Verizon's High-Speed Internet Collusion

Verizon wants to ink cartel-like deals with a cabal of cable companies -- its former competitors -- to resell each other's products

Internet Service Providers Close to Implementing System to Punish Piracy

Content creators and Internet service providers took another step towards preventing online piracy by naming the head of an agency that will help develop a 'graduated' set of punitive measures for suspected online pirates

Inside the Silicon Valley Gender Gap

At the biggest and most recognizable Internet companies there are a few powerful women in the C-suites, but very few are at the head of the boardroom table

Youth on the Web: Reason? Who Needs a Reason

A recent Pew Research Center project revealed that on any given day, more than half of Americans aged 18 to 29 go on the Internet for 'no particular reason'

Google Unveils 'Find My Face' Recognition Tool

Google unveiled 'Find My Face' tool as the internet search giant made its first step into social facial recognition

Twitter Redesigns Site, Aims for Simplicity

Twitter unveiled a redesign of its service and new features aimed at widening its appeal

10 Ways to Stay Safe While Shopping Online

With more shoppers than ever turning to mobile devices and computers for holiday shopping, many are inadvertently leaving themselves vulnerable to online fraud and scams. Here are 10 ways to avoid becoming a victim this holiday season

Online Shopping Deals Hurt State Budgets

When the final receipts are tabulated, consumers are expected to have spent a record $1.2 billion on Cyber Monday. And, say some groups and lawmakers, state budgets will have missed out on large sums of tax dollars to which they are rightfully entitled

Take Advantage of Free Shipping Deals This Holiday Season

Skipping shipping and handling costs for online purchases can go a long way toward helping you stick to a holiday budget.

4 Twitter Tips for Business Success

Ready to revamp (or launch) your Twitter business strategy? Veteran tweeter Alexis Wolfer shares her tips

Twitter: How to Tweet to Get Results

A little Internet fame never hurt anyone. Here's how to tweet to get results, whether it's more visibility for your work, site or message

3 Sneaky New Online Scams to Avoid

Scammers are getting creative, moving past the good ol' 'stuck-in-Nigeria-need-money' scam. Here's how to stay ahead of them

How to Boost Your Reputation and Build an Audience Online

Social media offers the most powerful way to connect with others, allowing you to network with thousands of people (literally!) from the comfort of your own home. Through harnessing the power of word-of-mouth marketing, social media can transform your business, product, service and passion to the next level

How Facebook and Your Free Time Can Get You Fired

Congratulations! You're famous. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other websites have catapulted all of us into the limelight of our own social networking universe. But this 'fame' comes at a high price. While you don't have to worry about paparazzi, you do have to worry what photos your friends snapped of you at happy hour last night

Should You Ban Your Tweens From Facebook?

Most tweens and teens don't consider the social network 'stupid.' On the contrary, they are spending massive amounts of time on it -- one study claimed 75 percent of them use Facebook. Here's my advice to you on how to deal with your kids using Facebook

Explosion of Creativity: Power of Online Communities

What defines a community is more than its geographic boundaries; it's the element of people gathering together for a common cause, supporting each other's well-being and interests, and advancing goals that strengthen both the community and its members

The Future According to Google

Google is disruptive in the marketplace, and they'll continue to try to solve complex problems. Here's a sampling of what Google is working on these days

5 Tips to Facebook Efficiently

Is Facebook a useful tool that can help you professionally and personally? Yes. Yes it is. If you've thought about using Facebook to stay better connected to family and friends but are worried it will be a huge time and energy drag, or if you've been using it and are about to give it up, you're about to learn how to get the most out of Facebook without allowing it to take over your life

Websites Make it Easy and Even Fun To Reach Savings Goals

Collectively, people spend 927 million hours a month playing casual games on Facebook. Is it possible for a website to make setting and achieving financial goals as fun, easy, and even as social as playing Farmville or Words with Friends? If you're smart about the way you try some new web features, maybe it can be. Here are some popular websites that can help

