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Yahoo is determined to be relevant again, and the company's recent Flickr photo-service and app updates, just might do the trick, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand.

The Oklahoma tornadoes displaced families and destroyed homes, but another facet of the tragedy saw hundreds of people separated from pets and searching in vain for family photos.

By Kevin Diakiw - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 21, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 21, 2013 1:11 PM On Monday, May 20 at about 11:15 a.m., a man in the 13000 block 103A Avenue heard a knock on his door.

The DVLA has been criticised for their "draconian" approach to the sacking which was revealed following the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act The employee axed for accessing the social networking site on his mobile phone at the agency's contact centre last year.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- As Twitter continues to grow in both importance and the number of users, teenagers are increasingly turning to the micro-blogging social network.

Are Wednesdays really so tough? Well, yes, they can be. Here, though, is to keeping things in perspective.

Aftermath images and videos of the Oklahoma tornado are now posted on social networking web sites.

Washington has become the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews Gov.

When three Chicago area teens were charged over the weekend with raping a 12-year-old girl - and then posting a video of the assault on their Facebook pages - it was a tale that was as revolting as it was entirely plausible.

How does Montgomery County light up? Pharmacies, roads and town hubs-Patch was inspired by the photos you submitted this week that show our community at dusk or just after.

Teens are posting more and more personal information on social media sites, but most also are taking formal and informal measures to protect their online privacy and reputations, a new survey finds.

Celebrities are coming forward to send support and words of encouragement to people and communities affected by Monday's tornado near Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.

Without a doubt, the stock market float was one of the most highly-anticipated of the past decade.

The complaint filed in Michigan federal court not only accuses the popular social network of lifting one of Eminem's songs for the April launch of a new application called "Facebook Home," but tells the story of how Facebook's advertising company attempted to use Eminem to attract the liking of Mark Zuckerberg , and how, when threatened with ... (more)

A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class.

Patch is seeking student newspapers, teachers, parents and administrators to contribute to our Local Voices platform and help educate the masses on what going on in your schools.

A rash of tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as it ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday.

Authorities say they have found the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.