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In the course of the 2008 U.S. election cycle, which resulted in the election of Senator Barack Obama

The fact that 10% of users create 90% of user-generated content on any given social media site

Students competing to get into the nation's most elite colleges and universities have begun to use sneaky, under-handed

Social networking platform Ning announced support for the OpenSocial standard today. Thanks to this, developers can now easily

The market for social web site annotation and bookmarking services is getting a bit crowded these days, with

Social networking provider Ning yesterday announced that it now hosts half a million social networks on its platform.

MySpace and Facebook, as it turns out. Despite the land grab by numerous startups looking to become the

Social network hi5 launched the first 10 of its user-driven translations today in a push to reach a

When we first introduced you to Elgg two years ago, it was a new social networking platform whose

MySpace today announced that it will work together with the Commission for Presidential Debates (CPD) to broadcast the

At first glance, it seems like SkyData is trying to do too much. This mobile app mashes up

Browsing the web is typically a very solitary activity, even if the Web 2.0 revolution has given us

It's great to hear that Marc Canter is writing a book, called 'How to build the Open Mesh'.

People are definitely beginning to understand just how crazy social networks are getting. Facebook, Myspace, Bebo and

Platforms like WordPress and Movable Type democratized the process of self-publishing. With these tools, everyone could be a

According to a rather speculative report by research firm ABI Research, location-based social networks like Brightkite, GyPSii, Pelago

Online reputation company Rapleaf has released a new study of 49.3 million people, revealing gender and age data

According to the latest data from Hitwise, Facebook, which is kicking off its developer conference today, grew 40%

Yesterday, the big news for the identi.ca crowd was an answer to their wishes: Identi.ca is now supported

How would you feel if you spent more than $1 million throwing a party and less than 100