Social networking is quickly moving from the desktop to the mobile Web. As people's mobile phones become their primary access point to the Internet, these devices have also become the hub for social networking applications. With this in mind, Volantis Systems today announced the latest version of the Volantis Storefront mobile commerce product, which now connects subscribers directly with Facebook(R) using Facebook Platform. 

Social networking sites like Facebook are increasingly offering the same applications found in Yahoo!, but the latter’s executives argue this will not drive away its users.

Instead, top Yahoo! executives, who held a short briefing with local media in a visit to Manila, stressed that the company is in fact embracing social networking as it introduces new features in tools like Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mail.

The next generation of social networking will give people more tools for defining smaller online communities in a way that mimics the real world, academic researchers said Monday. 

In a move that will help Samsung increase its presence in location-based services and mobile social networking, the company announced a multiyear deal with GyPSii. 

A social networking site for young gypsy travellers has won an award for the social use of technology.

The SavvyChavvy site was one of eight projects honoured in the UK's Catalyst Awards that recognise technology used to serve communities.

What does Facebook know about you? Assuming you've signed up, it will – at the very least – know your name, sex, age and email address. Many of its 90 million members have also told it everything from their profession and political views to their favourite movie. It probably knows more about your friends than you do.