Spotify branches out into its own social network
With its feed, user profiles, and people tab, Spotify is already well on its way to becoming its own social network. And now, the music-streaming service is about to beef up its social aspect even more. Spotify is in the middle of rolling out a

The Friendster Autopsy: How a Social Network Dies
Friendster in 2004, as captured by the Internet Archive. Screenshot: Wired What kills a social network? A group of internet archeologists have picked over the digital bones of Friendster — the pioneering social networking site that drowned in Facebook

An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network
Following the collapse of the social network Friendster, computer scientists have carried out a digital autopsy to find out what went wrong. Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002, a year before Myspace and two years before Facebook.

Instagram reaches social media milestone: 100 million active users
Instagram, the popular photo-sharing social network purchased by Facebook last year, has reached a milestone important for any social network: 100 million monthly active users. The mobile app, which has recently begun expanding its Web presence