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In the days following the Academy Awards, two social media case studies emerged thanks to Ellen Degeneres' "selfie" and to John Travolta's "Adele Dazeem."

New York - The man behind a popular Twitter account that appeared to provide a rare insider look at Goldman Sachs has lost his book deal after revelations the former banker never actually worked at the firm.Banker John Lefevre gained Internet fame through his @GS...

A new study conducted by UCLA researchers found that Twitter and other "real-time" social media platforms can be used to track HIV outbreaks and drug-related behavior, aiming to detect and potentially prevent outbreaks

Twitter sent out a message to thousands of users telling them to change their passwords because their accounts had been "compromised". The firm has now admitted that the emails were sent by mistake.

Los Angeles - Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres shattered a record on Twitter Sunday after the selfie photograph she took with Hollywood stars at the Academy Awards became the most retweeted message ever."We crashed and broke Twitter.

Los Angeles - Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres set Twitter ablaze -- and even sparked problems for users -- on Sunday when the "selfie" photograph she took with Hollywood stars at the Academy Awards went viral.DeGeneres, who joked with A-listers throughout the show, corra...

It caused the multinational investment banking giant, Goldman Sachs, to search high and low for a Twitter account holder called GS Elevator Gossip, that was revealing snippets of "elevator talk" on social media.

Miami - Muhammad Ali posted his first Twitter message on Tuesday, 50 years to the day after he stopped Sonny Liston at Miami Beach to win his first heavyweight boxing title."I shook up the world against Liston, now 50 years later I'm taking it to Twitter," Ali...

New York - The mastermind behind an online persona that mocked Wall Street with an often razor tone and an insider's touch was finally exposed Tuesday.The New York Times unmasked former Citigroup banker John Lefevre as the architect of "GS Elevator Gossip," a wid...

Today Jan Koum, the founder of WhatsApp, may be worth $6.8 billion, but things weren't always so good. He was once rejected for a job by Facebook. He and his family lived on food stamps. He also dropped out of college.