How to Use Facebook So It Does not Use You

Whether you call it a time-saver or a time-suck, Facebook has surpassed the almighty Google as the most trafficked website in the U.S. -- and the second most popular site in the world. But as quickly as Facebook has become an integral part of the way we communicate with friends, it has also raised concerns. Here's tips on getting the best out of Facebook while avoiding its potential dark side

Dealing With Virtual Stalking

It's scary enough to be the target of a stalker offline, but it's even more unsettling to be the target of a tech-savvy stalker. Technology gives stalkers new and very effective tools for monitoring someone's physical location and online and offline activities. If you're the target of a virtual stalker, follow these steps to put an end to the harassment before it puts you in physical danger

Who's Gawking at Your Photos?

With all of the photo-sharing apps and websites out there, it's easier than ever to stay up-to-date on the lives of loved ones. But with the freedom and accessibility comes concern about who you want viewing your online photos. So before you upload your personal snapshots, keep these tips in mind

Dating Apps: The Lowdown

Smartphone apps tend to deliver, getting us where we want to go, finding the free Wi-Fi, calculating tips. But can they help us get our dating lives in gear? To that end, we looked at three popular dating apps to see how well they cut through the hassle of the singles scene and put us on the path to a love connection. Read on for the results

Why the FCC Fined Google Just 68 Seconds in Profits

The FCC fined Google for deliberately impeding an investigation into the collection of sensitive wireless network data. The amount of the fine: $25,000

How to Find Happiness on Social Networks

Well-being is linked with diverse and extensive networks of relationships and interests

Lawsuit Says Facebook Tracks Users After Logging Out

Facebook may be tracking your actions online even after you log off from the social networking site according to a class-action lawsuit

5 Facebook Privacy Settings You Should Change Now

The more tentacles Facebook sprouts, the more important it is to stay on top of your privacy settings. Here are the top five ways to tweak your settings to stay in control of your info

Protect Youth From Online Harassment

Although digital communities enable youths to socialize with peers and develop multimedia skills, these online forums also have risks. Fortunately there are ways for parents to help their children avoid these new types of harm

Coca Cola is it on Facebook

Facebook fans 'like' Coca-Cola best, according to a social media survey

Google Chrome: 3 Rare Features You'll Love

Chrome offers thousands of extensions that allow users to custom-build their browser for better searching, storing and privacy settings. Here are three reasons why I love Google Chrome

How to Use Google+

Move over, Facebook: Google+ offers a streamlined, real-world platform that minimizes mundane overshares

4 Ways to Protect Your Kids Online

New research shows the increasing dangers kids face online. Here's how you can help

Twitter Good Barometer of National Emotional State

To find out how the rest of the country, or even the rest of the world, is feeling, check Twitter posts. That, in essence, was the finding of a two-year study by the Cornell University of 500 million tweets from 84 nations

The Role of Google+ in Business

The online search giant took aim at Facebook when it launched Google+, a social network that combines old services (Google Profiles, Google Buzz, etc.) with new. But is Google+ strictly for consumers, or can its applications benefit businesses too?

Google Plus Now Open to All

No invite? No problem. Google has opened its Google Plus social network to everyone after testing it with a limited audience for 12 weeks

Facebook Reaches One Trillion Hits

Number one social networking site Facebook continues to break world records. Besides having the most number of members at over 500 million, the portal made Internet history again by registering 1 trillion hits

How to Find the Best Deals Online

Many are embracing the ease of online shopping in the cloud -- using websites, online services or mobile apps to bargain-hunt versus trudging to the nearest brick-and-mortar store. So how can one navigate the Web to find the best deals and steals? Here are the five best ways to discount-hunt on the internet

Should You 'Friend' Your Teens Online?

A decade ago, reading your teen's diary would have been the ultimate form of privacy invasion. Nowdays, checking out their Facebook page or Twitter feed can yield the same sense of betrayal -- if they don't know you're doing so. So how does a parent protect their kids from the dangers lurking on the Internet? The answer may be to join them online.

Should You Really Post That Comment?

