World Wildlife Fund, the Red Cross and UNICEF are among the first users of the new "Donate Now" button.

This gratitude project is simple, quick, creative and you probably have everything you need to participate in your pocket already.

The Obama administration is making Big Block of Cheese Day a reality. Fans of Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing” already know what it’s all about.

Comedians Tripp and Tyler have envisioned a funny — and much more accurate — Facebook movie of their own.

If Google is making users stupid, then social networks like Facebook may be making people seem smart without actually being so.

With a donation of $970 million, the Facebook co-founder has become the country's top philanthropist for 2013.

The boy who eats lunch alone in the school office everyday because no one will sit with him now has more than 1.2 million likes on his Facebook birthday page.

A random YouTube video leads to the reunion of two sisters who grew up 5,000 miles apart.

Facebook tops the list of the country's best companies for internships.

Watch how one man's donation contributed to surgery that enabled 3-year-old Congo native Loic Mbeze to walk.

According to some experts, the ubiquitous BFF self-portraits may be responsible for a significant increase in head lice.

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company that manufactures ultra-lightweight, solar-powered planes.

Feeling down? Happy? Angry? No matter how you're feeling, you can now blame it on your friends' most recent Facebook posts.

The social network's acquisition of the makers of the Oculus Rift headset promises to change the way we experience online media.

General Mills scraps new legal terms that served to waive the rights of Facebook fans and coupon users to sue the company.

Years of futile searching didn't work, but a single Facebook plea connects the two women in less than 24 hours.

Back in 1971, Jane Goodall observed a group of chimps break out in civil war. Now new social network analysis offers an explanation for this violent behavior.

New research finds some surprising reasons that people air all of that drama on Facebook.

For every cat photo or video you post on social media using the #MyGreatCat hashtag, Purina Pro Plan will donate a pound of food to feline rescue groups.

Many of the social media network's users were outraged to learn they could've been unwitting participants in the study.

The Internet and social media are changing how we think about privacy. When it comes to regulation, Europe and America have very different approaches.

The '99 Days of Freedom' project has launched an experiment promoting happiness by helping users give up the social networking site.

I caved and took the foodie quiz. Good news: I get to keep my job.

Family, friends, and Facebook join in the efforts to remember Kristina Chesterman by making her biggest dreams come true.

A Facebook meme and the resurgence of indie bookstores show that books are still important in our culture.

If there was an 'unlike' button for renovation projects, the 30-year-old social media tycoon would have earned himself more than a few thumbs down.

One Australian is on a mission to have coffee, one-on-one, with each of his 1,088 Facebook friends. The question is, would you want to do that?

We know photos in magazine ads and TV commercials are altered, but are you aware of the Photoshopping on your friends' selfies?

The idea grew out of disaster message boards that sprung up on Facebook after Japan's most recent natural disaster.

The number of updates you make a day, how often you use the 'like' button and even your photo album organization can tell your Facebook friends a lot about you.

A new toy line that lets babies post their images to the Web raises an interesting question.

The Facebook founder has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015.

Have you noticed a plethora of puppies on your Facebook page? This is why people are posting them.

New research shows that just clicking the 'like' button reveals more about us than we realize.

The social media giant has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help get out the word when kids are in danger.

Need to get friends and family off your back? There's an app for that.

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible.

Sometimes a Facebook post or a tweet can make all the difference for a shelter dog.

More than half of moms and one-third of dads surveyed admit to sharing — and oversharing — info about their kids on the Internet.

If you see this tagline on your teen's social media pages, here's what's going on.

Thanks to the power of social media, Chester the pit bull spent his first Easter with his new family.

Many people today get their news via Facebook, but most probably give little thought to how the social media network filters the stories they see.

These cute canines are so popular that they're giving all those Internet-famous cats a run for their kibble.

Pancake was born with a skeletal deformity and has to rely on only her back legs, but it sure hasn't slowed her down.

Organizers are planning a huge event to celebrate the joy of 'ginger pride.'

Mom posts open invite on Facebook and receives a 'Reddit hug' from the online community.

It's rare, but it's real. Here's how to keep it from happening to you.

Man's Facebook plea goes viral as people from around the globe help stock boy's shelves.

The huge 'magnificent sundew' was unknown to science until a scientist stumbled across its photo on Facebook.

When you share a rescue organization's posts or comment on them, it may not always be what's best for the shelter.