Social media

Italian probe on WhatsApp for compelling users to share personal data with Facebook

02 Nov 2016

European regulators question US tech companies over privacy issues

29 Oct 2016

Twitter lays off 9% staff

28 Oct 2016

US to test Cuban lung-cancer drug

28 Oct 2016

Lonely using virtual assistants for sexually explicit conversations

28 Oct 2016

Access to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, many others hit by DDoS attack on net traffic monitoring firm

25 Oct 2016

Czech authorities arrest Russian man allegedly linked to LinkedIn hack

21 Oct 2016

LinkedIn’s new feature helps users to find jobs without boss finding out

08 Oct 2016

Facebook follows WhatsApp with end-to-end encryption feature for users

07 Oct 2016

German regulator bars Facebook from collecting data of WhatsApp users

28 Sep 2016

Facebook apologises for disabling accounts of Palestine scribes

27 Sep 2016

The editors were given no explanation for the suspensions, which they believe were linked to a recent agreement between Israel and Facebook to crack down on content that incites violence

Google, Salesforce, Microsoft eyeing Twitter: reports

24 Sep 2016

Several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, have expressed interest in acquiring struggling social media giant

What happens to data of users who quit WhatsApp, asks HC

22 Sep 2016

Twitter closes Bengaluru centre, over 100 staffers face axe

20 Sep 2016

Twitter unveils new features to support business accounts

16 Sep 2016

New policy doesn’t compromise user data, WhatsApp tells HC

15 Sep 2016

LinkedIn to launch fast-loading ‘Lite’ for tier II, III towns

13 Sep 2016

In order to bring on board students from tier-II and tier-III engineering colleges, LinkedIn has partnered with skill assessment companies and created an online test to better equip them for jobs

One million threatened to quit Facebook when News Feed appeared

07 Sep 2016

Study points to growth of white nationalist groups on Twitter

03 Sep 2016

Twitterati abuzz about Jio using PM’s picture in ad campaign

03 Sep 2016

For almost eight hours on Friday morning Reliance, Mukesh Ambani and the prime minister were among the top trends on Twitter

Dropbox confirms massive breach of account credentials, but denies improper access

02 Sep 2016

Saudi social media users boycott Bing for translating Daesh as Saudi Arabia

30 Aug 2016

Facebook’s “Trending” feature to get a makeover

27 Aug 2016

WhatsApp to start giving user data to parent Facebook

26 Aug 2016

UK lawmakers slam social networks over extremist content

25 Aug 2016