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Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned _ sometimes painfully _ that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo.But Zuckerberg, still only 24, is hoping he has found a way to ease the journey down a different road so he won't have to issue public apologies like he did in each of the previous two years after springing new products on users.His theory will face a major test Wednesday when Facebook begins forcing its 100 million users to adapt to a redesigned Web site, whether they like the new look or not.

Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralize communications and social-networking activity.

The number of Americans calling the government's suicide prevention hot line has increased every year since its launch, say the program's staff, who attribute that to efforts to promote the number rather than a ...

Despite the waves of hype over the past several years, social-networking technologies aren't on the corporate agenda at 59 percent of large companies around the world, according to a study.

TORONTO (Reuters) - A day after announcing a flip-phone version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl, Research In Motion unveiled a spate of consumer-related partnerships on Thursday, continuing its push to capture mainstream customers.RIM said it would partner with Ticketmaster to let BlackBerry users search, browse and buy tickets to entertainment and sporting events.The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said it was also getting together with TiVo to let BlackBerry users schedule television recordings from their smartphones.