social news

AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a common genetic alteration that appears to be associated with autism only when inherited by sons from their mother.

Google, Inc. today announced the release of OpenSocial -- a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web -- for developers of social applications and for websites that want to add social features.

Singles.com, the premiere dating site review resource online, has launched new social networking features allowing surfers the ability to converse, share stories and get a more thorough idea of the online dating world.

Singles.com has just re-launched its site to become the dominant dating site review resource online, offering timely, objective reviews of over 100 dating websites.

As an ongoing part of MSN's efforts to increase the amount of user generated content on its network, the Dutch MSN team has created MSN Reporter.