A new book, "Like: The Button That Changed The World," delves into the convoluted story behind the symbol.

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned ...

The digital like gesture came on the scene around 2000 when early web 2.0 pioneers - including Everything2, HotOrNot and Xanga - were building a variety of rudimentary feedback tools. These weren ...

Others that contributed to the pool of helpful ideas included the pioneering news service Digg, the blogging platform Xanga, YouTube and another early video site, Vimeo. Facebook unquestionably ...

The instinct to ‘like’ is not at all new. Y ou have probably not given a moment to thinking about the origin and impact of ...