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Brazil releases detained Facebook executive
03 Mar 2016
Dating sites may be spreading HIV: Study
02 Mar 2016
‘Upset’ Zuckerberg distances himself from Andreessen comments
11 Feb 2016
Facebook founder Zuckerberg came down heavily on Facebook board member Andreessen for his offensive tweet that created uproar on the social media
Investor Marc Andreessen slams Trai, but eats his words
11 Feb 2016
Two days after the differential pricing regulation by TRAI put an end to Facebook's Free Basics programme in India, investor and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen took to Twitter to vent his ire, but ended up enraging Indians instead
Twitter forms council to tackle abusive trolls
10 Feb 2016
India opts for net neutrality, bars differential pricing
08 Feb 2016
The decision by Trai that "no service provider shall offer or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on basis of content" spells an end to Facebook’s Free Basics as well as other zero-rating schemes like Airtel Zero
LinkedIn stock down 28 per cent on weak guidance
05 Feb 2016
Facebook, Instagram block online gun sales
30 Jan 2016
Over 200 Facebook friends not possible: study
20 Jan 2016
Limitations on brain capacity and free time means humans cannot nurture more than about 150 true friendships on social media, just as in real life
Belles beware! Facebook bandits are on the prowl
18 Jan 2016
A racket has been unearthed where Facebook pictures of attractive Indian women – or even pictures taken clandestinely in public places – are being morphed and misused to promote sex chats and pornographic content
Apex German court rules Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ illegal
15 Jan 2016
Upholding the rulings of two lower courts, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice declared illegal the ‘Friends Finder’ feature, which allows Facebook to vacuum up addresses from a user’s address book and invite non-Facebook users to join the service
Facebook top app of 2015
21 Dec 2015
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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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
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