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Facebook likes don't make you feel better
04 May 2017
Receiving 'likes' on social media posts doesn't make people feel better about themselves or improve their mood if they are down, say psychologists
Leak bares Facebook’s advertising policies
02 May 2017
Instagram hits 700 mn user mark
27 Apr 2017
LinkedIn hits 500 mn members
25 Apr 2017
Twitter fights off demand to identify online Trump critic
08 Apr 2017
An attempt by US authorities to identify an anonymous critic of President Donald Trump on Twitter has set off alarm bells among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers and civil liberties advocates who fear a crackdown on dissent
eMarketer cuts Snapchat’s ad revenue by $30 mn
15 Mar 2017
Snap shares set to debut after $3.4 billion IPO
02 Mar 2017
How the brain makes articles go viral
01 Mar 2017
Facebook offers outside audit of ad data
13 Feb 2017
Facebook Lite crosses 200 mn active users mark
10 Feb 2017
Online media use shows strong genetic influence
09 Feb 2017
Online media use influenced by our genes: study
27 Jan 2017
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
