Facebook has the "Like" button. Now Google has the "+1" button.
In August 2010, the CEO of Groupon.com discussed the success of the group coupon website.
Google is preparing to launch Google Offers, the search giant's Groupon competitor, Mashable has learned.
Google Buzz "stumbled out of the gate" -- a misstep that went on to shape Google's approach to social networking, Google executive Bradley Horowitz said Tuesday.
Google announced Friday that it has agreed to purchase social networking app maker Slide for an undisclosed amount.
Google this week abandoned "Wave," its much-hyped social collaboration tool. Wave was perhaps the prototypical Google product: Technically advanced, incredibly ambitious and near-impossible to use.
If online reports are to be believed, Google could be cooking up a rival for Facebook -- and bringing the maker of popular social games like "FarmVille" with them.
If Facebook already tells you who's got big plans for this weekend (or what they planted on their FarmVille farm), why not ask it where to grab dinner or whom you should vote for in the next election?
Facebook confirmed Tuesday that it will simplify its privacy settings, in a move aimed at quelling growing concerns over how much user information is exposed online.
Google disclosed Friday that its Street View cars had mistakenly collected data about the Web sites users were visiting on open wireless Internet networks.
AT&T is officially opening up its recommendation service, Buzz.com, to the public.
For techies, the South by Southwest Interactive festival produces a firehose of information.
An Internet that gives people the information they want virtually as soon as it's created is getting closer, according to Internet professionals.
If Google Wave eventually fails to live up to the promise and hype that accompanied its launch at Google I/O in May 2009, consider its demise an inside job.
When dealing with privacy, Google often finds itself walking a tightrope.
Google may have reached the limits of what it can learn from dog food.
Google Buzz, the search engine's latest foray into the social networking realm, hasn't been out of the tech headlines since its launch last week.
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