At the Dreamforce conference this week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff (pictured) announced a slew of social networking applications for business to thousands of attendees. "The social revolution is ...

Google’s OpenSocial initiative to establish common, standard APIs for creating social-networking applications is still in its early days. But its impact for end users, developers, Web site owners, ...

China’s Alibaba Group has started mixing social-networking functions into its leading e-commerce platforms, a move it hopes will convince users to spend more time and money on Alibaba Web sites.

Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn't centralized with a Big Tech CEO in charge... or at least that's what Mozilla believes. The ...

Belatedly recognizing the importance of social networking as an online service and advertising vehicle, Google this week will unleash its strongest response yet to the rising threat and skyrocketing ...

Speaking at the opening of the DreamForce 2008 conference in San Francisco, Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff announced Force.com Sites, an offering that lets customers run their Web sites, ...

The photo-sharing app, which is often used to share unflattering or embarrassing “selfies,” has rolled out SnapKidz aimed at children under 13. By Aimee Lee Ball The company will add an instant ...

IDG News Service: Regarding the “balkanization” of APIs in general on the Web, do you plan to extend OpenSocial so that it contains open APIs for other types of Web applications — not just ...

Google’s OpenSocial initiative to establish common, standard APIs for creating social-networking applications is still in its early days. But its impact for end-users, developers, Web site owners, ...