Alibaba pushes into social networking with Weibo investment
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, which has been trying to break into the social networking market, has acquired an 18 percent stake in web portal Sina Corp's microblogging service Weibo for about $586 million. Sina has also

Social network Path brings 'Peanuts' gang to virtual stickers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Good grief, Charlie Brown! The "Peanuts" character and his pals are joining the social network Path. The San Francisco start-up has struck its first brand partnership with the "Peanuts" gang, still one of the most powerful

The Social Gaming Fad Is Over
With social gaming experiencing such a tremendous -- and rapid -- decline, it might be time to pronounce the fad effectively dead. This could have repercussions for EA, Facebook and (quite obviously) Zynga. Social gaming is inherently prone to

Mobile Social Network Path Now Has 10 Million Users
Today it has crossed the 10 million user mark. Path was founded by angel investor Dave Morin, who is also a former Apple and Facebook employee. Last year Path raised a round of financing that valued the mobile social network at $250 million. Last week

Social Media Censorship Offers Clues to China’s Plans
“We have examples where it’s perfectly clear what the Chinese government showed last year. “It’s minutes or hours, not days,” says Jed Crandall, an assistant professor at University of New Mexico, who took part in research with