Facebook is new tool in transplant donor appeals
Facebook users are coming to the aid of children who need life-saving transplants. By Herpreet Kaur Grewal
Social net spending to be even lower than thought next year
Another day, another online ad spending forecast revised downward. This time it's for social networking: eMarketer says advertisers will only have spent $1.2 billion on social media ads by the end of this year - down 14% from its prediction of $1.4bn in May. By Tameka Ke
How iPlayer will become our player for your friends
Ratings will play a major part in Broadcast 2.0 says the man behind the BBC's iPlayer
Putting Armageddon on hold
How would our government react to a terrorist attack in the age of social networking? Mumbai and other atrocities have led to draconian plans, says Michael Cross
Ning brings curtain down on ‘red light’ networks
White label social networking service Ning says it will no longer support adult content
Internet start-ups going cheap, says MySpace’s Chris DeWolfe
MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe has said the economic downturn means digital media start-ups are on the market at knock-down prices. By Mark Sweney
Online gaming helps, doesn’t hinder
The results of a three-year longitudinal study funded by the MacArthur Foundation have argued that online games and social networking tools help kids' development, rather than hinder it
MySpace bullying led to teenage suicide, court hears
Megan Meier killed herself after 49-year-old Lori Drew posed as a teenage boy and made online taunts, trial is told
Hello stranger
Why stop at booking flights and hotels online? These days, you can find travel companions too
Can Facebook make its ‘engagement ads’ work?
Forecasts for social-network advertising were already being scaled back long before the credit crisis began dampening ad spending, but Facebook is keeping the torch burning for its new "engagement ad" format
Facebook and MySpace go head to head with their visions of future
Mobile phones and iPods are next on agenda for world's biggest social networking sites. By Bobbie Johnson
This is social networking, Italian style
Internet usage in Italy is low compared to other developed economies dividing opinions on whether this is a positive reflection of Italian life or a symptom of it being 'the sick man of Europe'
LinkedIn benefits from job jitters
Business networking site LinkedIn has seen a 25% rise in sign-ups since the economic crisis hit in September. By Mark Sweney
Transport for London website offers commuters an outlet for ‘tube rage’
Londoners are to be given the chance to vent their frustrations about travelling in the capital through a new social networking website. By Mark Sweney