Music sales have continued to fall in the UK, despite growth in digital downloads, according to figures released by the BPI.

Britons will have received £2.4 billion worth of unwanted Christmas presents this year, according to a new survey.

Social networking was the most popular online activity of 2011, with Israel leading the way for user engagement, according to new global data.

The top ten U.S. search terms included four variations on Facebook – Facebook.com, Facebook, Facebook login and www.facebook.com – marking the second year the social networking giant has had four top ten slots, according to new research.

Firefox maker Mozilla said it has agreed a three-year contract extension for Google to remain the default search provider on the web browser.

There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day, according to a new announcement from Google.

Facebook is to allow advertisers to buy space in the social network’s main news feed, rather than just on the right hand column of the main page.

An audit of Facebook’s privacy policies by the Irish data protection commissioner has concluded the social network must go further in warning users how it and third-party apps handle personal information, following concerns that it was illegally creating “shadow profiles” of non-members.

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