- As expected, Facebook reaches one billion monthly active users A few weeks later than this site previously suggested back in January, and again in July, Facebook has reached one billion monthly active users as of September 14, 2012.
- Microsoft's Yammer acquisition is officially complete Microsoft's acquisition of Yammer is officially complete. The closing conditions of the $1.2 billion deal were finalised earlier today.
- Facebook to reach one billion users next month Facebook will reach one billion users next month according to official figures published by the social network and a growth trajectory based on these.
- Google+ gets an Android tablet app, coming to iPad soon On the evening before its first birthday, Google+ has released an Android tablet app and announced some platform statistics to help quieten cynics.
- Microsoft to buy enterprise social network Yammer? Microsoft is reportedly in acquisition talks with enterprise communication service Yammer, with sources close to the matter stating that such a deal may cost Microsoft more than $1 billion, that's according to Bloomberg.
- Twitter adopts Do Not Track privacy preference Twitter has agreed to adopt Do Not Track, a privacy preference enabled by users who do not want their browsing behaviour tracked across websites. Twitter is the first major social service to endorse Do Not Track in this way.
- Diaspora joins Y Combinator, may launch after summer Diaspora, an alternative privacy-centric social network still in private beta, has reportedly joined startup accelerator programme Y Combinator and hopes to eventually launch sometime after this summer.
- Google+ gets a share button Google+ has just rolled-out a dedicated embeddable share button that Google hopes will encourage users to post more content to its developing social layer.
- Pinterest is already fourth largest social network Pinterest may have already become the fourth largest social network in the United States despite being less than two years old. Data from both Alexa, a web statistics firm, and DoubleClick Ad Planner suggests it has.
- New Google Account sign-ups are forced to join Google+ Web users creating Google Accounts for the first time are automatically dispensed with associated Gmail and Google+ accounts, with no option to opt-out, further enforcing the emerging paradigm that Google is Google+.