From blogs to social networks, the Internet has become a breeding ground for self-expression. And thanks to customized privacy settings on many sites, it's easy to assume that you're in full control of filtering who sees what. But according to online experts, anything you post can be akin to writing in indelible ink

Web Tools for Starting a Small Business

Web-based tools can now help you get your small business up and running, get legal work done, professionalize your accounting and billing, and collaborate with others. If your home business still needs to get out of the dark ages -- or you want to get off on the right foot -- here is how Web resources can help you get organized

4 Life-changing Resolutions You Can Stick to

Keeping resolutions is not just about willpower. It's about having a system in place to reach your goals. The cloud can help, letting you store and access relevant software, tools and files via any of your Web-connected devices. Here's how to use the cloud to keep some common new year's resolutions

Create Your Own Social Network

Beyond giant social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter, a new breed of services allows you to create personal social networks -- the equivalent of your very own Facebook with your chosen look and feel. And every group, from book clubs to sports teams, is setting up custom easy-to-use social networks to stay connected. Should you create your own? Here's what to consider

What the Web Says About You

Social networks like Facebook offer an endless source of potential embarrassments if you don't carefully control who can see your information. In fact, if your privacy settings are lax, anybody anywhere can see everything on your profile page. Here's how to find out who can see what and where, and ensure that the wrong information doesn't fall in the wrong hands

Top 3 Kid-safe Social Networks

We've done the legwork for you and found the top three social networks for kids. Here's how they keep kids entertained while making their safety a top priority

5 Ways to Cultivate Your Kids' Online Reputation

In our digitized lives nowadays, everything we say and do is captured, uploaded and archived across a number of connected devices. With this inability to ultimately govern our data files, we need to embrace the importance of a positive online reputation -- and more important, communicate that message to our youth. Here's how to do it best.

Preparing Our Children for Global Digital Citizenship Success

The way young people socialize online deeply affects the relationships they have with themselves and the people around them. They cultivate relationships through a number of virtual world connections -- by joining social networks and receiving status updates; building friend lists and groups; and exchanging IMs, texts and video messages

Are You Too Snarky Online?

From an email to an online comment, being too 'snarky' or 'short' can derail your personal connections and set you back at work

Who's Gawking at Your Photos?

Is sharing private photos online with friends and family really as safe as you think? Read on for tips on keeping the wrong eyes off your most candid shots

FBI Wants to Monitor Social Media for 'Emerging Threats'

The FBI wants to develop a program that would track Twitter and Facebook updates

What Can the Cloud Do For You?

Chances are part of your head is already in the clouds: Are you on Facebook? Have you tried out Google Docs? Do you watch movies on Netflix? Then, you've used a cloud-based service; you just didn't realize it.

Social Networking Leads to Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use

A new national survey of American teens has found that those who regularly spend any time on social networking sites are at increased risk of smoking, drinking and drug use

Should You Switch to Google+ ?

Just because everyone's going to Google+ (or are they?) doesn't mean you should too. Here's when it's really time to leave your social networks

How to Watch TV for Free -- or Close to It

Still dropping money on cable? Welcome to the 21st century, where you can watch your favorite TV shows on the cloud -- for close to $0

Should You Talk Politics Online?

Absolutely! But be sure you're doing it right. Our expert blogger shows you how

4 Apps to Manage Your Contacts

Is your address book getting unwieldy? Here's a quick overview of how the cloud can make it easier to organize -- and make better use of -- your contacts

5 New Cloud Tools You'll Love

Thanks to the cloud, you can access these services from anywhere via any Web-connected device -- your tablet, smartphone, laptop, game console or PC. Check out these brilliant new applications and services delivered through the cloud

Google Launches New Social Networking Service in Already Crowded Market

Search engine company Google will launch a new social networking service in an apparent bid to compete with Facebook

Ten Ways to Keep Your Online Information Secure

As long as consumers take a few basic steps to help protect their information, security experts agree that online banking remains safe. Here are 10 steps consumers to take to make sure their information is safe

