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The death of producer Phil Ramone today (March 30) has shaken the music industry. As the news of his loss broke, many musicians rushed to Twitter to express their thoughts on him.

If you've been on Facebook or Twitter today, you've undoubtedly noticed several people changing their profile picture to a red equal sign that is spreading rapidly around the web. What is this supposed to signify?

Chalk it up to what happens in  the digital age;  When Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI left the papacy today, folks wondered what would happen to the Vatican's official Twitter account. Now we know.

Stephen Colbert poked gentle fun at some classic rock bands on Twitter as an extension of a comedy bit on Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report' last night (Feb. 21). Def Leppard, Bad Company and Meat Loaf were among those satirized.

Things got weird in the burger wars yesterday when hackers broke into the Burger King Twitter page and started firing off pro-McDonald's tweets.

Mr. T is back with a new show on BBC Three, and because it's 2013 and all media must infiltrate all forms of social media, he is also now on Twitter. And he has a web series (see above) and an iPhone app. He's probably also desperately trying to accumulate as many Linked In connections as possible and feverishly posting selfies to Instagram...

Maybe you think you can just mess with Oprah on Twitter and get away with it. Maybe you think she's too busy/rich/famous to actually pay attention. Maybe you're wrong, jerk. Somebody tried to get sassy with Oprah by insulting her appearance on Twitter(on the day before her birthday nonetheless). Apparently they thought Oprah was going to let it slide. She did not. Here's what happened.

Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag

If the first picture she Tweeted at Christmas didn't do the trick, maybe Jessica Simpson figures a shot of her pregnant belly in a bikini will do better;  Simpson confirmed she's pregnant again - for a second time - with a second Tweet.  This time it's a self-shot of herself in a bikini.

While many have hoped that Lifetime's biopic about the elegant Elizabeth Taylor and the dashing Richard Burton may have helped bring Lindsay Lohan's career back, it turned out to be the one thing Lohan must've been dreading: a comedy fest for the audience. Now, for your viewing pleasure, we've compiled a list of the top ten best tweets about this unintentional comedic movie.

Legendary rocker Neil Young might not be the first guy you'd think of in terms of social media trendsetters, and with cheerful little ditties like 'The Needle and the Damage Done,' he might not make anyone's list of the funniest guys in the music business, either. But the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer proved to be both on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 24), when he took to Twitter for an hour-long online

The Minnesota Vikings face their biggest challenge of the young season when the San Francisco 49ers visit Mall of America Field for a NFC match-up that has the potential to have a lot of Viking fans speaking their minds on social media, and you'll be able to catch all the action right here.