Yahoo 360 social networking site will be officially closed down on July 13, Yahoo Inc. officials said in a statement. With this delay, the Technology giant expects that all users will transfer to its new Yahoo Profiles service.
Yahoo said the decision is to focus more on Yahoo Profiles service, launched in October 2008, which has [...]
A 47-year-old fugitive who has inspired fans in the popular social networking site was finally arrested on Wednesday after eluding authorities for 105 days.
The “Facebook” fugitive identified as William Stewart was caught by responding policemen in the rural area of Canterbury, South Island of New Zealand, after being spotted by a local farmer while trying [...]
With the unprecedented popularity of social networking sites, the Catholic Church has started using Facebook which is one of the most popular Internet properties in the world that a recent study revealed that this is even more widely-used than email sites.
According to reports, the Vatican City, which is the central authority of Roman Catholic Church, [...]
A high-ranking Indonesian Islamic cleric over the weekend warned fellow Muslims from the indiscriminate use of social networking sites, saying that use of websites like Facebook often lead obscene actions and other un-Islamic practices.
In a statement issued on Friday, cleric’s spokesperson Abdul Muid Sholid said that popular social networking sites represent everything against their religion, [...]
Facebook officials said the largest online social networking website is in no urgent need for other capital sponsorship, although expressing hopes that the company will eventually make its initial public offering in the near future.
In his speech during the Reuters Global Technology Summit, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social networking platform [...]
Popular social networking site Facebook on Friday reported it has been attacked by massive “phishing” but allayed concerns by saying it has already blocked the malicious links to dummy websites which aimed to steal online accounts.
However, Facebook Spokesperson Barry Schnitt said that the company is still verifying the exact number of users who have been [...]
Despite earlier pronouncements that it will only ban Holocaust denial in countries such as Germany and Israel, where it is considered as a criminal offense, popular social networking platform Facebook has removed two sites that instigated the denial of the horrific event in history.
In a statement issued on Monday, Facebook Spokesperson Barry Schnitt said that [...]
With the growing popularity of social networking sites, experts warn that these Internet properties lack privacy which makes users prone to identity thieves, fraudsters, spammers, and all kinds of online threats.
SelectMinds, a social networking solution provider, said that executives and IT departments should be aware of the danger, risk, and misuse of social platforms within [...]
While MySpace remains the largest social platforms in the US, its number of users declined by 4 percent to 70.2 million in March compared to its rival Facebook which rose by 72 percent to 61.2 million, according to online research group comScore.
In terms of global users, Facebook has 200 million active members, beating MySpace with [...]
Social networking and web-sharing websites have changed the face of Internet industry and the way people communicate to others, according to research firm Nielsen Co.
A Nielsen official said that online media continues to innovate itself while providing more interactive tools to people, making this communication media an integral part of consumers’ lives.
The research firm official [...]