The Internet Grows Up

The Internet has grown up. Think about it: all the qualities we care most about offline -- connection, engagement, community, authenticity, empathy -- are being increasingly reflected in our experience online. And the companies that succeed in the coming years will be those that most take advantage of the fact that there is increasingly little distinction between 'virtual reality' and, well, reality

Must-see TV on the Internet

From edgy reality shows such as 'Married on MySpace' to next-generation comedies like 'Fred and Smosh,' the Internet seems to be offering something for everyone except, thankfully, the audience of 'The View.' So if you're not ready to sit through another Kardashian spinoff on the tube, log on and check out these gems on your desktop

Share Safely on Social Networks

The days when social networks were just for teens are long over: Adults now take up social networking for fun and business alike. To get the most out of your favorite social networks, it's important to be aware of how to protect your online privacy. Here's how to share safely

6 Essential Rules for Safe Online Shopping

Whether you're buying or selling via websites such as eBay or Craigslist, scams can happen if you're not careful. Here are the top online safety tips you need to be aware of to avoid getting duped

Five Steps to Kid-friendly Surfing

As a parent, all the hazards your kids can run into in the online world -- such as hate sites, pornography and predators -- can seem overwhelming. But you can keep your kids safe while they explore the Internet. Here's how to make sure kids surf smart on the Internet

Meetup.com Helps Connect Like-minded People

Meetup, a free social networking site that doubles as a self-organization platform, launched in 2002 and boasts a growing base of more than 8 million members who happen to be interested in, well, everything

Onboard Internet: Lots More Coming

Lots of big airlines have grabbed onto the in-flight-Internet trend. Because most of the newcomers are heavily involved with intercontinental travel, they're installing satellite rather than ground-based systems. Within the next year or so, you'll be able to connect to the Internet on a blue ribbon list of major intercontinental players, and woe to those competitors that lag

In-flight Internet Services

In-flight Internet service is gradually becoming a regular option when you're flying. The current industry leader, Aircell, just announced the 1,000th installation of its Gogo system, with more coming along all the time

New Website Helps You Navigate Health Insurance

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' HealthCare.gov makes it easy to learn about all of your personal health-insurance options. The site, created in just the 100 days after the health-care-reform law was passed, launched on July 1.

Twitter Goes to College

Twitter might be a couple of rungs below Facebook in terms of popularity among college students. But a growing number of professors are embracing it as a way to introduce students to a different kind of communication.

New Sites Empower Students to Build Their Own Scholarships

As budget-strapped states and private charities cut back on scholarship funding, a growing number of students are raising money for college through new 'make your own scholarship' Web sites. While they don't work for everybody, the new sites provide much-needed alternatives to traditional scholarship competitions. Here are three Web sites that help students build their own scholarships

5 Social Media Tools for College Students

5 Do's and Don'ts for College Students Using Social Media

Is Facebook Killing Your Mojo?

Archiving Twitter Tweets: Dumbing Down Journalism

Personal Finance Tools You Should Use Now

These Financial Blogs Are Worth Your Time

Expedia Goes Accessible; Travelocity Goes Opaque

5 Ways New Media Are Changing Politics

Cities With the Fastest Internet Connections

U.S. & China Trade Barbs After Google's Ultimatum

Time to Switch to an Online Personal Health Record

7 Things To Know Before Logging on for Counseling

Health Technology: The Net Doctor Will See You Now

Websites for Traveling Women

What Parents Do not Know About How Their Kids Use Facebook & MySpace

Social Games: The Industry's New Wild West

8 Picture-Perfect Websites for Sharing Photos & Videos Online

Innovative Financial Web Sites & Tools Well Worth a Look

Bearing Witness 2.0: You Can't Spin 10,000 Tweets and Camera Phone Uploads

Some New Internet Doings - Internet Travel Deals

Getting Medical Advice on the Web from Other Patients

Companies Give Some of Their Best Discounts On Twitter & Facebook

United, JetBlue Offer Twitter Airfare Deals

6 Ways to Leverage Social Media for a Better Vacation

Internet e-Mail Scams Target Job Seekers