From Yik Yak to Friendster, there have been plenty of short-lived social media sites that were popular one day and gone the next.

Work on Friendster began in 2002. The site launched in March 2003 and by autumn, it had more than 2 million users requesting and accepting friendships and filling out personal profiles. The ...

We've got more details on the Friendster acquisition announced last week. Rumors were floating that the buyer, MOL Global, paid as much as $100 million for Friendster. The real price, we've ...

Friendster announced a relaunch last week and, responsible journalist that I am, I wanted to sign up for an account and investigate the service thoroughly before ripping it to pieces.

Friendster proves that despite strong, and some would argue superior competition, there’s still room for any Web 2.0 startup to grow, even in a crowded vertical marketplace.

It's not likely to happen here in the States for quite some time, but the venerable ol' YASN Friendster has been trialling a mobile version of its social networking service in the Philippines, and ...

Friendster essentially created the social networking sector, but it fumbled its lead and now ranks 14th among all such sites. The Times's Gary Rivlin reports. (Producer: Erik Olsen) ...

Friendster has expanded aggressively in Southeast Asia recently. The company raised $20 million in a round last August, which it said it would use in part to further build up its presence there ...

Friendster, hatched in 2002, is a leading player among so-called social-networking sites, which have garnered significant attention from big Internet players and investors alike (see BW Online, 2 ...

Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams poses in front of the logo for his start-up company, Socializr, at a Lunch 2.0 event in 2007. Credit: Terry Chay Updated to include a response from Jonathan Abrams.

And it takes the video page quite a while to load. Before you add VoIP, Friendster, figure out what you are about. You may not have all that much time to do so.

E-w-w-w gross. If you are Friendster, something like that is not the first thing you want a potential developer partner to see. I'm not a big coder dude but is it too much to ask the main API link ...