According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. Read the rest of this entry »

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Facebook saw the number of visitors more than double in November 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

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It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

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With All the Talk of CPMs Going to Zero, Here’s a Survey of Who’s Commanding Top Dollar Read the rest of this entry »

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Status updates on Facebook help people understand their friends and the people around them–how they’re feeling, what they’re doing and what they’re thinking.

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A Russian Internet group, Digital Sky Technologies, has offered to invest $200 million in Facebook Read the rest of this entry »

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Social network Vkontakte acquired the domain name vk.com. Read the rest of this entry »

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Facebook has added an additional $200 million to its bank account, courtesy of a new investment from Digital Sky Technologies that values the company at $10 billion. Read the rest of this entry »

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