Facebook has just launched a fast new mobile version in order to expand its international reach. The new site, 0.Facebook.com , will be available in 45 countries through 50+ mobile and wireless network operators. It is a trimmed-down version of Facebook with most of the features of m.Facebook.com , including status updates, a newsfeed, Likes, wall posts and comments

Facebook may have secured a patent for its news feed technology, and Google for location-based ads , but that doesn’t make the two companies immune to other patent challengers. In fact, both Google and Facebook are being sued by Winksite over mobile social networking technology. The complaint, first reported by Bloomberg, was said to be filed by Winksite yesterday in a Manhattan federal court, and points to patent infringement claims around Facebook Mobile and Google Buzz

YouTube is pushing itself further into citizen journalism with an interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and just as it has in the past, the world’s largest video portal is allowing its users to submit questions via CitizenTube . The interview, which takes place right after the release of the National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March 16, will explore topics such as access and affordability, security, Internet in schools and net neutrality. Most, if not all, of the questions will come from YouTube user submissions

Facebook has just revealed that more than 100 million of the site’s 400+ million users use Facebook Mobile via their mobile devices every month. The 100 million milestone was hit today, and is almost double the usage the mobile service was seeing just six months ago.

Yahoo is revealing its new plans for search here at an event they’ve dubbed “Yahoo! SearchSpeak,” occurring now at Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale. While the world’s second largest search engine is slated to be sucked up by the Microsoft mothership later this year, the search team hasn’t stopped developing new features for its search product

PicClick — which already offers a visual way to browse eBay — has just introduced an interface that offers a simple, fast and eye-catching way to find your favorite handmade goods. PicClick’s Etsy shop centers around visualization and displays images — filtered by category, best match, newly listed and oldest listings — based on search queries.

Google’s groundbreaking “Parisian Love” Super Bowl ad touched the hearts of many a viewer when it aired this past Sunday.

Although the iPhone, the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and the Symbian S60 platforms have had official Facebook applications for some time, today marks the first official release of a mobile version of the social network for Google Android. Don’t be misled by the Fan Page – this app was developed by the Facebook team, as first reported by VentureBeat . However, I installed it on a T-Mobile MyTouch 3G and I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed, as the app isn’t quite as useful or robust as Facebook mobile apps for other platforms