Twitter announced on Monday that it is releasing a new platform that will make it a lot easier for websites to integrate Twitter features. (more…)

Google have come clean about the flaws in its testing of Google Buzz before releasing it last week. (more…)

Google’s crusade into social search appears to have taken another step as it acquires Aardvark for a reported $50 million. (more…)

Google took a big step into the realms of social networking on Tuesday when it announced its new product Google Buzz leading many to talks about it being a potential Twitter killer and a threat to Facebook. (more…)

Spam and malware on social networking sites has risen by 70% according to a report from IT security and data protection firm Sophos. The report has found that criminals targeting social networking users have risen considerably over the year with 57% of users reporting that they have been spammed and 36% reporting that they have been sent malware. (more…)

Twitter has improved the relevancy of its trending topics by adding a new feature that allows you to see local trends. The new feature currently allows you to select geographic regions which include a handful of countries including the UK and Ireland and some major cities including London. Twitter states that they are “working on” increasing the locations on offer so eventually we will get a much more comprehensive list. (more…)

According to The Next Web, Twitter is planning to release neglected usernames from inactive accounts so that other users can have them. (more…)

According to reports from ReadWriteWeb Yahoo is to close MyBlogLog in January after 5 years.

An innovative social networking tool in its time MyBlogLog allowed users create blogging communities with the blogs they write for and own. Members of MyBlogLog were then able to subscribe to these communities and share bookmarks with other members. (more…)