Hi5 is one of the world's largest social networks, with over 56 million monthly visitors. It's a company that demands maximum scale and performance from its infrastructure. As such, it's no surprise ...

Social network Hi5 is continuing its foray into the business of virtual gaming today by introducing two new ways for users to pay it real money for its “Coins” virtual currency. The services, offered ...

Social network hi5 has hired a pioneer in the video game industry to kick its social gaming strategy into high gear. It remains to be seen if hi5 truly realizes what it’s getting in the hiring of Alex ...

I had an opportunity to speak with Akash Garg, hi5 Network’s CTO, about how his organization is using tools from Hyperic. Thanks Akash for taking the time to chat with me. Please tell me who you are ...

This story was written by Rory Maher. Unable to raise additional capital from investors, one of the world's largest social networks has laid off half of its staff and is adding a new twist to its ...

This story was written by Rafat Ali. hi5 Networks, not-big-in-U.S.-but-big-elsewhere social network, has made a small acquisition: it has bought out PixVerse, a social chat tool used by uses of hi5 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--hi5 Networks, one of the world’s largest social networks, announced today that it is also the world’s fastest growing among the top-10 global social networks. Based on ...

Social networking service Tagged, Inc. announced it has acquired the social game network hi5 today, doubling Tagged’s monthly active users to 20 million. The combination will also increase the total ...

Social network Hi5, founded in the San Francisco Bay Area but most influential in Latin America, announced Monday that the application program interface (API) for its developer platform is now live.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--hi5 Networks, Inc. today announced the launch of two new music services on its social network, hi5, through collaborations with iLike and Qloud. iLike and Qloud each ...

Tagged first announced its acquisition of struggling social network hi5 in December. Now, the company says it’s ready to talk about what’s going to happen to the property. Basically, Tagged will ...

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.