Facebook has lost millions of users, independent data suggests, as alternative social networks focus on those looking for new online playgrounds.
Ev Williams and Biz Stone have launched two new websites in what they hope will prompt an "evolutionary leap" in online sharing.
A whole lot — but what the internet giants do know hardly gives a true picture of who you are.
Twitter — boosted by DST Global’s $400-million investment — is worth double its December value, with its daily traffic tripling in a year.
Video game makers leave behind a year of slow sales in 2010, but are hopeful that a new generation of games will spur a return to growth in 2011.
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/ 23 December 2010
Forget about Twitter and Facebook. All you need is a phone and an app and you’re networked. <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> reports
Facebook, which has more than double the active users of Gmail, is taking Google’s email giant on at its own game.
From fake Facebook profiles to satirical Twitter accounts, local politicans are getting the satirical end of the social network schtick.
A few months ago, I signed up to Twitter, not entirely convinced of its difference to Facebook.I did it because it might be good for me as a writer.
Buying a fledgling social networking site is the quickest way for a giant corporation to gain credibility with a youthful audience.
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/ 10 February 2010
Whatever Google Buzz is, it’s certainly got people talking — but will they also be using the company’s new social networking features?
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/ 30 December 2009
Far from delivering a "wisdom of crowds", social networking sites have created only a deafening banality.
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/ 4 December 2008
Four years after YouTube was founded it is still some way short of making money for its owners.
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/ 16 October 2008
Own up, if — high up among your cellphone’s utilities — you treasure its status as a fashion accessory.
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/ 15 October 2008
Giles Morris gives the lowdown on how to network on the internet.
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/ 13 October 2008
MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics.
The debate surrounding African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has made its way on to online social network Facebook.
A recent survey reveals the students employers place on a university’s reputation, writes Primarashni Gower.
Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers.
When are online student comments about lecturers free expression, asks Kate Smith, and when are they harassment?