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There have been speculations for the past few months saying big tech firms are looking to acquire Waze, a fast-growing community-based traffic and GPS application for mobile phones currently available freely on AppStore and GooglePlay.

In recent years, social media has become an integral part of the lives of American teens. But with the increase in crimes of identity theft and concerns over government surveillance of private data, there is definitely cause for concern.

Sydney - A company called Identified has created an SEO option for recruiters to search Facebook for job candidates. This is “head hunting SEO” in embryo, and it's called SYMAN. It looks like Identified is underrating the value of their idea.

A Facebook page glorifying violence against female Marines was shut down after a US congresswoman brought it to the attention of Pentagon commanders.

Tel Aviv - Have problems finding your way? Facebook may buy award winning Waze, the advanced and accurate Israeli crowd-sourcing traffic and navigation app. The cost? Around $1 billion.

Robinsons Drinks inspires real emotion in a new advertisement. The new “play thirsty” ad starts with best friends skipping rocks, roughhousing around a playground, and talking.

A new study by researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel, based on case studies of individuals, says Facebook and other social media can induce psychotic symptoms and delusional states in vulnerable lonely individuals.

Two videos uploaded to Facebook last week showed a woman being beheaded by a masked man and an execution of two men. Facebook had at first refused to remove the violence clips, claiming people have a right to show the world in which we live.

On Wednesday, as Facebook announced first quarter results after the bell, analysts, executives, developers, and advertisers from across the vast mobile advertising landscape looked for clues about the evolution of their industry in the earnings report.

A government task force is preparing legislation that would pressure social media companies to let the FBI intercept communication right as it's happening.