SOCIAL NETWORKS

Classifieds site Craigslist has been linked with 330 crimes, 12 murders and 105 robberies or assaults in the United States last year due to anonymous interactions on the site, says a new study.

Cupertino-based Digi-Q Inc. has created a new Android app - dubbed Unfriend Watch - that notifies you when you've been unfriended on Facebook.

With upgrades to their respective search functionalities, Microsoft and Google are placing Facebook at the center of the search engine competition.

Over 17 leading galleries and museums across the world have come together to be part of Internet giant Google Inc.'s latest online venture called Art Project.

The 'Provisions on News Information Services', which was issued in 2005, states that the purpose of news websites is not to inform the public of the facts, but instead to “serve socialism” and to “safeguard the nation’s interests and the public interest.”

Anti-government protests inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt are gaining pace around the Middle East and North Africa despite political and economic concessions by nervous governments.

Digital security company Gemalto NV has developed an application that embeds Facebook on SIM cards, letting GSM phone users stay connected on the social networking site even if without data plans.

Smartphone maker HTC has rolled out two new phones - HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa - with a dedicated Facebook button for one-touch access to the key functions of the social networking service.

Micro blogging giant Twitter is said to have held low level acquisition talks with Google Inc. and Facebook.

Is our iPhone data safe? This is the ultimate question to be answered when an iPhone or iPad or for that matter any smartphones or tablets are lost, especially when it contains our critical data like passwords.

Robert Goldberg, head of Zynga Game Network Inc., feels that it might be very difficult for Facebook to overtake Mixi in the country.

The media artists, Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovico, say they used customized software to take Facebook data and eventually create a dating website.

Egypt is becoming a test case for the Internet going dark, with only one of its main service providers operating. But the lack of communications isn't stopping the protests.

Figures show how deep the malaise is.

It's application spam time again on Facebook, as the latest 'how many views' app is taking over many users profile.

List of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 introduced in 2010 and coming out in 2011, a special look

Facebook, twitter, iPhone, smart phone, travel apps, mobile phones with GPS and in-built camera, and more are supposedly the new arms of today’s travelers around the world.

Pro-democracy leader in Myanmar granted Internet access two months after her release from house arrest

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim are investing $8 mln in Series A funding into Qwiki, a startup pioneering the information experience via on-the-fly transformation of data into rich media narratives

Facebook's global reach has been the envy of many companies, as about 70 percent of its 500 million users are from outside US and now Facebook has launched an app for feature phones to further bolster its march.

Sophos reported that cyber attacks on social networking sites nearly doubled in 2010, a clear sign that the threat continues to grow at an alarming rate. A study by the IT security and control firm reveals dramatic increase in malware, phishing and spam through social networks, most prominently Facebook.