Starting now, people on Twitter will have an opportunity to have two-minute, two-way voice chats with other Twitter users, according to the September 17th ComputerWorld article by Sharon Gaudin headlined “Voice feature for Twitter goes into beta today.”

The world's number one social networking site went from 150 million users to 300 million users in just over nine months. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reported yesterday that the company had not only reached 300 million users, it become cash-flow positive ahead of schedule. The rapid growth of the Facebook site is not surprising with its general appeal to users worldwide.

The distinctions between Facebook and Twitter just got hazier with the introduction of the @ sign on Facebook.

Facebook, in what many are interpreting as a serious challenge to the social networking throne currently held by Twitter, has launched Facebook Lite, a newer, faster simpler version of the social media website. Was the Facebook Lite beta test a mistake or a calculated move meant to send a message?

The more time college students spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to feel jealous toward their romantic partners, leading to more time on Facebook searching for additional information that will further fuel their jealousy, in an escalating cycle that may become addictive, according to a study reported in CyberPsychology & Behavior, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

The Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Vincent Nichols, has warned that Facebook and other social networking sites, as well as texting and e-mails are undermining true friendships.

President Barack Obama arrives in Ghana Friday on his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa since assuming the presidency and once again Mr. Obama will make widespread use of emerging information technologies to reach out to as many people as possible. Mr. Obama made the use of the internet and other technologies a mainstay of his campaign for the White House and he has continued that trend on trips overseas.

It's the latest Facebook phishing scam, relying on the fact that Facebook is popular and many Internet users are correspondingly gullible. Via a message that asks users to "check areps.at," scammers are attempting to once again steal username / password information.

Have you ever wondered how your elected official has voted on certain issues and could not have found it? Two tech enthusiasts have created an application called Visible Vote helping iPhone, Blackberry and Facebook users to easily see how their congressmen and senators vote on issues.

As the online communities are discussing about how people make Facebook money, we found this story idea about how developing applications for Facebook helped this Indian company to make money online from ad revenues.

The more popular something is, the more people want to use it as a way to scam people. An example would be the recent swine flu related spam attacks, and these are phishing scams that sends Facebook users to fake login sites (today fbstarter.com, yesterday fbaction.net).

Facebook's CFO Gideon Yu is leaving the company, as Facebook confirmed on Tuesday.