Social Media

Snapchat valuation reaches $20 billion with new round of funding: Report

Snapchat is more popular than Twitter, Facebook among teens, says study

Snapchat witnessed a surge in popularity among the teens in spring this year, overtaking Twitter and Facebook.

Apr 16, 2016

Facebook being used to sell weapons as destructive as missiles

This, despite Facebook's policy not allowing members to use forums to sell weapons, and banned sale of guns earlier this year.

Apr 8, 2016

WhatsApp encryption raises security concern in India

Security agencies said the end-to-end encryption feature in WhatsApp can be misused by anti-national elements and criminals.

Apr 7, 2016

Reddit ramps up anti-harassment feature; allows users to block others

The popular social networking site allows users to block harassing users in a bid to improve user experience; says it will introduce more such features.

Apr 7, 2016

Facebook launches live streaming service on its app

The live streaming service was earlier introduced for celebrities and journalists. Facebook Live is now available to all users.

Apr 7, 2016

Mohamed Abdulrahman Abdulrab voted "Doctor of the Year" by Hungarian patients

Twitter offers 20 weeks 'gender-neutral' paid parental leave

Twitter's policy of 20 weeks of paid gender-neutral parental leave will be available worldwide to all employees by July 1.

Apr 6, 2016

Twitter beats Yahoo, Amazon, Verizon for live-streaming rights of NFL Thursday games

Facebook withdrew its bid to live-stream the NFL Thursday games due to disagreement over commercials, letting Twitter grab it.

Apr 5, 2016

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Facebook AI will soon automatically recommend photo captions

The new system uses a text-to-speech engine to describe images; improves Facebook experience for the visually impaired.

Apr 5, 2016

Instagram to allow users to post 60-second videos

The move will put Instagram in a category of its own, as its video time limit is more than the 10 seconds set by Snapchat.

Mar 30, 2016

Microsoft AI chat bot Tay becomes racist on Twitter

Microsoft has since taken down the offensive tweets, and is reportedly making adjustments to the artificial intelligence chat bot.

Mar 25, 2016

Facebook working on new feature to stop impersonation

The feature, if implemented, will help 1.59 billion Facebook users prevent a possible online harassment.

Mar 23, 2016

Instagram crashing repeatedly: How to fix bug that likely affected all versions of app?

Instagram's feed to become user relevant

Instead of organising content chronologically, users' feed will be displayed according to interest.

Mar 16, 2016

Google boosts encryption; Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat to follow

Google's transparency report said encrypted connections had increased from 52 percent in 2013 to 77 percent in 2016.

Mar 16, 2016

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Instaporn: Tech blogger finds pornographic content on Instagram while exploring Arabic hashtags

Explicit content on Instagram is searchable and accessible without any age verification.

Mar 14, 2016

Facebook's new plug-in fetches Wordpress articles almost instantly

Facebook created a free open-source plugin offering the power of Instant Articles to 25 percent of the web.

Mar 9, 2016

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Social Media

Snapchat is more popular than Twitter, Facebook among teens, says study

Facebook being used to sell weapons as destructive as missiles

WhatsApp encryption raises security concern in India

Reddit ramps up anti-harassment feature; allows users to block others

Facebook launches live streaming service on its app

Twitter offers 20 weeks 'gender-neutral' paid parental leave

Twitter beats Yahoo, Amazon, Verizon for live-streaming rights of NFL Thursday games

Facebook AI will soon automatically recommend photo captions

Instagram to allow users to post 60-second videos

Microsoft AI chat bot Tay becomes racist on Twitter

Facebook working on new feature to stop impersonation

Instagram's feed to become user relevant

Google boosts encryption; Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat to follow

Instaporn: Tech blogger finds pornographic content on Instagram while exploring Arabic hashtags

Facebook's new plug-in fetches Wordpress articles almost instantly

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]

Is exhibiting cleavage mandatory? Malaika Arora opts for low neck sleeveless outfit at event in Vrindavan, leaves netizens furious