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 says its biggest stronghold is in the Philippines, with more than 12 million active users per month. About 7,000 people showed up for a "Pinoy Friendster Day" event at a Manila-area ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams at the Tech Policy Summit in San ...

Friendster wouldn’t be the weirdly vital relic that it is—wouldn’t be, period—without them both. Correction, March 5, 2009: This piece originally misspelled the first name of model/actress ...

Friendster ranks No. 13 on technology research firm Hitwise's recent tally of top social networking sites. It holds less than 1 percent of the market share, trailing newcomers such as imeem.

Unlike Nerve or JDate, Friendster, as the name implies, is not simply a singles forum, although it most certainly is that -- it attempts to mimic the way social interactions work in the three ...

Rumors were floating that the buyer, MOL Global, paid as much as $100 million for Friendster. The real price, we've confirmed from multiple sources, was under $30 million.

"Friendster used to be the only game in town, and a lot of people copied off of that success," Kwon said. "The landscape now is that there are a lot more options, which has really changed the ...

Friendster Inc. -- the most popular social network in the Asian-Pacific area -- is adopting a new strategy focused on the region. The social-networking site plans to announce Tuesday that Richard ...