According to a recent study conducted by Facebook partner Nielsen, in the month of May alone, Americans spent more time on Facebook than on any other website.  TIME magazine has reported this week that:

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Facebook have announced the purchase of Israeli startup company Snaptu for an undisclosed amount (speculated to be in the region of £25m – £43m).

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According to a new report, social networking giants Facebook have teamed up with Warner Brothers, the Hollywood studio, in order to provide a new movie service streaming films to Facebook users. (more…)

Facebook has announced a new partnership with the UK Charity The Samaritans, designed to alert and support people who may be at risk of self harm, and post up their suicidal intentions on the social networking site. (more…)

Rumours have been circulating over the past few weeks that Facebook have been developing a mobile device which is about to launch, however, founder Mark Zuckerberg has refuted these comments at a recent Barcelona conference.  (more…)

According to a new blog report by social networking giants Facebook, the site’s Places application is being adopted by a number of organisations across the UK in order to support the promotion of their products and services. (more…)

According to new research pioneered by social networking expert Tammi Williams has shown that women over the age of forty are likely to have up to four times as many friends registered on social media site Facebook than their own children. (more…)

UKOM, the UK Online Measurement Company have published a report which has demonstrated that internet usage across the UK has increased by over sixty-five percent in the last three years. (more…)

Social networking giants Facebook have revealed that they have recently managed to raise an impressive $1.5bn (£900m) from various investors, which now places the social networking giant’s value at around $50bn. (more…)

Following the recent decision by Google to block contact data which could be exported to Facebook through Gmail, the social networking giants have come up with a workaround which enables people to upload their Gmail contacts to the site manually. (more…)

Social networking experts Facebook have this week announced the launch of their long-awaited ‘Places’ service to members. (more…)

Social networking giants Facebook are now reported to be worth a cool $33.7 billion, following investment by organisations purchasing shares in the company. (more…)

A new scam has been revealed on Facebook, which tricks users in to engaging with a fake ‘dislike’ button on the site. The option to ‘dislike’ something may be appealing, but unfortunately the button is simply a rogue application which tricks people in to allowing access to users profile page, and then takes the opportunity to publish a series of spam messages on to the site. (more…)

With the advent of the silver surfer, more and more people of the older generation are learning to navigate their way around the web. It was probably only a matter of time before parents realised the advantages of being friends with their offspring on sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. (more…)