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Alternative social networks such as Instagram have seen surges in popularity with younger age groups.

(Ex) Facebook users in search of new social networks

Facebook has lost millions of users, independent data suggests, as alternative social networks focus on those looking for new online playgrounds.

Biz Stone

Twitter directors launch new online sharing sites

Ev Williams and Biz Stone have launched two new websites in what they hope will prompt an "evolutionary leap" in online sharing.

How much about you is online?

How much about you is online?

A whole lot — but what the internet giants do know hardly gives a true picture of who you are.

Twitter valued at $8-billion after large investment

Twitter — boosted by DST Global’s $400-million investment — is worth double its December value, with its daily traffic tripling in a year.

Changes in video games prompt optimism for 2011

Video game makers leave behind a year of slow sales in 2010, but are hopeful that a new generation of games will spur a return to growth in 2011.

Young, urban and hooked on MXit

Forget about Twitter and Facebook. All you need is a phone and an app and you’re networked. <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> reports

Facebook adds £2bn to UK economy

Is that a Gmail killer on the horizon?

Facebook, which has more than double the active users of Gmail, is taking Google’s email giant on at its own game.

Will the real Patrick Craven please stand up?

Will the real Patrick Craven please stand up?

From fake Facebook profiles to satirical Twitter accounts, local politicans are getting the satirical end of the social network schtick.

Betwixt and betweet

A few months ago, I signed up to Twitter, not entirely convinced of its difference to Facebook.I did it because it might be good for me as a writer.

Why did it all go wrong for the once fashionable social network?

Buying a fledgling social networking site is the quickest way for a giant corporation to gain credibility with a youthful audience.

Will you be using Google Buzz?

Whatever Google Buzz is, it’s certainly got people talking — but will they also be using the company’s new social networking features?

The trouble with Twitter

Far from delivering a "wisdom of crowds", social networking sites have created only a deafening banality.

Meet YouTube’s self-made superstars

Four years after YouTube was founded it is still some way short of making money for its owners.

1 001 uses for a cellphone

Own up, if — high up among your cellphone’s utilities — you treasure its status as a fashion accessory.

Finding friends in high places

Giles Morris gives the lowdown on how to network on the internet.

MySpace gives small operators advertising muscle

MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics.

Jacob Zuma is the focus of several discussion groups on Facebook

Zuma debate filters on to Facebook

The debate surrounding African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has made its way on to online social network Facebook.

Where graduates go

A recent survey reveals the students employers place on a university’s reputation, writes Primarashni Gower.

Social networks are ‘playgrounds for hackers’

Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers.

Lecturers get it on the net

When are online student comments about lecturers free expression, asks Kate Smith, and when are they harassment?