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There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter (Twitter)’s inception, according to tracking service GigaTweet. The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and about five months since it reached 10 billion, indicating that activity levels on the microblogging service continue to accelerate.

Twitter Will Now Suggest People You Might Be Interested In Stalking. It can be tough to find fascinating people to follow on Twitter, but now and then you'll find someone whose tweets perfectly match your interests and you'll wish there were more people like that.

The e-reader's introduces a new social features. PCMag takes it for a for a test drive.

Who is "Trending Topics" star Diustin Biber? First, we'll tell who—and what—he/she isn't: The latest workaround to a supposed Twitter ban on Justin...

NASA briefly broke with the standard space jibber jabber, jammed on the cap locks, and began alerting its followers with repeated messages about "BRAND NEW PLASMA FLAT SCREEN TV!!! WHOLESALE LIST!"

Facebook has more users than ever, says comScore. With its most recent privacy backlash seemingly behind it, Facebook surged ahead to a new traffic record in the U.S. during the month of June. According to comScore, the social network pulled in more than 141 million unique visitors in the U.S. during the month, beating its previous record (set in May) by better than 11 million.

Privately held microblogging service Twitter has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over charges that it put customers privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information.

Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" - the translation of tweet - and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor ...

Twitter this week began testing a new type of advertising: “Promoted Trends.” Under the new system, brands can pay to appear below the “Trending Topics,” the most talked-about terms on Twitter at any given moment.

If you're a frequent Twitter user, you've probably noticed that the microblogging site has been crashing repeatedly this week.