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2012 was Google+'s first full year in operation, so what did Google's young social network achieve in the past year? How many active users does Google+ have and how are they using it?

Twitter has released its review of 2012, showing the most popular and important tweets of an eventful year for the social network.

Facebook has revealed its year end review of the most mentioned topics on the site as well as an application that allows you to create your own timeline review of 2012.

Google has revealed what we searched for in 2012, in its annual Search Zeitgeist report. From Martian rovers to a man jumping from space, this was 2012 in search terms.

Ahead of Google's global Search Zeitgeist for 2012 it has released the most searched for terms in Ireland. Apart from sport, we've been searching for love.

After 16 days and 150 million tweets, the London 2012 Olympics have come to a close. As witnessed by so many other major world events, huge conversation and debate happened on Twitter. We take a look at some of the numbers.

UK retailers report that games sales hit their lowest levels since records began - is the Olympics to blame or are other factors at play?

Similar to its showcase of The White House three months ago, the British Prime Minister's Office at Number 10 Downing Street is now available to view on Google Street View.

Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and the games are well underway, Twitter UK published a great statistic from Friday night - the opening ceremony was mentioned 9.66 million times on Twitter worldwide.

With social established, many sites and networks are now turning their attention to discovery, according to interviewees at the LeWeb conference in London.

The BBC launches its iPlayer multiplatform trailer ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Tracking the Olympics and Euro 2012 on Google - the busy summer ahead for digital sports fans.

With less than two months to go to London 2012, two Australian Olympic swimmers are in trouble over stuff they've posted on Facebook.