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Advancing tech is adding dimensions to video games and other entertainment – so much so it might soon help users feel the ping of a digital gunshot.

The mobile food ordering app cooked up a solid debut with shares opening nearly 54% above the IPO price of $26.

Six days after banning Twitter, Turkey's prime minister moved to block Google’s YouTube. 

With Twitter usage booming after Turkey's prime minister "banned" the site, social media's powerful role in political revolutions has been highlighted, now more than ever. 

Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly exploring a $60 million acquisition of startup Titan Aerospace, which makes near-orbital drones. 

Temperatures are cold in most of the country, but the tech sector is heating things up with a slew of earnings reports, IPO filings and one big very big acquisition.

Yelp is reportedly partnering with Yahoo to bring its local business listings and reviews to the search engine. 

Heading into its four-year birthday, the digital pin board Pinterest is finally on track to give behemoth Facebook a run for its money.

Do any tech companies know the difference between PR hype and PR savvy? Let’s find out.  

Snapchat reportedly turned down a $3B or more cash offer from Facebook, as the founder and CEO intends to hold off on a deal until at least 2014.

The micro-blogging site upped its planned IPO price to a range of $23 to $25, according to a regulatory filing. 

LinkedIn logged a stronger-than-expected adjusted-profit and a 56% surge in revenue on Tuesday on increased membership and user engagement.

The test run featured hundreds of thousands of orders and was aimed at helping NYSE avoid the glitches that plagued Facebook's IPO. 

Pinterest won a $225 million round of equity funding that values the virtual scrapbooking website at $3.8 billion. 

Yahoo posted adjusted 3Q profits of 34 cents a share, beating expectations by a penny. Shares jumped 3% in extended trading.      

The smartphone maker is reportedly weighing a spinoff of its BlackBerry Messenger service into a standalone entity.

More than 40% of Americans are signing on to the world’s largest social network every day from their desktop, while 32% access it from their mobile devices.

The social networking leader's acquisition highlights recent efforts to improve on the mobile front.

LinkedIn posted adjusted 2Q profits of 38 cents a share, beating estimates by seven cents, but the 3Q sales forecast came in shy of estimates.  

Facebook experienced its largest-ever rally on the heels of stronger-than-expected earnings and is climbing toward its May 2012 IPO price on volume not seen since its market debut.