It’s not such a surprise that Margaret Thatcher turns up in the chapter on success, likability and women leaders in Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, “Lean In,” is it? During her tenure as Great Britain’s so-far only female prime minister, Thatcher, who died April 8, was reviled by detractors — and she had an abundance of [...]

By J.T. Rushing, correspondent  WASHINGTON — For Sen. Chuck Grassley, it’s a habit. For Sen. Tom Harkin, it’s a pain in the neck. Rep. Bruce Braley uses it as a tool, and Rep. Dave Loebsack is just starting to use it at all. Social media websites like Twitter and Facebook are many things to Eastern [...]

Netflix is adding a feature that will allow the Internet video service’s 27 million subscribers in the U.S. to automatically swap movie and TV show recommendations with their social circles on Facebook. The sharing tool announced Wednesday is rolling out 18 months after Netflix Inc. introduced the feature to its 6 million international subscribers. Netflix [...]

A former University of Iowa student, convicted in a 2010 sexual assault near the Pentacrest after his victim identified him on Facebook, was sentenced Friday morning to up to 10 years in prison. Evan Michael Pfeifer, 20, of Lake Barrington, Ill., also will have to register as a sex offender after he’s released from prison, [...]

She has skyward of 1,000 “friends” on Facebook. Which means when the Cedar Rapids-based marketing agency chief commented on the social media site earlier this year about witnessing what appeared to be a “very drunk” restaurant operator — she wasn’t certain if he was the owner or manager — accosting the band, lots of folk [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing service now owned by Facebook, said Tuesday that it will remove language from its new terms of service suggesting that users’ photos could appear in advertisements. The language in question had appeared in updated policies announced Monday and scheduled to take effect Jan. 16. After an [...]

  Kristie Groff used to check the weather when she woke up in the morning. Then she bought a Smartphone. “I’d scroll through Facebook and twitter before I got out of bed,” Groff says. The Iowa City parent of two thought nothing of this new habit, until it started infringing on her family. “We were [...]

Facebook has a dirty secret. You know that brand page you have where you’re hoping to attract some of Facebook’s 900 million users? You know, the one you put all of your blood, sweat and tears into posting engaging content and useful information? The secret, which Facebook released earlier this year, is that most users [...]

CLINTON, Tenn. (AP) – Could be Lowell Turpin would know Mitt Romney by sight – now. A Tennessee sheriff deputy’s report said the 40-year-old Turpin was clueless on July 22 when he became angry after seeing a photo of a man he didn’t recognize on his girlfriend’s Facebook page. It was the Republican presidential contender. [...]