The average person on Facebook has 130 friends, but most of them aren’t really friends at all. This theory is what Rosa Salazar, a 24-year-old comedian from Brooklyn, will be investigating in a video campaign promoting Microsoft’s Kin phone. The Kin is a touch-screen mobile device for “people who are actively navigating their social lives.”

Microsoft has released a preview version of the Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook. The software, not to be confused with the similar Fishbowl client for Windows 7, offers a slick user interface to explore Facebook and currently comes with these features…

Major Nelson just confirmed that the long-awaited release of the Xbox 360 Fall Update, which integrates Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune Video. You can find the Facebook and Twitter applications under the new My Community channel on your dashboard.

In a move to overtrump king Google, Microsoft has announced that it will add real time Twitter and Facebook status updates to Bing’s search results. Launched last May, Bing is Microsoft’s latest venture in the search engine industry where Google reigned since most of us were still squeezing spots.

Gizmodo, among other selected bloggers, was given a sneak peek at the Facebook integration on Xbox Live coming this Fall update. Here’s what they shared with us about their hands-on experience.

Good news for Facebook addicted Xbox 360 owners. This fall, Microsoft will blend Facebook into the Xbox Experience interface, giving users access to photos, videos, and news feeds straight from their television sets. Additionally, the console will add support for Facebook Connect, which will let users upload, for example, in-game screenshots to your Facebook profile and publish recent activity in …