Yahoo unveiled the first official Android Flickr app, as well as a new feature that will allow users of its popular photo service to quickly and easily share pictures in real time with family and friends. Within the new Android app, users can access all their own photos, as well as their albums and contacts. They can see activity streams, and photos that friends have uploaded. In...

Social gaming giant Zynga confirmed its next big title –Mafia Wars 2 – the follow-up to one of the company’s first breakout hits. The sequel, which Zynga said is “coming soon,” is part of a brand that stands apart from the happy-go-lucky settings of other Zynga games like FarmVille and CityVille. In Mafia Wars, social network users play...

Evidently, in an attempt to beat Google+ Circles and stay on top of everything in the social network market, Facebook debuted Smart Lists. This is an improved friend lists with which users can customize their lists of friends, define privacy settings and filter the news feed. The unveiling came the same day the company’s representatives met with D.C. lawmakers to...

The HTC Status, aka “the Facebook phone,” is all set ready for the market. HTC Status is the U.S. version of the HTC ChaCha, which was first introduced at Mobile World Congress. Designed in collaboration with Facebook, it’s the first handset optimized for the social networking site and features a dedicated Facebook button, so you can easily post status...

In a partnership with Skype, Facebook added a video calling feature to its page.  Facebook’s new video calling feature allows users to click on a video icon within Facebook’s chat window. If a user doesn’t have the Skype app already enabled, he or she can download it within 30 seconds and be up and running, executives said. But whether Skype will require...

HP’s TouchPad running WebOS, the newest competitor in the tablet wars has finally arrived. It’s Half an inch thick and wrapped in high-gloss plastic. In terms of features, the TouchPad ($499 for 16GB) looks pretty strong, sporting a dual-core processor, Flash support and an interface that’s elegant and easy to use. The HP TouchPad has a 9.7-inch XGA multitouch...

Skype has partnered with Comcast to offer its video-calling service over any subscriber’s HDTV. Comcast customers will be able to use the service through a kit that includes an adaptor box, video camera and special remote control that will also let Comcast customers text on Skype. Comcast Corp. is the parent company of NBCUniversal and NBC10. Anyway, this collaboration...

Zynga, the maker of blockbuster Facebook games like FarmVille and CityVille, is launching its most ambitious game, Empires & Allies. “Empires & Allies” is Zynga’s first strategy combat game that the company describes as a “CityVille Meets Risk.” With this game, Zynga is pushing into the domain of hardcore game publishers such as...

Microsoft has acquired Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion with 170 million active users from an investor group led by Silver Lake. Skype is Microsoft’s latest bid to diversify its business. The acquisition is Microsoft’s largest, surpassing the purchase of AQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion in 2007. During a news conference in San Francisco, Microsoft...