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Tinder wants to shut down three-way dating app 3nder

The name, says Tinder, is pronounced too much like its own.

A group of ex-Reddit employees are launching their own safer, tamer Reddit

Their partners include Dan Harmon and Lena Dunham.

Facebook tells conservatives it may revamp its approach to Trending Topics

The Daily Signal suggests a list of news sites to include among those Facebook scours for trends.

Mossberg: On social media, brands are everywhere

But is Tide really your friend?

One year later, Facebook HQ is still ready for its close-up

The social media mammoth sets the bar impossibly, beautifully high.

Periscope broadcasts will soon live on forever — here's why that's smart

Periscope is learning what Snapchat has already discovered: A lot of times, people don't want their content to disappear.

MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey says online communities chasing page views are inviting 'mob rule'

From a great interview about startup failure.

Scott McNealy is stepping down from the CEO job you didn't know he had

The former Sun Microsystems chief has been quietly running a Colorado-based social marketing company.

Donald Trump hints that Ted Cruz's father had some connection to the JFK assassination. Cruz calls BS.

Trump cites disputed National Enquirer report, alleging ties to Lee Harvey Oswald.

TFW you realize the robot you trained is going to take your job

"I trained Facebook's robot writers and I didn't even get a lousy T-shirt."

Adobe is buying Livefyre so brands can have more free content

The reason for the deal is the same reason a lot of stuff happens on the Internet: Content.

Instagram is selling a new type of video ad

Instagram has been pushing users to create more videos. Now it's pushing advertisers to create more video ads.

Donald Trump raised $2.4 million for Hillary Clinton

Trump's knock -- that Hillary Clinton was playing the "woman card" to win the White House -- backfired.

Meet the San Francisco team behind Bernie Sanders's killer organizing app

The Hustle app helped the Sanders campaign reach volunteers via text message.

Oh snap! Hillary Clinton hits Donald Trump with a string of 'face swaps.'

The Democratic candidate used Snapchat to mock Trump's claims that he can act more "presidential."

Snapchat will show you Olympics highlights. What about Facebook and Twitter?

NBC is in talks with both Facebook and Twitter to strike similar deals to what it inked with Snapchat.

Why is Facebook doing so well?

And where does it go from here?

Reddit’s plan to become a real business could fall apart pretty easily

The social news service isn't on sure footing. Yet.

GoFundMe will match education donations to salute teachers

The crowdfunding initiative coincides with Teacher Appreciation Week

LinkedIn shares soar after big Q1 beat

Revenue, earnings, membership all higher than expected.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone relaunched his Q&A app Jelly

"If this doesn’t work, then we’re screwed."

Facebook pulls a Google, will split stock so Mark Zuckerberg can keep control

Facebook will soon implement a new class of non-voting shares.

Facebook mobile ads now make up 79 percent of its business

Facebook is more mobile than ever. Again.

Twitter tries explaining its revenue problems to Wall Street

Join us for our Twitter earnings liveblog.

Now Twitter has revenue problems, and its stock is tanking

Twitter added more users but it missed Wall Street's revenue estimates.

Here are the things you probably won't hear on Facebook's earnings call

It'll be more of the same -- and less of this.

As pro-Bernie Facebook groups go offline, conspiracy theories abound

A non-partisan glitch temporarily disabled pro-Sanders groups on Facebook.

Has Twitter's growth peaked?

Twitter reports Q1 earnings on Tuesday.

Someone built chatbots that talk like the characters from HBO's 'Silicon Valley'

Long live Pied Piper.

Pro-Hillary Super PAC goes after online trolls

Yes, BernieBros, we mean you.

Magnises wants to create your social network -- offline

The lifestyle startup is targeting millennials and brands, wallets and insecurities.

Twitter helped make Trump -- should it try to break him?

With great power comes great responsibility.