Kiwibox Gets Long-Planned Makeover by Magnitude

Teen social network Kiwibox is officially relaunching today -- the culmination of a project in the works since the service was purchased by Magnitude Information Systems one year ago. Kiwibox 2.0, as it's being branded, features a ... continue

Arzoola: A New Voice In Social Network Communication

A startup just launched over the weekend is giving an added voice to the world of social networking. Arzoola's Social Call lets you make and receive free VOIP-powered calls through social network-specific apps. What sets it apart ... continue

Bubble, or just the beginning of social networking?

Talk of there being a bubble in Web 2.0 is fairly widespread now. Years of growth, both in startups and investment have fulled the sector to some levels reminiscent of the first web boom. Arguably far too ... continue

Microsoft Announces Facebook Search/Advertising Deal

Microsoft has now officially announced a new search and advertising deal with Facebook. Senior VP Satya Nadella revealed the development at the company's annual financial meeting Thursday. Under the arrangement, first reported by Reuters, Microsoft will ... continue

MySpace Slipping In UK Traffic

Facebook is reaching new heights in the UK -- and that means MySpace is slipping. New analysis out from Hitwise today shows Facebook taking 45 percent of all social network traffic in the UK in June. Both ... continue

The New Facebook will actually come as a surprise

Before After The new version of Facebook is now avialable via www.new.facebook.com. My first impression: they've gone minimalist. It feels and is less cluttered. Applications are now available via a drop down menu, your general info items are down ... continue

Talkster Launches Calling Application on Facebook

Talkster, the communications provider to online communities, has released Talkster Phone Party for Facebook. The application allows Facebook users to make long distance, international, and group conference calls for free via their Facebook profiles. Once the Talkster Phone ... continue

Facebook iPhone App updated

The Facebook iPhone Application, which I noted a week ago was perhaps so good as to bring first adopters back to Facebook, has been updated. New features in Facebook for iPhone 1.1: users can now write on ... continue

Comcast Company Picks Up Chirp Interactive

Broadband video publisher thePlatform -- owned by Comcast since mid-2006 -- has purchased social media company Chirp Interactive. Chirp Interactive built applications for social networks, namely its Chirpscreen utility that functioned as an interactive screensaver with content from ... continue

iPhone Facebook App, enough to bring first adopters back?

Somewhere along the line this year I fell out of love with Facebook. FB Apps appeared like spam, Poker was still better on Pokerstars, zombies became so yesterday, and I stopped using it. It was only when ... continue

Facebook Falls On Its Face (Briefly)

Facebook hit a snag with a short-lived outage this morning. Users were unable to access the site because of an unspecified glitch at the social networking company. All functionability has now been restored, according to a Facebook ... continue

MySpace Set For Makeover

MySpace is getting a makeover next week. The site has announced it'll debut its updated design on Wednesday. The changes feature a more user-friendly profile editing tool, an HD-ready embeddable MySpaceTV player, and a revamped search process. ... continue