Man Posts Baby Food Threat on YouTube, Pleads Guilty

In one of those stories that makes you question humanity, some guy in New York pleaded guilty to posting a video on YouTube in which he claimed responsibility for seeing that millions of jars of Gerber baby food were poisoned. This is one of those stories from the dark side of social media and online video.

Facebook Growing Fast In Germany, Italy

Central Europe loves Facebook.  Or parts of it do, anyway.  Although the social network didn't really start releasing versions in different languages until March of this year, new reports put Facebook's growth in two countries in the triple digits.

Google Aims to Ease Cloud User Experience

Google has redone the Google Docs Help Forum. It has added a few features to improve the ease with which users can obtain info, and increase the overall user experience. New features include:

Holiday Shoppers Searching For Free Shipping Deals

While online holiday shopping remains popular one of the key promotions retailers use to grab customers attention is free shipping.Hitwise has an interesting analysis of consumer searches for the term "free shipping" during this holiday season.

Facebook Offers A Look Into Usage Stats

Facebook has updated its user statistics, which show that its total number of users is up to 140 million. Half of them are outside of college (which is significant considering the network's roots), and the fastest growing demographic is 25 and older.