Twitter's new April Fools' service will help users having difficulty keeping their tweets to the 140-character limit imposed by the social network, as vowels are being removed except for a premium. More...
A new update Facebook is rolling out to its pages allows administrators to turn on replies, allowing them to reply directly to users commenting on their pages. The feature will be mandatory July 10. More...
Facebook is working to incorporate hashtag functionality into its own service. Those familiar with the matter are unaware of how long exactly the Palo Alto-based have been building the functionality. More...
Some massive figures have arrived from the folks in Palo Alto, with a huge number of interactions recorded by the service's Open Graph API, responsible for hooking in with different apps on the site. More...
Facebook has been sued over its famous "like" button by a patent-holding company that claims it hold two patents that were first created by a a now dead Dutch programmer. More...
Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme. More...
Instagram has announced a new web-based newsfeed that will allow users to view recent photo uploads, similar to the social network's mobile app, although photos can't be uploaded via the website. More...
Theories have appeared, with one being that Facebook's Poke app is a direct result of a failed buyout. Potentially supporting a bruised ego, Poke might just be a challenge to Snapchat's niche. More...
Microsoft's Bing team has tweaked the design of social results today, changing from the blue sidebar that was separate from the main search results pane that has existed since the feature launched. More...
Twitter is pulling out all of the stops to ensure third-party apps aren't integrated with it, and as of today, Instagram embedding will not work with tweets. More...
Bradley Horowitz has openly stated that he feels Facebook is "pissing off users" by spamming advertizements on people's personal feeds. He insists that Google is handling advertizements a lot better. More...
Google has implemented its Google Plus social network into the Google Play store in hopes of allowing application reviews on the store to become more reliable and accurate. More...
Google is now allowing Google+ users to install Android applications directly from Google+ streams in a clear effort to drive sales. When clicked a user will be prompted to buy or install an app. More...
Employment isn't always easy to find, but Facebook is trying to change that. The giant social network has partnered with numerous entities to bring the hunt to the News Feed. More...
Facebook has began to delete fake accounts that have inflated Fan page numbers as it implements site integrity improvements that it announced last month. Many are seeing drops of tens of thousands. More...
The new social network (or “utility”) will not be free, but it will take good care of its users' data. And “app” developers, hopefully lots of app developers. More...
Google's product team remains committed to adding new features to the service, including custom URLs to help denote an official or famous account as necessary. More...
Instagram may be celebrating that its userbase has just reached 80 million, but one of its friend finding features has just been removed from the service thanks to Twitter's new API regulations. More...
A growing number of users are growing unsatisfied with Facebook, so we compare other social networking features and aesthetics to justify exactly why this discontent is happening all of a sudden. More...
Digsby provides you with IM, email and Social networks in one easy to use application. Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. More...
Twitter announced a number of new or improved features for searching its site and smartphone applications today, including autocomplete, spelling corrections, related searches and more. More...
Social networks can be a wonderful thing as proven by a concerned citizen who was unable to collar a stray dog that had a jar stuck on its head, so turned to Facebook with a photo and a call for help. More...
Facebook seems to be trying to conquer all aspects of the computing world as of late, and a new rumor suggests that Facebook's rumored phone will feature Linux and will use Opera for web browsing. More...
Facebook's support for Google Chrome has been dropped in-order to support the Opera web browser which suggests the rumors behind Opera's acquisition by Facebook may be true. More...
Information on Facebook is personal and should not be shared - especially when you're showing off a large sum of money on a site where your home address is visible, as a young girl found out recently. More...
Google has announced that its further integrated Google+ and Gmail, allowing users to interact with their Google+ account e-mails directly from their Gmail account. More...
After usage slowed slightly in March, Pinterest has begun to lose users during April. The decline in users is large, as a third-party monitor observes. More...
MetroTwit is an easy to use Twitter client that features an interface inspired by the Windows 8 Metro style. If you're a Twitter power user, then MetroTwit could be worth checking out. More...
There's a war waging on between iPhone users and Android users regarding the availability of the service to both platforms, but why should that matter? Aren't we all just sharing photos? More...
A US Marine Corps review board suggests the dishonorable discharge of a Marine who ridiculed President Obama on Facebook, and stated that he would refuse to follow his commander-in-chief's orders. More...
A rising star in social media, Pinterest, has become the third most popular social network in the United States, after Facebook and Twitter. More...
Reports suggest that a large number of Indian people continue to use email over social networking, despite the rapid growth of networks such as Facebook and Twitter. More...
Findings indicate that Facebook's more active users are more likely to exhibit narcissistic tendencies due to their larger audience. More...
Digsby provides you with IM, email and Social networks in one easy to use application. Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. More...
Facebook has been discovered to hold an empty office in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, sparking discussion about whether the company is using it to avoid taxation. More...
One of the "one of the worst deals ever made in the dotcom era" disappeared off the internet today, making no noise and giving no warning that it was going. It appears it's permanent. More...
Britney Spears has been included in more than one million circles on Google+ signaling it may be about time for Google+ to reach a critical mass, if the trend Twitter set years ago is to be followed. More...
A massive list of what Apple allows its employees to do and to not do in regards to leaking information, writing on social networks, speculating on rumors and more has, ironically, been leaked. More...
It appears Facebook doesn't want you to ever be offline, with the company taking the wraps off a limited pilot of a new product that lets you chat from your desktop, as well as receive alerts. More...
One of the four people responsible for founding Diaspora, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, has been reported to have passed away aged only 22. More...
After a controversial switch to a new layout for the Facebook news feed, the company has changed its position. Users now have the choice to either clump together top stories or read stories in order. More...
Facebook has revealed in a document sent to developers that the company is working on giving users the ability to post directly to Twitter. The feature has no set launch date. More...
Facebook launched a new sidebar application called "Ticker" which showed your friends activity, but it was removed hours later. More...
Google has decided to shut down its Slide division after it bought the social apps company in 2010 for $200 million. Slide's founder, Max Levchin, will also leave Google. More...
Google has cause a recent stir by suspending the profiles of users who refrained from using their real name on their Google+ accounts. While Google hasn’t fully given a reason as to why they were... More...
An unusually substantial amount of Google+ accounts have either been suspended or deleted in the past 24 hours, with talk from users suggesting Google is going tough on those not using their real name. The... More...
Five years ago today, a new web site opened up for the first time today to the general public. It was called at Twttr and at the time it didn't get a lot of attention.... More...
Google is moving swiftly with its brand new social network that launched last week, and is pushing a large list of changes and improvements over the next week as an ongoing effort to improve the... More...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today that Facebook has gained its 750,000,000th member. He also stated that the number is 'growing exponentially', and that it could pass one billion soon. The service famously reached 500,000,000... More...
Some have previously questioned as to how Twitter gain enough revenue to stay afloat despite the 300 million registered users on their site. It appears though, that they're planning on making more money soon by... More...