Instagram user baser doubles in Indian in a year
20 Nov 2015
Facebook deactivates, restores account of woman named Isis
20 Nov 2015
Following the terror attacks in Paris last week, Facebook de-activated the account of a San Francisco engineer Isis Anchalee
India becomes Facebook's first market for Instant Articles on Android
16 Nov 2015
Facebook's Instant Articles have so far been limited to iOS users only. in a significant move the social network has launched the Android version beginning with India
Dumping Facebook makes people happier: study
13 Nov 2015
A study in Denmark says that subjects who quit the social networking site found themselves happier, better focussed and more enthusiastic
India tops in ‘take-down’ requests to Facebook
12 Nov 2015
Requests from the Indian government to take down content on Facebook violating local laws has more than tripled from the second half of 2014 to 15,155 pieces
Facebook notches another quarter of record revenues
05 Nov 2015
Stepping up its mobile-adevertising efforts has paid off for Facebook, though most of its revenue continues to come from the US and Canada rather than Asia-Pacific
Facebook tells staff to dump their iPhones
02 Nov 2015
According to Facebook, this is a practical decision as a large chunk of Facebook's expanding user base in emerging markets accesses the social network on Android devices, and not iPhones
Zuckerberg gives 22-minute speech in Mandarin at Tsinghua University, Beijing
27 Oct 2015
In his 22-minute speech, Zuckerberg discussed Facebook's beginnings and the importance of sticking with the job at hand when faced with hurdles
Jobs sent me to Indian temple: Zuckerberg
27 Oct 2015
Facebook’s Zukerberg likely to push Free Basics on India visit
19 Oct 2015
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg is planning his second visit to India on 28 October, exactly one month after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country is the predominant focus for Facebook’s Free Basics initiative
Nasscom to partner with Facebook for driving tech innovation
17 Oct 2015
The 'Nasscom 10,000 Startup' initiative aims to incubate, fund and provide support to 10,000 technology startups in India by 2023
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