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Nobody wants their friends to know they secretly read about Kim Kardashian. Picture: AFP Source: AFP Facebook fans sick of "Social Reader" application App posts everything you read on your newsfeed Yes, even your trashy tabloid stories will appear Kim-K stories appear, embarrassment ensues WE'RE happy to share status updates about our painful break-ups or intimate photos of our most private moments on Facebook. But if there's one place we draw the line it's what we read. Just look at what’s happening to the social media giant’s Social Reader app where users seem to

Charlotte Dent and Adam Knowles with their son George Knowles. Picture: Gavin Trafford / Liverpool Echo Source: Supplied Woman helps diagnose a baby's life-threatening condition She spotted a boy's picture on Facebook and acted quick Doctors had previously failed to identify the boy's condition A BRITISH mum found out from a stranger on Facebook that her baby son has a rare condition that could leave him brain-damaged. Charlotte Dent, 22, from Liverpool, discovered six-month-old George had trigonocephaly - which without an operation can lead to blindness, severe learning difficulties and even death, the Liverpool Echo reported.Doctors

Unidentified floating object Experts are baffled by floating blob Source: The Daily Telegraph Source: AP < Prev  of 2 Next > Jellyfish or remains of a whale placenta?  Looks like nothing seen before, speculation rife Can you crack the mystery of the floating object? A

Twitter's terms of service says tweets belong to tweeters. Source: news.com.au Twitter asked to hand over tweets from Malcolm Harris  Social network refuses, saying tweeter owns tweets  The Queen announces more power to police internet  TWITTER has supported one of its users by rejecting a court order asking them to hand over the user's tweets as evidence. Malcolm Harris, editor of cultural website The New Inquiry, is being prosecuted in the US for disorderly conduct during the Occupy Brooklyn Bridge protest last October.The district attorney’s office in Manhattan sent the subpoena to Twitter asking for Mr Harris’ email address and tweets

Fellow Twitter users rushed to the aid of a London-based man who posted suicidal comments on Twitter. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied A MAN posted a live commentary on Twitter as he attempted to commit suicide in his London apartment. The 47-year-old, who was not named, used the social network site to post updates of what could have been his final moments after taking an overdose of pills Tuesday night.But he was rushed to the hospital after other Twitter users saw what he was doing and contacted authorities. He tweeted his thanks for their support Wednesday.He wrote, "RESURFACED: ok... I am still here. Much thanks for all your support. It touched my heart. x." In a series of messages on Tuesday night he told Twitter users that he stockpiled antidepressants. He wrote, "YAY! Get ready for a real-time suicide -- cuz I can't be ars*d with this unending bullsh*t... triple dose to start."His final messages were, "Open the pod bay doors Hal...," followed by, "Sluggish now..." Other Twitter users rushed to his aid and begged him to turn on his phone so they could talk to him, the London Evening Standard reported.They eventually tracked him down to his home in Haringey, north London, and police rushed to the scene.

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Privacy policy review ... Companies such as Facebook and Google are cause for concern. Picture: AP Source: AP A TOP US regulator urged Congress Wednesday to enact an online privacy law that includes "do not track" mechanisms for consumers on the Internet, amid indications of a split among lawmakers. "Most consumers are entirely unaware of the vast amounts of data about them being sold and collected about them, both online and offline,'' Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz told a US Senate panel."People shouldn't be putting things in your computer without your consent,'' Leibowitz said, adding that