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There are reports today that Iran has blocked Facebook, apparently to "prevent supporters of the leading opposition candidate

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we report

Is Google interested in searching the Real Time Web? Are they at all threatened by Twitter? Are Google

In a few minutes Facebook will become the biggest example of a social network that allows users to

Thanks to a new Facebook application from Creative Commons that launched today, Facebook users can now place a

It's not exactly a silent spring, but a change made to Twitter's settings this afternoon has already greatly

By now, we are all familiar with Mark Zuckerberg's success story. The explosive international growth of Facebook to

One year ago this week, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was traveling throughout India meeting with local technologists and

Firefox doesn't keep track of the number of users it has but Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community

Social interaction online is not very sophisticated. The news feed model of conversation has taken over the social

Sometimes the low-hanging fruit holds the most potential - but it's hidden in plain sight. Facebook opened up

At the same time as Facebook announced their Open Stream API technology, the company also released a desktop

It is no secret that Facebook has Twitter envy. The number one social networking site is not

Facebook made a big move today to open up user activity streams to outside applications and websites. We

What are people saying on Facebook about the swine flu? Facebook knows, but they won't tell you. The

Posters on the wall, teen magazines, boom boxes playing the same stupid songs over and over again (automatically!)

In a new report, Nielsen Online takes a closer look at how social media and video sites have

According to data compiled by O'Reilly's Ben Lorica, Facebook is currently seeing some very impressive growth outside of

When Facebook announced it was opening its site governance to user voting late February, founder and CEO Mark

In the old days, self-important people use to carry calling cards. Now we have Twitter, Facebook and other