SOCIAL NETWORKS

Google's newest foray into social networking is Google+, which uses group exclusivity as its selling point.

The European Travel Commission announced on June 20 the launch of their new social media contest entitled, I Wish I Were There.

The global search giant has said that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will review its business practices and promises to co-operate with the probe.

Google said on Saturday, that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun a review of its business practices.

Nokia has launched its Nokia N9 smartphone which will take you to the home page with a swipe on the edge of its completely flat screen interface.

Just because Apple couldn't cozy up to Facebook last year doesn't mean that they have no back-up plan for their social network venture. Apple applied for a new patent for what some are calling iDating or iDate.

In modern times, having a mistress is not uncommon anymore. However, a video, which shows a Chinese bride engaged in a fight with a man, went viral on the Internet because the man in question was the gay lover of her bridegroom.

In modern times, having a mistress is not uncommon anymore. However, a video, which shows a Chinese bride engaged in a fight with a man, went viral on the Internet because the man in question was the gay lover of her bridegroom.

The Palo Alto, California-based social network's growth is slowing and it suffered major traffic drops in the United States and Canada last month, said Inside Facebook, which closely tracks Facebook's developments and trends.

Membership for Facebook drops in the U.S., while it grows in markets like Mexico and India.

Liz Henry a blogging veteran who says she has uncovered several sockpuppets like Tom MacMaster's in her career, was instrumental in uncovering the Amina hoax and quite possibly pushing MacMaster to post an apology to the people Amina's words effected.

Twitter's iOS 5 win may suggest its victory over Facebook in their competition to reign over social networks. Apple announced its partnership with Twitter, deeply integrating the social network into iOS 5 in its fall debut.

A draconian order that requires all .kz domain names, such as google.kz, to operate on physical servers within the borders of Kazakhstan was issued last month by the country's Ministry of Communications and Information.

French TV and radio Stations will be violating French law by telling people to follow them on Twitter or Facebook, media regulators say.

After days of denials, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY on Monday admitted to sending a bulging underpants crotch photo to a Seattle woman and personal photos to six women in total, prompting House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA to call for an ethics investigation to determine if official resources were used.

French government on Monday said that it will enforce a law that will ban the use of the words ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’ on television and radio programs, the Daily Mail reported.

Congressman Anthony Weiner went silent on Thursday after saying a day earlier he could not say with certitude if the crotch image tweeted from his Twitter account to a young woman last week was his own. He did admit there was a chance that the lewd photo showed his private parts though. The following are samples of some hilarious Anthony Weiner jokes spreading on Twitter, the networking site where he has apparently tied himself up in inner wear fabric.

Viadeo, the world's second-biggest online networking site for professionals behind LinkedIn, plans to double its users in Africa within a year, its chief operating officer for the continent said on Tuesday.

With the expanding list of social networks and new competitors, it is hard not to know about Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. According to Experian Hitwise and SocialBaker statistics, Facebook has over 50% of the social media market. The rest is split up among other major sites, mostly Youtube, MySpace, Yahoo, and Twitter. Though it seems that everyone has flocked to these sites, there are still an number of international social networks that you may not have known about which captures a larg...

In a country where being connected is seen as crucial, Ushi, China's answer to LinkedIn, expects explosive growth over the next few years in the world's largest Internet market.

The Google Inc., and Facebook were unsuccessful to win dismissal of a lawsuit by a New York company over a software that was designed to allow people access social networks through their mobile devices.