Google has launched a new social networking service, Google Buzz, for Gmail users that will be made available within the next couple of days. FULL STORY >

Square Enix has announced its financial results for the nine month period leading up to the end of December 2009. Its returns have been bolstered by sales of FF XIII in Japan and some Eidos titles. FULL STORY >

Facebook marked its sixth birthday with a make-over. With the news that a new, more efficient photo uploaded is on the way as well, there is little evidence that theyÔÇÖre resting on their laurels. FULL STORY >

Yesterday Nokia released its fourth quarter report for 2009. Their profits are up on smartphone sales, despite competition from the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. FULL STORY >

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the implementation of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, a new low energy version of Bluetooth. FULL STORY >

Randomised search results and bizarre Facebook status updates, the web caters to any and all tastes. FULL STORY >

Orkut is a social networking site aiming to take on Facebook and Twitter, backed up by the might of Google and new revamp. FULL STORY >

Facebook now has more than 300 million users and its actually earning more money than its spending, for the first time. FULL STORY >

The new interface is officially available to users in the US and India, but SA users shouldnt have any trouble logging into the site. FULL STORY >

If there is one guy to follow on Twitter to keep you up to date with tech its Aki Anastasiou. Resident trafficologist and presenter of Technobyte on 702, Aki has embraced social media and ran with it. TechSmart eventually managed to catch up with him. FULL STORY >

SE announced the launch of Extra Man, an interactive 2010 FIFA World Cup focused website, yesterday. FULL STORY >

Facebook announced yesterday, 10 August 2009, that it had acquired social aggregation service FriendFeed. FULL STORY >

Twitter has had a little rethink about their landing page in a bid to attract new users. FULL STORY >

Posterous is the self-proclaimed place to post everything. It apparently makes blogging as easy to do as sending an email. FULL STORY >

President Obama to use SA based MXit to talk to African youth FULL STORY >