Globe and Mail TechBytes: Facebook MilestoneABC NewsFacebook has reached a major milestone. The social networking giant now has more than 500 million members. The site has doubled in size in the past year and didn't even exist six years ago. …Facebook Hits 500M Users Amid Ownership LawsuiteWeekFacebook...

The Age Zuckerberg on the evening news: YawnCNETLet's be honest: None of us were expecting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's landmark ABC World News interview with Diane Sawyer on Wednesday night–coincided with the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social-networking giant's announcement of …Facebook's...

Reuters Microsoft Kills its KinTechtree.comMicrosoft's Kin, the range of social networking handsets targeted at teens which was released just two months ago in US, will be killed by the company, according to CNET. The Kin range included two handsets, the Kin One and the Kin Two, both of which...

The Guardian Microsoft Ends Work on Kin to Focus on Windows PhonesBusinessWeekJune 30 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. said it is ending work on its Kin social-networking mobile phones less than two months after they went on sale in the US to focus exclusively on its Windows Phone software. Kin,...

Globe and Mail Report: Facebook '09 revenues as high as $800 MCNETby CNET News staff Social-networking powerhouse Facebook saw its revenues climb as high as $800 million in 2009, $100 million more than previously estimated, according to a media report. The Reuters news agency reported the higher...

Facebook urged to strengthen privacy protectionsLos Angeles TimesCritics call on Facebook to make it easier for users to control their personal data. By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times Facebook continues to face criticism over privacy protections at its social networking website. Privacy and civil...

AFP Bangladesh blocks Facebook over prophet drawingsThe Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh says it has blocked the popular social networking website Facebook over a page that urges people to draw images of Islam's prophet Muhammad. Chief telecommunication regulator Zia Ahmed said...

Globe and Mail Facebook CEO Zuckerberg announces new privacy toolsWashington PostFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced what he described as simplified privacy tools for the social networking platform's more than 400 million users. He called the changes a "pretty big overhaul,"...

Telegraph.co.uk Rivals Seize On Troubles of FacebookNew York TimesIt sounds like a kamikaze mission: an upstart with a meager number of users and no capital squaring off against Facebook, a social networking juggernaut with more than 400 million members and a $15 billion valuation. …Securing...

DailyTech Facebook draws protests on privacy issueUSA TodayA vocal slice of Facebook's 400 million members are grousing about a new feature from the social-networking giant that lets non-Facebook websites post the personal views of Facebook users without their consent. …Mum's the word...