MySpace spammers fined $230m
"Spam king" sent more than 700,000 messages to users fooling them into visiting gambling and porn sites
Mobile social networking entices 5 million
More than 10% of UK mobile phone users accessed social networking sites via their handsets in the first quarter of 2008, according to research. By Mark Sweney
Facebook gets $100m to expand
Facebook has raised $100m to expand its server capacity to help the social networking website cope with a huge growth in users. By Mark Sweney
Soon, all meetings will be virtual
Victor Keegan: Videoconferencing is now coming at us from every direction except the mobile
SpongeBob is the real threat to our kids online
SpongeBob SquarePants is the latest brand to turn to online social networking
Social networking safety plan unveiled
Users of websites such as Facebook and MySpace could be faced with a swathe of safety information, privacy alerts and warnings under Home Office guidelines. By Jemima Kiss
What in the Whirled?
The mini-game-tastic virtual world is open to all!
Creativity shouldn’t be limited to finance
Victor Keegan: One big obstacle to progress is the conservatism of current producers
Bebo sale to AOL nets founders a fortune in 3 years
British internet entrepreneur Michael Birch celebrates as social networking site is sold for $850m (£417m)
Takeover nets Bebo founders millions
Michael and Xochi Birch, co-founders of Bebo, are expected to leave the company but will walk away with several hundred million dollars from AOL's takeover. By Mark Sweney
Bebo duo to net millions from AOL deal
Bebo founders Michael and Xochi Birch are expected to walk away from the company several hundred million dollars richer after AOL's takeover. By Mark Sweney
AOL to buy Bebo for $850m
AOL, part of the Time Warner media empire, is to acquire leading social networking website Bebo in an $850m cash deal. By Mark Sweney