Africa's largest instant messenger and mobile social network, MXit, reveals a boost in new registrations following a recent redesign. FULL STORY >

Long-time Facebook rival MySpace is sold off by its owners, faces uncertain future. FULL STORY >

After the social networking disaster that was Google Wave, the online search giant is giving it another shot with Google+. FULL STORY >

Google looks set to launch a new foray into the gaming world with a recent job listing outing its 'Games at Google' division. FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up we might see the iPhone 5 in September, whilst the Winklevoss twins settling their beef with Facebook. FULL STORY >

New data suggests that the world's largest social network is facing a few drops in user numbers, although the bigger picture is still one of Facebook domination. FULL STORY >

Facebook is in the process of testing out a new constantly updated news feed which will function in a similar way to that of micro-blogging site Twitter. FULL STORY >

Facebook's new auto tagging feature comes under fire from privacy watchdogs in the EU. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson reveals two new phones targeting social networking fanatics and music lovers. FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up some early hardware running Windows 8 is displayed, whilst the ability to like pages spreads from Facebook to Twitter to Google. FULL STORY >

The popular social networking phenomenon Twitter launches its "Follow" Button, which operates in a similar manner as Facebook's "Like" button. FULL STORY >

Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to see his site's underage policies changed to allow younger kids access to the social networking platform. FULL STORY >

Popular social networking site Twitter snaps up TweetDeck in a multimillion dollar acquisition. FULL STORY >

Ericsson reveals its Networked Society City Index with Singapore, Stockholm and Seoul claiming the top three places and Johannesburg flying the SA flag in this global tech ranking. FULL STORY >

Facebook takes its fight with Google to the media in this week's Tech News Round-up, whilst Android demotes BlackBerry OS to 2nd spot in terms of US smartphone OS market share. FULL STORY >