Simon grew into a powerful category four hurricane as it swirled off Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening resorts barely recovering from a recent storm.
Google employees are hoping an innovative new phone application will trigger a renaissance in an increasingly unfashionable method of human communication: talking.
Brazil's presidential elections are likely to be the closest in a generation, but polls suggest leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff will secure a second term after a run-off.
Narcissism, isolation, control freakery: the deep impact of the Internet and social networks on our modern lives is coming under the spotlight in a new TV show.
Thousand mosquitos immunized against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attempt to curb the spread of the tropical sickness.
Facebook tightened the reins on its research methods in the wake of an outcry by members who felt manipulated by a secret study into how posts affect moods.
Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment released a "Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor" video game that plays out between "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."