Facebook's mobile user tally increases by 55 million in just four months. FULL STORY >

Mxit and Standard Bank unveils a new mobile commerce platform to bring banking services to users without bank accounts. FULL STORY >

Twitter takes a look back at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the record tweet tallies it produced. FULL STORY >

Facebook purchases mobile bookmarking service Spool. FULL STORY >

Twitter brings new features to the latest versions of its mobile app for Android-based mobile devices and the iPhone. FULL STORY >

Facebook has agreed to buy facial recognition company Face.com. FULL STORY >

The popular social networking site Twitter reveals some measures it has taken to improve the loading and page rendering times of the site. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up more screenshots of the forthcoming Game of Thrones RPG are revealed, whilst the official launch trailer for Max Payne 3 is released. FULL STORY >

Popular social networking destination Twitter reveals its Innovator's Patent Agreement, via which the site commits to using its patents for defensive purposes and not as a revenue generating tool. FULL STORY >

The location-centric service Foursquare crosses the two billion mark in check-ins, thanks to its twenty million plus users. FULL STORY >

The popular social networking site Twitter has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court against five spammers and spamming tool providers. FULL STORY >

Facebook buys 750 of IBMs technology patents as possible ammo in its patent battle with web search firm Yahoo! FULL STORY >

Micro-blogging site Twitter celebrates its sixth year of existence. FULL STORY >

Yahoo! files a patent lawsuit against Facebook over alleged patent violations. FULL STORY >

The co-founders of Twitter share details about their latest web project called Branch. FULL STORY >