Facebook rival Hi5 says it is working on its own developer platform today, the latest social network to realize that it had better open up quickly or potentially lose customers to more active pastures ...

OpenSocial, the Google-led platform to allow applications to be built across social networks, has been criticized as slow moving. However, progress is being made. Today, social music services iLike ...

Social network firm Hi5 has launched its latest endeavour, a gaming-focused platform known as SocioPath, which it claims frees developers from the restrictions of Facebook. The network boasts deals ...

Tagged on Wednesday bought fellow online community hi5 in a move aimed at creating a Facebook rival. The two San Francisco-based startups will continue to operate as independent brands but Tagged ...

Once a dominant social network along with Facebook and Myspace, the social gaming site has been acquired by Tagged for an undisclosed amount. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

Hi5 used to be a social network-turned-gaming platform, and one of the most popular some years ago, along with other has-beens like My Space. Faring better than the once-popular Facebook predecesor, ...

Today during GDC Online, social game website hi5 announced SocioPath, a new platform designed to free social game developers from the clutches of Facebook. If you've been following, the website has ...

Hi5’s initial dedication to the world of social gaming is really paying off, with the social network announcing $14 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Facebook, the biggest gaming platform in the world with nearly 500m members, will inevitably “screw up” its ...

Hi5 is getting in touch with its inner gamer. After a multiyear struggle to keep users from defecting to rivals, the social network is reinventing itself as a social gaming and entertainment site.