At 400 million members, Facebook is a global force – as mainstream as it gets. And it’s poised to get a whole lot bigger.

Here’s one for Ms. Manners, or her geeky equivalent: Is it ever proper etiquette to “friend” the boss on Facebook?

A sign of a progressive, social media-savvy company, or an intrusive breach of trust between brand and customer? The debate is occurring within companies every day: how do we responsibly use social media to learn …

Facebook got its start at Harvard University and MySpace has cultivated its image as a tool for aspiring rock stars. No wonder the image of the social networker has tended to be younger than the …

Facebook is encroaching Google’s prize turf: search. More and more, people you know and trust are directing online traffic, as opposed to clever algorithms. Clearly, search is going social.
In one area it has already caught …

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.

Digital media analysts Brian Solis and Vincenzo Cosenza offer us the fruits of their expertise in “The State of Social Media Around the World 2010,” a new look at the social media world rife with …

Mainstream media and specialist blogs alike are picking up on this nugget from neuroscientist Lady Greenfield, who suggests that the use of social networks can negatively influence the connections in one’s brain, resulting in “short …

No doubt you’ve seen or even contributed to the 25 Things meme that has swept through Facebook of late, prompting old school denizens of the interwebs to heave le sigh and compare it to the …

Yesterday saw the launch of Digital Britain, the UK government’s plan “to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy”.
The ever outspoken Andrew Orlowski at The Register is decidedly unimpressed with what …