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Millions march against GM crops

Organisers celebrate huge global turnout and say they will continue until Monsanto and other GM manufacturers listen

Organisers say that two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the US and in more than 50 other countries on Saturday.

How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart

Private shuttles taking workers to and from Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in San Francisco are becoming symbols for alienation and division as residents struggle with crowded municipal bus services and poor facilities

Every morning and every evening the fleet glides t

Google Buzz Is About to Finally Buzz Off

More than 18 months after announcing that it was shutting down Google Buzz, Google is taking the final steps in snuffing out the platform.

How the Facebook Developer Platform Has Changed How We Use the Web

To say the Facebook Developer Platform changed the web as we know it would be a dramatic understatement. Originally launching in 2007 as a tool for developers to build apps for the social network, six years later it has evolved into a whole lot more.

Facebook pitches to UK firms for adverts

Facebook is courting major British companies such as Barclays and Tesco in an attempt to convince them that social networking can boost their brand in the same way as television advertising.

Six Months Developing Software For Wearable Computing

An anonymous reader writes "Twilio's Jon Gottfried has written an article about the lessons he's learned after six months of developing software for Google Glass. He has some insightful points: 'I expected it to be very similar to building mobile applications for Android.

Yahoo buys social gaming software company PlayerScale

While Yahoo was in the news recently for its acquisition of Tumblr, it was also busy buying up another company this week: PlayerScale. PlayerScale's CEO Jesper Jensen announced the company's acquisition on its official site.

Photos: Throughout Latin America, protests demand justice for Guatemala after genocide trialoverturned

Protesters in Guatemala and other Latin American countries gathered on Friday to denounce the Guatemalan Constitutional Court's recent decision to overturn the genocide trial and guilty verdict of Ríos Montt. About 1,500 people, mostly indigenous Maya from Guatemala, gathered in Guatemala City.

The nature of fame: the Lady Gaga professor who became a global star

Academic Mathieu Deflem examines his own experiences of becoming a celebrity for teaching a course on celebrity

Professor Mathieu Deflem finally realised that something truly strange had happened to him when people started asking him for his autograph.

Gillmor Gang: Parlor Games & Metaphones

The Gillmor Gang Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor neatly sidestepped the Yahoo Tumblr acquisition and segued into the wonderful world of messaging.