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It looks like Facebook has turned on a feature called “Facebook Lite” for some users to test out. We’re getting bombarded by tips about it, and some of us are seeing it as well. Unfortunately, it appears that it may not be fully ready for prime time yet, but we have more information and what looks to...

July was a pretty monumental month for Twitter in terms of news and events. The microblogging site got a homepage redesign, officially adopted the word Tweet on its site, launched Twitter 101 and had a pretty serious document leak fiasco. And all of that took place in the only half of the month!

Which...

Yesterday UK-based SEO specialist Dave Naylor made headlines by detailing a significant Twitter cross-site scripting vulnerability, which allowed him to insert JavaScript code into tweets simply by adding some code to the field where an application developer would normally link to a product website....

The problem with early success is that people get used to the pace.

So when professional networking site LinkedIn hosted an "In The Black" party celebrating its profitability way back in May 2007, everyone thought: "Well, here they go."

That's when the rumors started. News Corp was going to buy...

Yahoo has just officially acquired Maktoob, a very popular Arabic web portal that offers services including search, payments, social network, and auctions. Rumors of an aquisition have been building for months, and in the last hour they reached a head as news of an impending press conference broke. The...

"Public figures, musicians, businesses, and organizations of all types who've created Facebook Pages often want to share a status update, a photo, or an event with as many of their supporters as possible," the post by Facebook employee Michael Gummelt read. "Celebrities may want to share personal news...

Marketing is now made easier with the innovative application introduced by Ad-ology Research. Dubbed Marketing Forecast iPhone application, it would keep strategic advertisers and marketers updated with the latest industry research, news, and developments.

The company has also unveiled a new website...

iPhone users talk on the phone less than regular cell phone users, Morgan Stanley says.

But, they spend a whopping 50% more time using their phones than average cell phone users, suggesting smart phones usage could increasingly resemble computer usage over time, threatening the PC industry.

Here...

Twitter is in "the first phase" of rolling out paid commercial accounts for business users this year, VentureBeat reports.

The commercial accounts will initially include premium services like analytics, and later, business-oriented application interfaces.

The application interfaces will let companies...