Could Facebook be worth $1bn a year?
New figures suggest Facebook's financials are healthier than expected - with the site on course to break a billion dollars of revenue by the end of the year
Pet movies win prizes – and more about user-generated content in social games
Social gaming gets its own mini-Oscars and a hint at the future of this emerging genre
Sony Ericsson phone ad ruled misleading over Facebook claims
TV ad for Satio phone included Facebook icon – but handset was not compatible with social networking site. By John Plunkett
EA unveil … Fifa Farmville?
Electronic Arts announce new 'social' gaming platform ... along with an obligatory World Cup game
Turmoil at MySpace blamed on News Corporation
Departure of Owen Van Natta, the social networking site's chief executive, calls into question Rupert Murdoch's digital strategy
Online voyeurs flock to the random thrills of Chatroulette
An addictive new website that links strangers' webcams is gaining popularity – and notoriety
Google’s Buzz sets internet humming
New social networking site is 'poster child' to Google but just a leap on the bandwagon for some
New boss Van Natta out in MySpace shakeup
Less than a year after he was parachuted in to run MySpace, Owen Van Natta is out of a job as the ailing social network tries once again to revitalise itself
Q&A: BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks on social media and news
'It provides journalists with a wider range of opinion, and gives them access to a whole range of voices'
BBC tells news staff to embrace social media
BBC journalists must keep up with technological change - or leave, the director of BBC Global NewsPeter Horrocks says
Facebook is the new threat to Google
In the past year, the proportion of traffic to US news sites from Facebook has tripled while that of Google News stayed static
Breakfast briefing: Is Google going social? Plus Macworld and EA’s struggles
Today's stories from around the web: Google plans to launch new social features | Macworld opens without Apple keynote for first time | Electronic Arts gives gloomy forecast
Facebook leads rise in mobile web use
A new set of audited figures for mobile internet use, the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics, reveal a landscape with one very tall peak. By Mercedes Bunz
The challenges of filming the Virtual Revolution
The BBC2 series about the web blends mainstream, interactive and virtual elements. By Aleks Krotoski
Cloud computing: how information giants are setting the pace for the internet’s next decade
From Google's library project to Apple's iTunes store, 'cloud capitalism' provides an innovative way forward for business – but raises more questions about privacy and security