If to go as per the rumors, then it has been found that Twitter, a micro-blogging website, is going to launch a novel music service. It has been said so as Twitter has bought `We Are Hunted', music discovery site.

Twitter, the famous micro blogging website, has recently introduced a new app, which is meant reportedly for Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT operating systems of Microsoft.

It has been told that along with the features like Connect, Discover, Home, Me tabs, which are familiar to all, the new app's new functionality would take advantage of unique Windows 8 features.

Federal Trade Commission has tightened the rules for advertising and marketing through social media sites. New advertising guidelines have been published to ensure that companies should give full disclosure of attention grabbing and attractive ads on Twitter and other social media sites.

A study conducted by researchers at the Carnegie-Mellon University into earlier design changes by Facebook has uncovered that the changes had pushed users to share additional information than what they actually wanted to.

According to seven-year study from Carnegie Mellon University, it has been discovered that the Fcaebook users have not been wise in dealing with their posts.

This may not happen with 99.9% users of the social networking website Facebook. However, a recent news report showed that a Facebook user had to lie about her actual age since Facebook didn’t allow entering age beyond 99. Maguerite Joseph is noted to be quite active for last few years, but was up for a brief shock when she got to know that she can’t enter her real age.

Facebook is known as one of the most popular networking sites, many believe it is by far the largest social network around.

Same is the result of the survey that was recently performed by Pew Research Center. In their survey, the professionals looked at late 2012 data for the social networking landscape and as was expected, Facebook stood at the first position.

It has happened from last month only that Facebook has started charging $1 fee from people, who want to send a message to others, whom they do not know. Otherwise, Facebook used to provide poking and messaging service free of cost.

In recent news, a youngster who posted something like "Drivin drunk ... classsic ;) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P" on his facebook is in police custody now.

2012 is heading towards its end and so this news brings the five biggest stories of 2012 on Twitter, which proves it to be forming an integral part of everyone's everyday life.

In 2012, micro-blogging service became truly mainstream because: