Google is finally set to give tough time to Facebook .  The searching giant recently launched Google+, a social networking site that aims to rectify the company’s failed social media efforts, such as Google Buzz and Wave, and put a dent in Facebook’s business. So does Google+ stand a chance against Facebook, which is now over 750 million [...]

Google announced Tuesday the launch of a new social network, called Google +, or Google Plus, which aims to take on Facebook. As our sources reported: Google made a huge announcement this tuesday, launching Google +, or Google Plus, its long-awaited version of a social network to rival Facebook. Google’s been trying to crack the [...]

The people who play Farmville have a great surprise in store for them this week with all of the new items that the popular Facebook game offers.  There are now new collections, themes, and technical changes to intensify the player’s experience. New Farmville items include additions to the Wild West theme that has been going [...]

Facebook has topped the expectations in 2009 by realizing nearly 800 million dollars income last year, ABC News reported referring to two unnamed sources. Insiders also revelaed that the social media community has gained 10 million dollars operating profit last year. The 800 million dollars revenue has far exceeded the company’s expectations. Facebook – which [...]

Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom has confirmed that it has received ban orders from Lahore High Court on Thursday to ban Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, Bing, YouTube, Amazon etc , reported BBC Urdu, citing unnamed sources in the Ministry. It merits mentioning here that inter-ministerial committee of IT Ministry decides on how to and [...]

 A Pakistani court has ruled that the government can unblock Facebook if the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority takes measures to block any objectionable material on the social networking site, a lawyer involved in the case said. Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali, a lawyer representing the Islamic Lawyers Movement, which initially petitioned the court to block Facebook, said the [...]

The Ministry for Information Technology and Telecom has lifted a ban on Youtube. However, social networking website Facebook will remain blocked in line with the order of Lahore High Court. The LHC had directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the site till May 31 over blasphemous content. Federal Secretary Najeebullah Malik told Geo [...]

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-corrupted spam that targets Facebook  estimated 400 million users in an energy to stealbanking passwords and collect other delicate information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords ontheir Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to acquire new login credentials, according to defiant-virus software maker McAfee Inc. [...]

March 13, 2010, YouTube will no longer officially support Internet Explorer 6. Ars Technica found the specific date buried in a YouTube Help item pertaining to browser support. Under the section header, “When does older browser support end for YouTube and what does this mean?,” it reads: “Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means [...]

Note that “social games” are web-based games like Mafia Wars and FarmVille that you play on social networks like Facebook, not Xbox 360 action games like Gears of War or Halo — young males still dominate that branch of the gaming hobby. The survey found that 55% of social gamers are female and 45% are [...]