Anyone with a Facebook account has seen it: Labor play-by-plays as a pregnant woman squeezes out her baby son. Photos of dirty diapers - and graphic descriptions of what's inside. Declarations that "my child is the smartest and most beautiful," and everyone else is doing this parenting thing wrong.

Flickr unveiled its new Web site design, showing off high-resolution rectangular photos and a free terabyte of space for users. But the new Flickr still feels like it’s missing something.

New services are providing a stage or pulpit for people, instead of making them passive users of social media.

Sharing Science Research in the Age of Social Media

Dear Bob & Doug: We are husband-and-wife proprietors of an Arizona eatery I won’t name, but which rhymes with “Framy's Fraking Frompany Frakery Froutique & Fristro.” Craziest thing: We were having some trouble with staff who seemed to think that “tips” belonged to “them,” instead of my husband and me. We were also getting some bad Yelp reviews (fa

Google is using its expertise in algorithms to offer users better social sharing tools through its Google Plus network. The company’s software will now select the best photos and fix their flaws, offer more links to topics mentioned in posts by members of a user’s social network and archive long-running chats.

The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill barring bosses from demanding employees or job applicants turn over their Facebook passwords and other social media login information. In a 56 -3 vote on Thursday, ...

Chinese government censors are silencing influential opponents by shutting down their social media accounts on the pretext of a campaign against online rumors, victims of the practice say.