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The New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year today and like everyone else, the organization

Facebook is getting old. No, people aren't getting tired of it, it's actually getting old, as in its

In our society, there's an image of a computer nerd as this sad, pale, and lonely guy sitting

New data released from Experian Hitwise reconfirms what we've known for some time: Facebook is killing the other

Originally revealed at this spring's DEMO 09 conference, the Asurion Mobile address book stood out as one of

"I didn't really use Facebook that much until I got my iPhone." Sound familiar? That sentiment and variations

Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos,

According to recent analysis by the Online Publishers Association (OPA), more people than ever are spending their time

New Trend: Web 2.0-controlled malware? Security researchers at Symantec recently uncovered a backdoor trojan whose spread is being

Traditionally, political participation has always been highly correlated with income and education. According to a new report (PDF),

Even though baby boomers make up more than one quarter of all US Internet users, and even though

In wake of the news of the FriendFeed acquisition by Facebook, we're faced with the real possibility that

Is it easier to talk to your online buddies than your friends out there in the "real world?"

Does having too many friends in online social networks make radical, innovative thinking harder to develop and foster

Universal McCann has released a new report that looks at the state of social media today. Apparently, this

The future of search almost certainly involves social networks, social graphs, or social filtering in some capacity. Companies

Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in

FriendFeed has recently launched a search feature, and so Facebook search must be coming soon. Real-time Web search

A new study by Anderson Analytics looks into the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook,

GizaPage is a new "social network organizer" - not aggregator, mind you - what they do is different.