Reports out of Algeria say the North African country has shut down Internet access and eliminated Facebook accounts as pro-democracy protesters seek to topple the government much as Egyptians did in their nation this week.
According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released this week, 70 percent of Facebook members are "somewhat" or "very concerned" about their privacy. Take into account the site's <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/508121/Facebook_Bible_Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_Facebook?page=3">past privacy flubs</a> and it's easy to see why: a <a href="http://advice.cio.com/kristin_burnham/13740/how_to_handle_newest_facebook_privacy_breach_relax">privacy breach</a>, prevalent <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/507502">"scammy" apps</a> and <a href="http://advice.cio.com/kristin_burnham/10398/facebook_privacy_flap_it_takes_two_to_make_this_right">constant change</a> keep Facebook users on their toes.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears to be the second high-profile victim of a hacking attack on his own Facebook page, following a similar account takeover early this week targeting French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
MySpace is laying off 500 employees, or about 47 per cent of its global staff, as part of a restructuring by the once-leading, now struggling social-networking site.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was one of 17 billionaires this week to pledge donating more than half of their wealth to charitable organizations.
Some of the developers behind Google Wave have submitted <a href="http://www.waveprotocol.org/">their software</a> to the Apache Software Foundation for inclusion.
Facebook's widely anticipated announcement might have come as a surprise to some. It didn't, after all, announce a new email service as many people had speculated. Not really, anyway.
Facebook unveiled a " social inbox"-a space that will serve as a hub for all communications people use online or via mobile phones, ranging from text messages and chat messages to, yes, email messages, too.
Yammer, which launched two years ago as a Twitter clone for the enterprise, is now revamping itself with a new platform that looks almost exactly like Facebook.
Facebook said on Monday it is not building a mobile phone, dismissing a TechCrunch story that it is working on software for a device from a hardware manufacturer.
Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.
Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.
After news hit this week that Facebook developers are furiously trying to fix a bug that lets spammers harvest users' names and photos, the issue of online safety has reared its ugly head again.
Twitter has introduced another advertising service, hoping to generate revenue this time by promoting special offers, events and one-time deals from marketers.
Microsoft is launching a new social search page that displays results from Facebook and Twitter, an executive announced on Wednesday at Search Marketing Expo in Seattle.
Twitter Tuesday confirmed that it is working on new features designed to help companies use the microblogging site to grow their business.