTC-led anti-Apple iPhone armada, Chinese phone-maker ZTE has unveiled its new Spirit Windows Phone Mango powered smartphone.

10 appeals against the sentences handed to people during the rioting and looting across England in August will be heard at the Court of Appeal today, including appeals by two men who were jailed for four years for setting up Facebook pages inciting others to riot.

Facebook is said to be launching its long-awaited iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 launch event sometime this month.

Will We Ever Know Where NASA Satellite Really Fell? One thing is for sure. A dead NASA Climate satellite definitely fell back to Earth early Saturday morning but NASA seem not have an idea as to where it landed and exactly where it has gone. Can NASA really have lost a satellite?

Following the partnership between Spotify and Facebook last week, the music streaming service now demands that new users have a Facebook account before signing up.

Facebook has undergone further scrutiny following its latest updates, including the anticipated 'Timeline' feature.

Unofficial statistics suggest Google+ memberships have increased by over 30% since opening their doors last Wednesday, with the number of registered users at an estimated 44 million.

Twitter is to set up an international office in Dublin, IDA Ireland has confirmed.

Last week Facebook announced what could be its biggest overhaul to date, with the introduction of the Timeline. This isn't yet available to the masses, but with a few clicks here and a bit of typing there, anyone can get the new Timeline today.

Facebook moved Thursday to change how people consume media online, introducing a range of partnerships with TV, film and record labels set to content to the social network.

Facebook wants users to be even more open about their lives, encouraging them to post photos and statuses from their entire life - even from before the site launched - on the social network.

Almost half (49%) of students consider the internet to be as importance as water, food, air and shelter in their lives, and more than half (55%) indicate they could not live without the internet, a study has found.

Two Mexicans were recently accused of terrorism and sabotage for using the internet to spread false rumours about drug-related violence and, after much debate, the charges were dropped but the case is still causing an upheaval, as once praised for instigating change and helping revolution, governments are now accusing social networks of helping to spread violence.

Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has broken into the top 20 richest Americans for the first time, according to the Forbes 400 rich list for 2011.

A Facebook employee has let slip about the predicted music streaming service, due to be announced this evening, by mentioning the new feature on his Twitter page.

Good news for owners of Windows Phone7 handsets; the first major update, named 7.5 Mango, will be available to download "in the next week or two", Microsoft announced on Thursday.

A leading British Alcohol Company is targeting the teenagers by advertising vodka through Facebook, says British Medical Association.

Social networking site, Facebook on Tuesday night unveiled the third and biggest update in 10 days, and included a real-time ticker, which shows the realtime updates from all the friends.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is to speak at tomorrow's f8 conference, all but confirming that the music-streaming service will be partnering with Facebook very soon.

The BBC has today updated its home page, introducing an entirely new design with iPlayer content and rich images appearing front and centre.

Google+ is now out of beta and with nine new features making hanging out and adding friends to circles in the newest social network possible for everyone.

Facebook wants to be your daily newspaper, ditching the chronological newsfeed and instead offering up stories that you'll find the most interesting.

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Facebook may be set to incorporate music, films and television into profile pages, with users able to consume and share multimedia content on the social network like never before.

Facebook has decided that we need more buttons, and that "Liking" just isn't enough. Sadly we won't be seeing the sought-after "Dislike" button just yet, but according to TechCrunch we'll soon get three new buttons: "Read", "Listened" and "Watched".

Facebook Messenger is now accessible to download iPhone and Android smart phones in the UK.

A Facebook page set up mocking the four Welsh miners who were found dead on Friday has caused outrage in the Welsh mining community with the police now investigating the slurs that will no doubt cause much distress and pain to a community still grieving their loss.

HTC has unveiled three new high-end smartphone devices designed to break the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S2's stranglehold on the market