Technology, Social Networking | featured news

Facebook has bought - and is shutting down - Nextstop, a user-built guide to places and things to do around the world.

The days of digital birthday cakes, virtual bottles of champagne and other cutesy icons from Facebook are numbered.

The social-networking site is aggressively pitching to big advertisers like Ford Motor Co. and PepsiCo Inc. the latest in a series of ad formats that tell users which of their Facebook friends have expressed interest in the brand or product featured in the ad.

Facebook has begun testing face detection technology for Facebook Photos.

Foursquare, a location-based social networking startup, raised $20 million from a group of venture capitalists to help fuel its expansion.

Ever since the new version of Digg was announced three months ago, it has undergone a lot of revisions and caused a lot of turmoil. In that time, Kevin Rose replaced Jay Adelson as CEO...

Google Inc.'s YouTube video-sharing website didn't infringe copyrights owned by movie and television producer Viacom Inc., a judge ruled. US District Judge Louis Stanton in New York today ...

Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" - the translation of tweet - and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor ...

Facebook's financial performance is stronger than previously believed, as the Internet social network's explosive growth in users and advertisers boosted 2009 revenue to as much as $800 million, according to two sources familiar with the situation.