In a mea culpa heard round the online world, Google apologized for disregarding users’ privacy concerns in the launch version of its Buzz social media application. It then tweaked it for the second time …

Google keeps expanding. After releasing Buzz, it’s reaching deeper into social networking by buying Mechanical Zoo Inc., which operates a free question-and-answer web service called Aardvark. Founded by ex-Googlers in 2007, the San Francisco-based company …

We’re not going to get into a big preachy “why Paperchase needs an active social media policy in order to douse the mini-flames of Twitter ire” post.
Instead, we’ll let Google do the talking for us. …

After less than 10 months on the job, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta has resigned, leaving the Rupert Murdoch-owned social network once again headless.
MySpace is already in a heap of trouble.

By now, most Gmail users have received their invitation to Google Buzz, the most talked-about social media software launch of the year. And yet the jury is still out. Mashable’s poll sees 39% of its …

Google tonight is going public with Google Buzz, a big upgrade to Gmail that allows users to share interesting links, photos, feeds and videos to your contacts across the web. Check out Google’s video explanation …

The estimated 100 million people who tuned into last night’s Super Bowl glimpsed history, Google’s first foray into mainstream TV advertising. What timing for its “Parisian Love” spot. This was not just the main stream …

Google is the big story of the day, demanding China make nice. Unless the People’s Republic stops censoring the people’s search queries, and stops hacking the people’s Gmail accounts, then Google will have little …

It should be the first commandment of new gadget launches — if you’ve invested vast sums in developing the next “iPhone killer” you’re going to need serious positive buzz at launch to convince a skeptical …

Social Media continues to exert its influence in the political world. The number of MPs with a major Twitter habit, sometimes Tweeting from inside the chamber, was evident last night as the results of the House …