Social Media

When a relationship comes to an end, how do you cut ties on Facebook?

It's hard to be a kid. It's harder to deal with the instant money and dire consequences of Internet fame.

Your social media account is worth money -- and companies are fighting to keep it.

How to stay sane when you're surrounded by insane friends.

Instagram is dying, and you can thank Zuck.

From Barack to baseball, here's what people are talking about.

Do you have a lot of online friends? You're not alone, as the Internet and social media replaces the bowling league and other organizations as the place to maintain social ties.

Television networks have a long-standing Election Day policy: no winners until 11 p.m. But that was before Twitter and Facebook. The days are long past when we wait for Tom Brokaw to deliver the results. Homes have computers, and the growth of Twitter and Facebook means you can get information in real-time. For example, millions followed the presidential debates with Twitter, turning catchphrases like Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" or President Barack Obama's "bayonets and horses" into household slang. But the immediacy of social networks means confusion over who really won, and it creates difficulties for networks that don't want to sacrifice accuracy for speed.

In these last few weeks leading up to the election, the nastiest debates aren't between the candidates, but instead between people who call themselves "friends" on Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook photos, Instagram feeds, iTunes music and movies, Flickr albums, Gmail messages: how will you pass on your digital assets to your heirs? And can they even inherit them in the first place?

As the presidential election approaches in November, many are wondering how social media will impact voter registration and the final outcome.

You share a lot on Facebook and Twitter, and these bits of information are helping police create fingerprints to solve crimes.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) investors, watching the social network's stock plummet, are increasingly asking if Mark Zuckerberg is man enough to run a multi-billion dollar social network.

Parents of pre-teens and adolescents have a lot to worry about, but a new study says cyber-bullying isn't nearly as rampant as many believe.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) this week unveiled even more goodies, including apps and targeted pages in hopes of restoring its fortunes, but its stock is continuing to tumble as a massive stock sale looms later this month.

A Facebook insider gives a tell-all peek behind the social powerhouse's curtains -- complete with brogrammers, Vegas parties and a sense of just how much data is actually being compiled by the network.

Blow off your high school reunion? You're not the only one. And you can blame Facebook for the death of a once nostalgic event.

Social media is changing comedy, giving both fledgling and established comics instantaneous, wide exposure while pressuring them to take part in a distracting and potentially career-damaging set of online behaviors.

Technology is improving Siri, powering driverless cars, improving cancer treatment and even being called Big Brother. But "big data" is what makes it possible, and why it's so important.

Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia are notoriously difficult to treat, with technology's speed and reach both complicating treatment and offering solutions.