Amber Alerts, which have helped find 525 missing children since their start in 1996, are coming to U.S. Facebook users. Facebook users in the 50 U.S. states, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands can now sign up to receive Amber Alerts in their region. The bulletins will be sent to their Facebook pages the same way they see updates from friends or businesses they...

App Data reports say that Zynga’s newest title, CityVille, pulled ahead of FarmVille in both daily and monthly active users during the holiday season. Zynga launched CityVille on Facebook just over a month ago, and according to the application page there are now over84, 222,766 users actively playing the game. The game attracted nearly 2 million new players one...

According to online measurement service Experian Hitwise, Facebook topped Google with 8.9 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2010. Google came in a close second with 7.2 percent of all visits. Facebook, a site launched only six short years ago by Mark Zuckerberg, has quickly ascended to number one position with over 500 millon users. According to...

McAfee, the Santa Clara-based tech Security Company is forecasting that social media platforms, mobile devices and Apple products will be the focus of cybercriminals in 2011. According to the report, 2010 is ending with “some of the lowest” global spam levels in years, driven mainly in part because users are moving away from “slower” e-mail communications...

Crimes linked to Facebook have reached more than 100,000 across Britain in the last five years, a study says. Police chiefs from 16 forces across the country said there were 7,545 calls from the public since January this year that were concerned with the social networking site. This startling figure is compared to only 22 Facebook crimes reported to police in 2007, 155...

Google has released its Annual Zeitgeist report that represents an aggregation of billions of search terms that people have typed into the company’s search engine in 2010. According to the report, Chatroulette, the anonymous video calling service that connects two users in a private chat session has been the most searched for site in 2010 so far. iPad, Justin Bieber...

Apple revolutionised the App-scene by introducing a business-model that directly benefits developers as well as itself. The iTunes App Store, which is said to house more than a massive 300,000 apps, is much larger than that of any other competiting smartphone’s online app marketplace. So the big question now is, which App struck a special chord with the crowd and...

Expanding its business role, Zynga Game Networks has declared purchasing Japanese social game maker Unoh. Zynga, a highly admired social game developer, flashed the news of the acquisition on Friday. The deal will help Zynga increase its market share in the fields of social game development and launching new mobile products, says a media analyst. Zynga has already expressed...

After withdrawing from Wave development, Google is now aiming to create waves in social networking sites. Google has finally signed and sealed the deal to acquire Slide. This acquisition will help Google deliver services with enhanced social relevance. Slide is a well-known social application company that was established on Aug 1, 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin....