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In this May 27, 2013 photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.

Saints star Sean Long told a court his Twitter account can prove he is innocent of an assault charge.

The papal Twitter account in Latin has attracted more than 100,000 followers in six months, far exceeding expectations.

At its core, Facebook is a photo-sharing company. It's enhanced by other features such as status updates and shared links.

A new rule in the competition allowed six contestants to advance to finals - the standard five who received the most judges' votes plus an additional contestant from the top 10 who received the most votes on Twitter.

The court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of providing reams of classified documents to WikiLeaks in a case illustrating the challenge of keeping secrets in the digital age must decide whether tweets and Web pages can be admitted as evidence.

Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David Cameron let a cat out of the bag.

IF social media is the new window to the nation's soul, voters prefer Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard at much higher rates than even the polls have revealed.

Miss Utah Marissa Powell is the latest beauty queen to trip on national television, not over her gown, but during the interview segment.

LAS VEGAS -- Miss Utah is the latest beauty queen to trip on American television, not over her gown, but during the interview segment.

The company says it expects to reach hundred of thousands of potential customers in what it says is a world-first social media project.

Not to be silenced by bullies, Sebastien De La Cruz does his encore of the national anthem before the NBA Finals' Game 4 on Thursday in San Antonio.

After the announcement on June 15 that the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West made her arrival a full five weeks early, family and friends took to Twitter to send their thoughts to the happy family.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee praised Twitter today, saying that 11 companies have found a home in Twitter's mid-Market Street location due to the company's commitment to the run-down section of the city.

Anybody connected to the Web already knows that a tweet is more than a sound a bird makes.

Surprisingly, Twitter 's new ruler is Saudi Arabia . According to a report recently published by GlobalWebIndex, the Arab kingdom is the country with the highest rate of Twitter activity in relation to the number of users in the world, and who also has had a significant increase recently in Twitter users .

The actress tweeted on Friday, "I'm sorry about the tweets I said about @drake I didn't mean what I said.

Today is Father's Day. If you weren't reminded of the date by your mother via a borderline nagging/ borderline helpful text message, you were probably given a heads up thanks to your Facebook and Twitter feeds being overwhelmed with tributes, shoutouts and messages to your friends' daddies.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has more than 46,000 Twitter followers, but one of its most passionate followers, Chris Barnes, under the handle "FixWMATA," is no longer one of them, according to Washingtonian.

A group of 10 beauties remained in the Miss USA competition Sunday night when five women were sent home after strutting their stuff in swimsuits.