Stories by Zach Miners

File this one under oops -- Twitter may have inadvertently revealed, at an earlier point, its plans to go public on Nov. 15, according to a recent PrivCo report.

When's dinner? Just ask Google ... Maps.

Can't find an item in your grocery store? Some retailers want to help, but it could mean tracking your every move as you wander through the aisles.

Internet access can be expensive, especially in developing countries. Google is backing a new project that aims to change that.

How many eyes see a tweet about television? Nielsen wants to find out, and let marketers know so they can make more informed advertising decisions on Twitter.

Twitter doesn't seem to have a problem attracting users in international markets, but it definitely has problems making money off them.

Twitter has fewer users and less revenue than Facebook, but in mobile advertising Twitter appears to have dodged the problems that dragged down Facebook's stock after its public offering last year.

Ads are coming to Instagram in the next couple of months, the photo- and video-sharing app maker said Thursday.

Twitter has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering, revealing a fast-growing company but one that lost money in each of the past three years.

Snapchat is giving photos and videos captured with its app some longevity.

Google has acquired Flutter, a gesture recognition company whose technology lets people control music and movies on their desktop by waving their hands.

More hotels, shops and other businesses will soon be offering free Wi-Fi to customers if they agree in return to "check-in" at the business from their Facebook account.

The flood of stories on government spying will not be slowing soon -- in fact the majority of the most important documents detailing how the U.S. National Security Agency collects personal data have not been published yet, journalists from U.K. newspaper The Guardian said on Tuesday.

Facebook has started to include more types of content in Graph Search, a tool for searching what others have been posting about on the social network

Facebook wants to make its ads less annoying to users by only showing them what they want to see, even if it means a dip in ad exposure for some marketers.