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How do you get on Twitter's suggested follow list? It all comes down to a gut check, according to Twitter. In a post on Twitter's official blog, co-founder Biz Stone explained Twitter's process for selecting its list of 100 personalities and products ...

China has blocked the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube but did not offer a reason for the ban.

Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva got a talking-to from coach Scott Skiles after the coach learned Villanueva posted a message to his Twitter feed -- a "tweet" -- from his mobile phone during halftime of Sunday's home victory over the Celtics.

The words "I wish I could quit you" take on a whole new meaning when you want out of a relationship with an online service.

Sure, you once thought you and Facebook or MySpace would be together forever, but eventually terms of service change, end-user license agreements mature, and, well, you're just not in the same place anymore.

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Social networking has overtaken e-mail as the most popular Internet activity, according to a new study released by Nielsen.

Suddenly Twitter is the Snuggie of social networking.

Facebook made a number of announcements today about changes to its home page, profile pages, and activity streams. Taken together, these represent a concerted response to the rise of Twitter as a real-time message broadcasting system that goes beyond members' personal circle of friends.

One of the biggest changes is that it is getting rid of the distinction between private profiles and public pages. The 5,000-friend limit will be dropped from the public pages.

Likaholix is a brand new web service that lets you share personal recommendations about virtually anything with the world.

Five security alerts are issued for Facebook as security firms say social networking sites are tempting targets for hackers.

Tencent, China's largest Internet portal mostly known to us for its hugely popular instant messenger product QQ, published an updated report on the user numbers of its social networking service QZone last week.