Maybe I suffer from too much skepticism, but this social media headline from Ad Age certainly grabbed my attention: "Facebook Finds Profitability Despite Nascent Advertising Model." Drilling a little deeper this morning, I discovered that this information came straight from Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook blog, who, in the second-to-last paragraph of a post yesterday, said, in a "BTW" kinda fashion: "Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I'm pleased to share that we achieved this milestone last quarter."

Given how obsessed people are with social networks, especially younger consumers who use it to religiously keep in touch with their friends, it's hardly surprising that mobile social network usage is skyrocketing. So which networks are benefiting the most from the trend?

A preview of WebGL, a new addition to HTML5’s Canvas element which allows for hardware accelerated 3D rendering. The Wolfire Blog has a great summary of the new standard currently being developed by the Khronos Group.

11 Classic CSS Techniques Made Simple with CSS3: Nettuts compares the “old” and “new” methods for 11 design techniques like rounded corners, box shadows, and custom fonts.

“Getting harder and harder to find mobile platforms that don’t use WebKit.”

- John Gruber on the RIM acquiring Torch Mobile

Motorola’s first Android phone, the Cliq, with a custom UI.

Going back to college later in life is a great way to bolster a career, re-enter the job market or simply expand horizons. And it doesn't have to cost a fortune.

Though you can't convert a distribution from a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA, there are some ways to shield a mandatory withdrawal from future taxes on any reinvestment earnings.

After years spent out of favor, variable annuities look smart, and their seemingly high fees paid for the investing-world equivalent of catastrophe insurance, writes Leslie Scism.

Given the heavy topics I've dealt with lately in this column, writing about VitaminWater's crowdsourcing of its next flavor on Facebook seems pretty prosaic. And yet, as one of my favorite topics -- and yours -- is the role of focus groups in a world where there is much richer data about consumers than ever before, it's worth pondering how successful crowdsourced products will be -- and what the role of crowdsourcing will be in marketing going forward.

I swore this would be a vacation. It was so weird taking a cab to JFK and not asking for a receipt, but I was ready to embrace it. Still, a long Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles for a friend's wedding wound up being shaped continually by social media experiences with brands big and small. Here are some standouts.

A WebKit primer part 2 - CSS transitions: Wolfire blog posts a quick demo highlighting benefits of CSS transitions and a few samples.

Bulletproof @font-face syntax: Paul Irish explores the best, most robust @font-face syntax that works across all browsers (that support @font-face) and causes no unnecessary HTTP requests. (via kurafire)

Offline Web Apps on the iPhone: Boris Smus has posted a brief walkthrough in making his web app offline-capable on the iPhone.

“With HTML5, the web is not ending, nor is it starting over. It’s evolving, slowly and in full view of the public.”

- Eric Meyer

Animations, Transitions and 3D Transforms demo: A new demo from webkit.org showing off the 3D transform capabilities in Snow Leopard’s Safari. Even more impressive is that it also works on the iPhone.

The brutal recession is amplifying a longtime concern: Americans don't stash away nearly enough of their income, potentially leaving many to suffer financially in retirement.

Excuse me for being a little behind, as it happens, the Times, but I just got back from Ireland to discover that that very newspaper has decided it's time to kill Facebook, just because -- from what I can tell -- it's good to be out in front of trends and be the first to the funeral .

This adviser suggests a mix of assets—most recently including 'managed futures'—for income and growth.

Now that augmented reality has established itself as the technology buzzword of the year, what impact will it have on social media?