Almost all councils in the UK permit some form of access to social media, a Socitm survey has revealed
Twitter has partnered with Yandex, the Russian search engine, to improve its social search function
UK judge sets precedent by allowing high court legal claims to be served through social networking site
UK watchdog PhonepayPlus fines two companies promoting competitions on misspelled domain names
The first 10,000 American Express small business merchants to register will get vouchers to test Twitter's new ad platform
Twitter joins Google to add HTTPS by default to protect users' privacy - leaving Facebook to make the move
Google's social network had 20 million unique visitors in December, or nearly half that of Twitter, highlighting its rapid growth
Brazilian government demands Twitter block accounts which warn users about traffic checkpoints and speed traps
Thanks to Information Commissioner's Office, you can now send Freedom of Information requests to the court in 140 characters or…
Google follows Twitter's lead and will use country-code top level domains to censor content as required
Salesforce.com is targeting SMBs with a cloud-based helpdesk dashboard that integrates Facebook and Twitter feeds
Users are protesting at Twitter's decision to censor content in certain countries in line with local laws
The FBI is seeking to develop software to scan Twitter and Facebook for 'emerging threats'
KPMG says its now possible to be in Davos without actually being there after it monitors World Economic Forum tweets
Twitter says it must block tweets to grow internationally, but promises to clearly mark when it does so
Twitter is buying Dasient for its malware-detecting Website scanner to combat malicious online links and ads
Google continues to be being taken to task by Facebook, Twitter and MySpace over its personalised search
Clint Boulton examines an intriguing theory - that Google is deliberately provoking anti-trust investigation, in order to trap Facebook
The US' Federal Trade Commission is to add Google's new 'Search, plus your world' service to its ongoing antitrust probe,…
Things have moved on since CEOP's Facebook campaign, but child protection in social media still needs careful thought, says Peter…
Child protection body CEOP calls on Twitter to strengthen its reporting mechanisms to tackle problems of exploitation and abuse of…
Personalised Google+ search results could land the company in hot water with the US Federal Trade Commission and its competitors
A decision in US federal court means Twitter will have to cooperate with prosecutors in their ongoing WikiLeaks probe
News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch attracts over 90,000 followers on Twitter
Asus has encrypted the bootloader of its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, sparking a petition from users who want the freedom…
Jive Software's initial public offering earlier this month opened some eyes for skeptics of social enterprise software. Expect major consolidation…
Reluctant UK companies must cave to pressure and opt-in as social media blossoms in 2012, says KPMG
Bad news for Google+ after comScore found that Facebook and Twitter dominate the growth of social networking
Twitter has made the source code of Whisper Systems'TextSecure software available on its GitHub.
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed buys a stake in Twitter through investment company