Compliance Considerations for Social Networking Sites. This webinar covers compliance and regulatory considerations when using social networking sites to communicate firm business. FINRA - Compliance Considerations for Social Networking Sites. Live Program March 17, 2010 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m., 11:30 a.m., MORE >>

I just caught up for a coffee with Nick Love, head of MySpace and IGN Australia. haven't been following MySpace closely for a while, so it was interesting to hear how it has repositioned. recent article on Mashable provided a nice review of MySpace's New Strategy. MySpace is also introducing a new type of user: the curator. MORE >>

iPhone/iPod touch only: Yahoo OneConnect is a free application that brings a handful of communication and social networking tools to your iPhone or iPod touch. The app's Pulse feature also supports a ton of social networking sites, from Facebook and Flickr to MySpace and Twitter. Yahoo OneConnect [iTunes Store MORE >>

While I don’t have a crystal ball, here are some developments that I think are worthy of our attention and will affect how we do things in the social mediasphere over the next few years. Many of the things on this list will not be news to the very well-informed social media consultant types who live and breathe this stuff. Virb MORE >>

Compete.com is out with its latest metrics on audiences for social networks , and web workers may find some surprises in the who’s hot and who’s not roundup. Ning, which allows users to set up their own social networks on far-ranging topics shot up from number 23 on the list to number 12 this year. MORE >>