There is a new function in Facebook photo albums, which allows to tag in photos products of certain companies and brands, as well as celebrities or the media. The official blog of the social network Inside Facebook informs about it.

So owners of

The social network "Одноклассники" launched a “Video” section, the conent being provided by video hosting RuTube.

The button “Video” must

Lady Gaga has become the first person to have nine million Twitter followers, marking another social networking milestone for the singer on her 25th birthday.

She overtook

Cast your vote: Facebook, the world’s leading social network service has launched its brand new Questions feature. The new application- which was anticipated for a long time, especially by users who got a taste of it in its beta phase- works like an addition to your status. It let’s you ask your network their opinion and allows them to choose one of your answers or provide a different one.

For everyday questions

Remember when you were in high school and there was always that one kid who couldn't get a date, so they lied and told everyone they had a girlfriend (or boyfriend) who lived in Canada? They had to pretend to talk to them on the phone so everyone thought they were cool.

Things don't really

A NSW teen says she has called in the police after her Facebook birthday party invitation went viral with almost 200,000 people threatening to show up.

The 15-year-old's home and mobile

In the United States, Warner Bros. is experimenting with a new distribution channel. Facebook is offering Hollywood films for rent.

For the president

An Egyptian man, caught up in enthusiasm over the revolt against Mubarak, and mindful of the role that social media played in its success, has named his newborn daughter Facebook. One's first reaction is "poor little thing", but after all, worst case, they are syllables in a foreign language – better than many names one could think of. And besides, awareness of the role of Facebook pages in promoting the revolution may be a living cultural current in Egypt all her life – perhaps the name will be a constant inspiration and a spur to action.

It's not as if the name,

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in an interview that aired Wednesday: "We are not for sale."

He dismissed rumors that the company

Business-oriented social network LinkedIn has started placing in his pages contextual ads, notes the Wall Street Journal.

The ads will be