Ning, platform to build-your-own social networking service will switch to a paid-only model this Friday. While Ning has been growing steadily, it’s been struggling financially, laying off 42 percent of its staff in April. Full story

Mashable, an online guide to social media, One of the top 10 blogs worldwide, is celebrating its Growth in Online media. As we discussed in eNewsz, Mashable now with yet another traffic milestone: passes 200,000 fans in Facebook. Ya now Mashable is here in web with 2.6 Million people following through facebook, twitter, Google Buzz and RSS feeds. Full story

Social networking site Twitter will allow paid advertising via “Promoted Tweets” for the first time, Sources said. Biz Stone, one of the three co-founders of the micro-blogging service, provided details of the long-awaited revenue-generating plan for the San Francisco-based startup in a post on the Twitter blog. Full story

The social Web site, created just three months ago by a 17-year-old Russian named Andrey Ternovskiy, drops you into an unnerving world where you are connected through webcams to a random, fathomless succession of strangers from across the globe. You see them, they see you. You talk to them, they talk to you. Or not. The site, which is gaining thousands of users a day ... Full story

I think some of you can remember that we mentioned about the Mashable's lose after the January redesign But, this one is a bit more than lose, Ya.. We got reply from Mashable's Pete Cashmore, 24 year-old CEO and founder, about Mashable lose news. Full story

I think this is an Exclusive but really a saddening news to all Mashable or Tech Lovers. Ya its true, Mashable losing its readers after the January 2010 redesign. I think some of you can remember that we already mentioned about the Redesign But, this one is a bit more than Redesign, Move over Mashable, Techcrunh is now Bigger than you… Full story

According to "Hitwise", the leader in online competitive intelligence Facebook has reached the top ranking beating Google. The graph below has been taken form the website which has conducted a survey of the most visited website. Hitwise claims that Facebook has over taken and pipped Google search as the most visited website. Full story

Company information would appear to be a new battleground in the tech blogging space with relative new comer VentureBeat Profiles taking on the TechCrunch owned Crunchbase. As of this week (at least I’ve only just noticed) VentureBeat Profiles company widgets are now appearing on Mashable. So what’s on offer? Full story

AdvertiseSpace is a new advertising marketplace was launched in 2009, It will let you sell ads directly on your website at monthly fixed prices. Which could get you 200% to 500% increase in your site revenue when compared to cost per click programs as Google AdSense! Full story

As expected, Google today announced Google Buzz, a set of social networking tools for Gmail that are designed to take on Facebook and Twitter.It’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature.On stage revealing the new product was Bradley Horowitz, Google’s ... Full story