Social media

Twitter suspends 235,000 accounts for supporting extremist causes

20 Aug 2016

Twitter on Thursday suspended 235,000 accounts that promoted terrorism over the last six months, as the micro-blogging network continued to crack down on the use of its platform for extremist causes

Snapchat reportedly planning to buy search and discovery app Vurb

17 Aug 2016

Adblock Plus releases workaround to Facebook’s ad block bypass

12 Aug 2016

Deleted WhatsApp messages are not actually deleted

01 Aug 2016

Facebook unveils first full-scale drone Aquila to bring basic internet access to developing world

01 Aug 2016

Tumblr users can now make cash from ads on their blogs

28 Jul 2016

Facebook Messenger celebrates 1 bn monthly active users

22 Jul 2016

Facebook designs light-bulb shaped detector to drive plans for drone internet access

21 Jul 2016

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey’s account hacked

11 Jul 2016

Facebook to pilot test offline videos from 11 July

08 Jul 2016

In an attempt to beat the problems associated with poor or expensive mobile internet access, Facebook will start testing a new video download feature in India

Israel calls Facebook a ‘monster’ for not curbing hate mail

05 Jul 2016

Facebook says post about privacy violation a hoax

01 Jul 2016

A Facebook post has been going viral lately telling people that soon all their private information along with photos and other content will go public on the internet

Flipkart India’s top talent attractor, Amazon second

22 Jun 2016

Researchers use algorithms to analyse how ISIS recruits through social media

17 Jun 2016

Researchers apply the laws of physics to study how terrorist support groups grow online, and how law enforcement can track activities

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 bn in cash

13 Jun 2016

Growing at a 19 per cent annual rate, LinkedIn continues to be the world's largest and most valuable professional network with 433 million members across the world

Twitter secures accounts after user credentials sold online

10 Jun 2016

32 mn Twitter passwords leaked

09 Jun 2016

Users tiring of 'Likes' and Tweets: study

08 Jun 2016

Snapchat acquires phone-based 3D capture company, Seene

07 Jun 2016

Hacker steals 171 mn user accounts of Russian social network VK.com

07 Jun 2016

Facebook to remove messaging capability from mobile app

06 Jun 2016

Twitter shuts 125,000 terror-related accounts: Twitter chief Jack Dorsey

02 Jun 2016

Ad blocking software threatens social media business

01 Jun 2016

LinkedIn outlines steps to contain hacking damage

28 May 2016

Over 60% US citizens get their news from social media

27 May 2016