Facebook to keep profiles of people who have died, though removing some features

March 5th, 2009 After it's failed attempts to acquire Twitter, Facebook has come up with new strategies. It has incurred a number of changes to the homepage/newsfeed.

August 17th, 2009 Just uploaded Facebook for iPhone 3.0 to the App Store for review this is what Joe Hewitt was found announcing in Twitter. Facebook has just submitted a 3.0 version of their iPhone application to App store.

June 10th, 2009 SYDNEY - Millions of Facebook users are set to join the rush to grab their personalised URLs on the social networking site.t 2pm on June 13, Facebook will allow members to register their own user names to make it easier for others to find their pages. Under the new system, people can get a unique address for themsleves, like http://www.facebook.com/joebloggs, instead of the current system whereby profile pages have a URL with a randomly assigned number such as "www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789".

March 30th, 2009 A University of Kansas professor is researching details of online relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential. Nancy Baym, associate professor of communication studies, became interested early on in how the Internet shapes interpersonal communication and of late has focused her research on social networking sites in particular.

September 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - As part of a controversial scheme to expose users to online marketing, an Aussie company called uSocial is offering to sell off Facebook friends by the thousands. The Brisbane-based company is best known for buying votes on social news service Digg, selling followers on Twitter, and running large marketing campaigns on social media.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - The Facebook profile of any person can easily tell what kind of a person he or she is in real life, according to a new study. The study found that university students considered likeable by people, who met them in real life, appeared to make a similar impression on people who view their Facebook profiles.

December 12th, 2008 We have always had a close look at Facebook right from the start. As you probably know by now that we have discussed 10 ways to connect facebook to other social networking media and Top 30 Newest Facebook Apps to Brighten Up 2009 and people liked it.

July 10th, 2009 Power.com sues Facebook over access to users dataNEW YORK — A small Web company is handing the world's biggest online hangout a counterpunch. Power.com has sued Facebook, saying the site doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over the content they share.

March 6th, 2009 In my earlier article I'd informed you on the Facebook updates. For all you Facebook users who love to share your whereabouts on social platforms, I have something more.

March 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - More than 1.7 million Facebook users have joined a protest against another redesign of the popular social networking site, in one of the biggest consumer revolts seen in the online world. As of midday Monday, the Facebook group called Petition Against the New Facebook had 1,727,394 disgruntled members, while a Facebook-sponsored poll on the redesign had received more than 1.2 million votes, with just 75,000 approving the new look.

May 1st, 2009 White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpaceWASHINGTON — OMG. The White House is joining the popular social network sites of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

April 23rd, 2009 Facebook users' vote ending way short of thresholdNEW YORK — Facebook invited the 200 million people who regularly use the site to vote on its governing documents. But it's unclear how much of a difference it will make.

June 24th, 2009 Study: CEOs not doing enough on social networks NEW YORK — A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia. Sharon Barclay, who runs the executive public-relations firm Blue Trumpet Group and the blog UberCEO, took Fortune's 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs and found what she calls a "miserable level of engagement" when it comes to social networks.

August 13th, 2009 If MySpace can have a Lite View Version why not Facebook?  In a bid to take on its arch-rival, the Social networking giant rolled out a slimmer version of its web site to the test audience. Facebook Lite is the new face of Facebook targeted at narrowband users.

October 19th, 2009 Gately column sparks Twitter outrage, complaintsLONDON — Britain's press watchdog says it has received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article homophobic and insensitive. Gately died Oct.