Social networking can do plenty of things. This may be the first time, though, we’ve heard of it leading to the arrest of a suspected monkey thief.
Police in Pennsylvania had been looking for the guy since March. He’s accused of snatching two monkeys from the Wild World of Animals in the town of [...]

Blackberry users are getting two new services on their smartphones today.
TiVo has announced plans to let Blackberry users control their DVR recordings on-the-go with a new app on the way soon. The program will let you browse through program guides and schedule recordings right from the phone.
The other offering comes from MySpace, [...]

This post is a guest post by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, contributing editor at The Industry Standard.
With the rise of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn comes a rise in a market designed to “teach” companies how to leverage social media sites for business purposes. But aside from marketing initiatives, are these sites really valuable [...]

A Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a school principal’s lawsuit over a fake MySpace profile. The administrator sued a group of her own students who she says created the profile under her name to make fun of her. She had already disciplined them within the school and turned them over to police but [...]

I’m wondering how someone who can go n-u-t-s can also pass judgment so easily on other people, but then again, that’s the nature of the beast, isn’t it? Brooke recently took to her imaginary MySpace soapbox to call out Paris Hilton on her not-so-informed decisions:
“Only 54 percent of eligible American voters cast their ballots!!!!!! Half [...]

Burger King is serving up more than just burgers and fries these days. One location is serving up naked people in soapy sinks.
The fast food chain has fired a worker who bathed in a utility sink — and videotaped it — in Ohio. Here’s the most disturbing part, though: The sink is used [...]

Computer security researchers warned that social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers, AFP reports. The report added that hackers are taking advantage of people’s trust, especially with the open platform that social networks employ, a trend started by Facbook. With an open operating platform, outside developers can create their applications and feed it to the [...]

Ever wonder who’s on top when it comes to Web 2.0 services? Hitwise Intelligence has some answers.
The research company has released a list of the top 20 Web 2.0 sites based on U.S. visits in July. It used Wikipedia’s definition of a service designed “to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration [...]

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 new look along with expanded widget-enabled profiles and additional game options. The service also now offers a [...]

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 from other services is the fact that it lets you do so anonymously: Users give out their phone [...]

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 many companies are chasing the same market, and inevitably many will fail. And yet are we really in [...]

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 Bebo — now in second place, with 25 percent — and MySpace — in third, with just under [...]

New service BlingEasy seeks to take MySpace style bling layouts into 2.0 web services land with an easy to use Bling maker.
The free service allows users to upload a photo and (as the name suggests) add bling. Bling includes the most god awful items most sane people would never place on a photograph, but guess [...]