InternetFacebook is online social networking king (AFP)

AFP - Industry figures available Wednesday show Facebook has dethroned MySpace to become the world's most popular social networking website.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry figures available Wednesday show Facebook has dethroned MySpace to become the world's most popular social networking website. Slightly more than 132 million people visited Facebook in June as compared to the approximately 117.5 million that went to MySpace that month, according to industry tracker comScore. Facebook seized the social networking crown from News Corp-owned MySpace in April, comScore reported. Facebook's moves to tailor versions of its website to languages other than English is credited with giving it a boost in international users that pushed it to the top of the social networking heap. "Facebook has done an exceptional job of leveraging its brand internationally during the past year," comScore vice president Jack Flanagan said in a release. "By increasing the site's relevance to local markets through local language interface translation, the site is now competing strongly or even capturing the lead in several markets where it had a relatively minor presence just a year ago." ... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetNew Yahoo service helps users share their location (AP)

AP - Yahoo Inc. is riding the wave of location-based services with the launch of a service intended to help users share their real-world location with their friends online.

InternetDiving deep into Amazon Web Services (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Amazon's Web Services (AWS) are based on a simple concept: