MySpace.com – once the dominant social networking site before Facebook’s rapid dominance – misled millions of users by sharing their personal information with advertisers, while misrepresenting consumer protections, ...

About 4.8 million people may have used Facebook to say where they planned to go on a certain day, a potential tip-off for burglars. Close to that number “liked” a Facebook page about health conditions or treatments, ...

Nine out of ten of Americans surveyed said that companies fail to exceed their service expectations, while one out of two respondents walked away from an intended purchase in the past year because of a poor customer ...

Now more than ever you should be careful whom you accept as a Facebook friend. It seems debt collectors are using social media to track their targets. They can even set up a bogus profile and friend you to get your ...

AT&T (on downloads) and Verizon (on uploads) have the fastest 4G speeds of the four major carriers, according to PCWorld’s latest testing in 13 U.S. cities. PCWorld took the average measurements of upload ...

With a few days remaining until the April 17 tax-filing deadline, the Internal Revenue Services is prepping last-minute tips for taxpayers through the agency’s Twitter news feed. The IRS Twitter feed, @IRSnews, ...

With the help of focus group sessions held in three U.S. cities, the Small Business Administration has initiated online strategies that have increased participation in SBA loan programs and driven higher visitor ...

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy enforcer, is urging companies to immediately make “privacy the default setting” for commercial data practices targeting consumers. The FTC, however, ...

The uproar is growing over reports that both public and private employers are asking job candidates for their Facebook passwords, among other social media credentials. Two U.S. senators, Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer ...

The Federal Reserve Board Wednesday launched its official Twitter channel – @federalreserve  – furthering its new mission of greater accessibility and educating the public on its monetary policy and efforts ...