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Naysayers still dismiss Twitter as a platform for people who post self-promotional links or trivial details about their daily lives -- this tuna sandwich is tasty! --- but there's no denying its growth.

Zynga Inc filed paperwork for an initial public offering on Friday, the latest in a series of hot social media companies to seek capital in the U.S. public markets.

You thought bringing sexy back was hard? Try Myspace. Pop-star, actor and occasional reason to watch "Saturday Night Live" Justin Timberlake will apparently play a "major role" in guiding the floundering social-media site after its sale this week.

The White House announced today that President Obama will take questions via Twitter on Wednesday.

MySpace, bought by the News Corporation six years ago for $580 million, has been sold to Specific Media for about $35 million, two executives with knowledge of the sale said Wednesday.

Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twitter to personally blast out messages to his nearly 9 million followers. Emails to supporters seek small-dollar donations in exchange for campaign coffee mugs or a chance to win dinner with the president. The campaign's website helps supporters find local events, plan meetings and raise money while its digital team develops the next big thing.

News Corp.'s talks to sell most of Myspace have narrowed to two leading bidders, the ad-targeting firm Specific Media and Golden Gate Capital. Any deal would include hundreds of job cuts at the struggling social-networking website.

Ever since it debuted as TheFacebook in early 2004, the world's largest social network has undergone design changes both big and small...

Google took its biggest leap yet onto Facebook’s turf on Tuesday, introducing a social networking service called the Google+ project — which happens to look very much like Facebook.

Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal.