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Priyanka Gandhi lauds soldiers, healthcare workers, farmers on Independence Day
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UN Security Council Rejects US Proposal to Extend Arms Embargo on Iran
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‘Tax Terrorism’, ‘Raid Raj’ are hallmarks of Modi govt alleges Congress
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Congress cracks whip in Rajasthan
Congress leaders in UP push for Brahmin CM candidate
Trump plans to accept Republican presidential nomination at White House
Trump amplifies Kamala Harris ‘birther’ theory
Biden, Harris appear together for 1st time as running mates
Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new PM
Bernie Sanders mulls ‘Make Billionaires Pay Act’, zones in on Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg
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Sanjay Dutt to finish dubbing for Sadak 2′ before going on a medical break
Kubbra Sait compares Covid-19 test with sex
Salman Khan tweets pic wearing mask of his brand, gets trolled
Jiah Khan’s mother calls Mahesh Bhatt mouthpiece of Bollywood mafia
Air India extends contentious LWP scheme’s deadline to September-end
India’s July wholesale inflation falls 0.58%, food prices soar
India’s consumer price inflation rises as food prices soar
PM Modi unveils ‘transparent taxation’, Rights’ Charter for taxpayers
Gold, silver prices now collapse after record run
Foundation laid for Rs 1,000 cr private rail coach factory near Hyderabad
Over 22,000 ‘Make in India’ ventilators given to states: Centre
Rural economy still strong on record procurement of farm produce: PM Modi
Facebook employees to work from home until July 2021 due to coronavirus outbreak; get $1,000 for home offices
BSNL launches ‘Bharat Air Fibre’ service in Maharashtra
Nitish govt must demand SC-monitored probe into SSR case: Bihar Congress in-charge
Newsprint paper manufactures voice concerns
Pilot stays in hunt for bigger role, to be rewarded in 2021 by high command
Political circles mourn Rahat Indori’s demise
My eyes fixed firmly on Women’s World Cup trophy: Mithali Raj
Madrid Masters tennis tournament cancelled: organisers
BCCI issues SOP; players must sign consent form before resuming training
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‘Young people play important role in helping stop Covid-19 transmission’
Facebook removes 22.5mn hate speech content, 1.5bn fake accounts in Q2
Low key Janmashtami celebrations in Agra as corona cases surge
Majority of parents oppose reopening schools
Obesity in pregnant women can negatively affect child’s brain
Health Ministry official Lav Agarwal tests Covid-19 positive
EU Concludes Talks On Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Supply From Johnson & Johnson
WHO In Conversation With Russia For More Vaccine Information: Expert
Air India on termination spree: Sacks 50 pilots in a night
Microsoft fixes 120 vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-day bugs
Google launches new global Covid-19 map for journalists
17 killed as Air India Express flight overshoots runway in heavy rains in Kozhikode in Kerala; both pilots among the dead
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Mumbai, Aug 14 : Salman Khan has launched his line of Covid masks but a section of social media has taken to trolling the actor soon...
With a provocative social media post triggering violence in Bengaluru, Telangana Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy and Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Wednesday...
Disha took to Instagram to share a couple of throwback photographs with Suri, and send him some virtual love.
Answering a phone call from 777888999 won't get you killed. All those warning messages you are getting on WhatsApp are fake.
Arjun Vijay, Co-Founder and COO of Giottus Cryptocurrency Exchange, said such scams have happened in the past but never at this scale.
Model-actress Divvya Chouksey belonged to Bhopal and lost battle with cancer on Sunday. Her sister confirmed the news of her death on social media.
To donate plasma, a donor needs to complete at least 28 days post the treatment of Covid-19. A donor can re-donate plasma after 14 days.
"I like to ride bikes. I used to have a Bullet," Bobde said when asked about his special interest and preferred motorcycle brand.
London, June 25 : English Championship side Leeds United have removed a cardboard cut-out of former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from the stands at Elland...
In the Capital, diesel is now priced at Rs 79.88 per litre while petrol prices remain at Tuesday level of Rs 79.76 a litre. This makes...
After giving a stellar performance in "Thappad", she will be seen in "Haseen Dillruba", "Rashmi Rocket" and "Shabaash Mithu" over the coming months.
"It''s an added layer of privacy to prevent someone else from accessing your messages," a Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Presently, he is admitted in the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. But he is continuously targeting the state government through Twitter.
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) After a video of a teenaged girl being beaten by her family members in Gujarat went viral on social media, former...
"Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party," Trump said.
The company said that IDs will be stored securely and won't be shared on the person's profile.
The film was slated for a theatrical release earlier this year before the COVID-19 pandemic led to a complete lockdown of the nation.
After the video came to light, head constable Krishna Dongre and constable Ashish were "line-attached" (taken off field duty) on Saturday, he said.
Jyoti Kumari was stuck in Gurugram when the nation-wide lockdown was imposed. Her father was an auto rickshaw driver before he got injured and the lockdown...
Ghatak shared a photo of an aged employee standing with a placard in his hand which reads, "No salary, no food, 89 INOX Swabhumi staff".
One of the YouTube videos had received more than 1 million views before it was removed, according to the MIT Technology Review.
New Delhi, May 6 : The Delhi Police Cyber Cell on Wednesday conducted raids on Zafarul-Islam Khan, the Chairman of the Delhi Minority Commission, in connection...
New Delhi, May 3 : India is witnessing a considerable drop of trust in television news channels, newspapers and social media, the IANS-CVoter survey revealed on...
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) One of Bollywood’s finest actors is no more. He was just 54. The film industry on Wednesday took to social media to...
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 on Friday, and Bollywood took to social media to express their love and wishes. Indian cricket’s “Master Blaster”...
RIL posted a record quarterly profit in results released January. Retail and telecoms topline rose more than 25 per cent in the December quarter.
New Delhi, April 20 The Delhi government on Monday asked the hospitals in the national capital to form a media cell to monitor the social media...
Prayagraj (UP), April 6 The Prayagraj police, on Sunday, booked a man for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a minority community with an objectionable post on...
On the film front, Urvashi, who was last seen in the multistarrer comedy "Pagalpanti", will be next seen in the comedy drama "Virgin Bhanupriya".
The BJP leaders are also posting videos of their hidden talent. Shahnawaz Hussain posted a video of his singing on bollywood numbers, While Kailash Vijayvargiya cooked...
New Delhi, March 24 : Amid the nationwide lockdown, the condition of daily wagers seems to have turned pathetic with many posting their videos of distress...
To contact the WHO Health Alert, save the number +41 79 893 1892 in phone contacts, and then simply text the word 'Hi' in a WhatsApp...
Seattle, March 19 (IANS) When it comes to fake news on social media platforms, some users outright ignore it, some take it at face value, some...
However, by then Congress spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee also slammed the restaurant and demanded the Delhi government to cancel its licence.
Following the incident, the accused also deleted his social media accounts. The victim narrated the incident to her family and registered a complaint with the Defence...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that seven women achievers will share their lives’ journeys and interact with the people through his social media accounts...
There is speculation that the reason for thinking of going away from social media might be the alleged misuse of it to spread rumours.
Colombo, Feb 24 (IANS) Rohitha Rajapaksa, one of three sons of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has issued an apology over comments he made on...
The secular forces find everything about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) abhorrent. Its working, its philosophy, its reach and work for the society, its strong commitment...
New York, Estrangement has become harder in the digital age and social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, can make break-ups much worse, say researchers. People...
Bengaluru, Social media giant Twitter has blocked the Karnataka BJP’s account for tweeting on people with “liberal views”, the party said on Wednesday. “It is unfortunate...
Despite putting up a good fight, the lizard's defence wasn't enough for the hungry leopard as it succeeds in grabbing it by the neck before walking...
New Delhi, Feb 5 : The government has said there is absolutely no proposal to link Aadhaar numbers and social media profiles. Union Minister of Law...
"Hacked", which features actress Hina Khan, explores the dark side of the digital and the social media world.
Lucknow, Jan 9 : A woman police constable posted in Lucknow has put up a video clip on the social media in which she had alleged...
Vaibhav Krishna reportedly also leaked a confidential letter that he had written to the state government accusing five officers of conniving with certain builders, extortionists and...
Mumbai, Jan 6 : Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan has come into the spotlight on social media for a cryptic tweet. Amitabh shared an emoji of “folded...
New Delhi: West Indian cricket idol Chris Gayle became the latest sporting star to join the video sharing platform TikTok on social media. While it is not...
New Delhi, After the recent arrest of seven navy personnel for allegedly leaking sensitive information to an espionage racket with links to Pakistan, the Indian Navy...
New Delhi: Delhi Police will reach out to Twitter and Google to curb and identify troublemakers using social media to provoke violence through fake news posts...
New Delhi: A host of dignitaries led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the netizens who paid homage to the martyrs of the 2001 terrorist...
Sydney, Dec 4 : Parents, take a note. Researchers have found that excessive use of social media, particularly platforms with a strong focus on image posting...
Commemorating Dev Anand on his eighth death anniversary, fans from around the world paid tributes to the legendary actor on social media, on Tuesday. Dev Anand,...
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh police have arrested a man who killed his wife for posting videos on social media app TikTok despite his objections. According to police,...
Bollywood actress Vaani Kapoor has landed in trouble over her style sense. A complaint has been filed against the actress by a Mumbai resident for posting...
New Delhi, Nov 15 : A local court here on Friday directed Delhi Police to issue a 10-day pre-arrest notice to activist Shehla Rashid in case...
New Delhi, Nov 12 : Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker faced backlash on social media earlier this month after a video gone viral showed she was allegedly...
Mumbai: After the news of playback legend Lata Mangeshkar’s being admitted in the hospital broke out, a string of Bollywood celebrities like Shabana Azmi and Hema Malini...
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been advised bed rest, and he is using social media to share health updates with his fans and followers. The actor says...
Hyderabad: Several WhatsApp groups on Saturday went on ‘admin only’ mode with users of the messaging app taking precautions amid reports that security agencies were keeping...
Beijing: Chinese conglomerate ByteDance that owns popular short video-sharing app TikTok has finally unveiled its rumoured smartphone named Nut Pro 3 under the Smartisan brand in China,...
San Francisco: Only 22 per cent Americans actually use Twitter, but among them those who disapprove of US President Donald Trump dominate the conversations on national politics...
Mumbai: A fake wedding card of B-Town lovebirds Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor has started circulating on social media, unleashing fan frenzy over a possible power wedding...
New Delhi: The Centre while stressing guidelines over social media regulation on Tuesday told the Supreme Court terrorists can not claim privileges of privacy. Representing the Centre,...
Mumbai: Bollywood Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan turned 77 on October 11, and several industry colleagues took to social media to wish the megastar a year full of...
New Delhi, Sep 28 The Congress appointed Rohan Gupta as its social media head on Saturday. The department was earlier headed by Kannada actress Divya Spandana...
Thiruvananthapuram: Social media major Facebook is gearing up to make substantial investments in technology start-ups in India, a top official from the company said here on...
Panaji, Sep 24 : Goa police began a probe on Monday after a poster announcing a “nude party” in north Goa, went viral on social media....
San Francisco, Sep 20 A Facebook employee has died in what the police described as “an apparent suicide” at the social media giant’s headquarters in Menlo...
Katrina is the third Bollywood actress to have a lookalike after Anushka Sharma and Jacqueline Fernandez.
Los Angeles Sep 5 (IANS) Jennifer Aniston has broken a new-age celebrity stereotype by remaining a top Hollywood star despite saying no to social media. Her...
Bhopal, Aug 13 With a motive to prevent mob lynching incidents over child abduction rumours, Madhya Pradesh police is monitoring the social media, especially WhatsApp and...
New Delhi, July 28 The Intelligence Bureau has asked its field units in Madhya Pradesh to counter rumour mongering regarding child lifting to avoid possible mob...
New Delhi, July 28 In a video that went viral on social media, businessman Robert Vadra on Sunday expressed his love for India due to its...
Lucknow, July 24 The massacre of 10 people in Umbha village of the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh on July 17 has taken a new turn....
"These days, kids are less judgmental when it comes to things such as sexual orientation, job profile or friendship. The problems are quite different these days....
Bollywood’s “Dabangg” star Salman Khan travelled back in time to share a video “the old fashioned way”. In the video, Salman, who is seen sporting a...
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expelled Uttarakhand MLA Pranav Singh Champion from the party for six years, days after...
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Actor Jaaved Jaaferi was slammed by a section of social media for tweeting a joke on Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s company, Patanjali...
July 15 With India postponing the Chandrayaan-2 launch owing to technical snag in the ‘Bahubali’ rocket about an hour before it was to take off on...
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A whopping 16 million accounts of Indian influencers on Facebook-owned Instagram are fake, revealed a new study, suggesting such people are...
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) A Pakistani TV anchor confused Apple Inc with the fruit during the live programme recently and became a laughing stock on social...
"Spending time with the most loving, loyal and selfless species," Salman captioned the image.
June 27 : Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, who has been sidelined from RJD for “anti-party activities”,announced the launch...
New Delhi, June 20 With over 100 children losing their lives to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, social media users are livid with strong messages...
Kochi, June 4 : Panic has been created in Kerala after 86 people have been put under medical observation over Nipah virus while a 23-year-old man...
Facebook has started a discussion with the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the social media giant’s crypto stablecoin initiative. According to a report...
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan is not on social media, except for a LinkedIn account, but fake Twitter accounts have been set...
San Francisco, May 29: All new websites would be analysed and ranked on Google Search on the basis of their “mobile-first indexing” from July 1. “Mobile-first...
New Delhi, May 26 Posts containing fake news continued to flourish on social media platforms after the end of the Lok Sabha elections that saw the...
San Francisco, May 23: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s mobile payment company – Square – is inch closer to launch its much-awaited crypto project and is set...
Mumbai, May 21: Actress Sushmita Sen, who made India proud 25 years ago by becoming the first Indian woman ever to win the Miss Universe crown,...
London, May 7: While social media use has a limited role in lowering the life satisfaction of teenagers, the effects are more among girls than boys,...
United Nations, May 4: As the UN paid tributes to the victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, calls were made to take action...
Nashik (Maharashtra), May 1: A social media message proclaiming details of India’s oldest liquor shop in Nashik that went viral has caused misery to the owners...
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) With Indian Army claiming its jawans saw “mysterious footprints” of mythical ‘Yeti’ close to Makalu Base Camp earlier this month, social...
London, April 29 (IANS) By instilling in children dangerous ideas of perfection, social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat are fuelling eating disorders among teenagers,...
New Delhi, April 29: Social media platform Helo, which hit four crore monthly active users in India at the end of the first quarter of 2019,...
New Delhi, April 27: India’s data localisation demands are understandable but allowing it for one nation can trigger a demand from countries which are much more...
New York, April 26 (IANS) Just tweaking algorithms and infusing Machine Learning (ML) into them will not protect us from misinformation and fake news on social...
Francisco, April 26: Three countries have opened fresh rounds of investigations against Facebook for users’ privacy violations and security lapses. New York Attorney General Letitia James...
San Francisco, April 25 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook’s monthly active users (MAUs) grew 8 per cent year-over-year MAUs to reach 2.38 billion at the end...
San Francisco, April 24: Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp is testing an ‘Authentication’ feature which would bar users from taking screenshots of their private conversations. The...
San Francisco, April 23: Social networking giant Facebook has announced its first major API contribution to Googles Chrome browser that is focused on making user experience...
San Francisco, April 20: Despite Facebook’s claim that the livestreaming video of the March 15 Christchurch shooting that killed 50 people was removed from its platforms,...
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) In the backdrop of the poll body suspending an IAS officer for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter, a video of...
People are losing their collective attention span rapidly owing to the ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO), staying up-to-date on social media and breaking news coming at...
Jhabua, April 14: A video of woman carrying her husband on her shoulder went viral on social media. A woman in Devigarh village in Jhabua district...
In its first crackdown against white nationalism and separatism on its platform, Facebook has banned far-right political commentator Faith Goldy and Canadian white nationalist groups including...
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The New Delhi-based user, who had to go through physical verification by a Facebook representative to verify if the post with...
New Delhi, April 5 The Election Commission (EC) should treat social media like any other media and all rules that apply to the media during the...
Chennai/New Delhi, April 4: The Madras High Court has asked the Centre to ban the Chinese video mobile application TikTok, saying it “encourages pornography” and is...
San Francisco, April 2: In a bid to curb the menance of fake news and improve quality of content on its platform, Facebook may appoint a...
New Delhi, April 1: The Congress on Monday denied the claims made by social media major Facebook and said it will check the veracity of the...
New Delhi, April 1: In a startling revelation ahead of general elections, Facebook on Monday announced it has removed 687 spam Facebook Pages and accounts connected...
March 30 : Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress on March 30 launched a new video series on social media using the hashtag ‘Pradhan Mantri Hisab...
San Francisco, March 30: Witnessing flak after the New Zealand terror attack that was livestreamed on its platform, the social media major is now exploring restrictions...
San Francisco/Wellington, March 28 (IANS) Abandoning a long-standing policy of allowing white supremacy to thrive on its platform as nations criticised it for promoting hate propaganda...
San Francisco, March 28 (IANS) Giving more fodder for fun on social media, US President Donald Trump addressed Sundar Pichai on Twitter as “President of Google”...
New Delhi, March 27: As experts demand Facebook-owned WhatsApp to disclose information about where a message in question has originated from, the company has reiterated that...
San Francisco, March 27: Facebook has shut down thousands of Pages, Groups and accounts that were engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour from Iran, Russia, Macedonia and...
At the onset of the digital revolution, there was high expectation that digital communication technologies, especially the internet, will prove to be a boon to democracy....
New Delhi, March 20 : Despite all the efforts put in place by social media companies to show who is paying for the political advertisements on...
San Francisco, March 20 : In a bid to avoid discrimination in ads related to housing, jobs and credits, Facebook has announced new changes where anyone...
New Delhi, March 20 : With Holi round the corner, which premium smartphone will help you capture those colourful moments? According to New Delhi-based photographer Prashanth...
New Delhi, March 17: Nearly 1.5 crore young “digital natives”, set to cast their first vote in the seven-phase election starting from April 11, are busy...
San Francisco, March 15 : Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has submitted the beta version of its next update that supports an in-app browser, a feature which...
New Delhi, March 14: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s change of display picture on Twitter — from a sari-clad look to one in a pair...
San Francisco, March 14 : Microblogging site Twitter is rolling out the redesign of its camera feature that would now allow users to capture media and...
New Delhi, March 14: The #Trashtag challenge is neither silly nor dangerous, still is finding traction among the netizens around the world. Whats more, the challenge...
New Delhi, March 14: In a bid to ensure the web a better place by protecting users from misleading and inappropriate advertisements, Google on Thursday anounced...
New Delhi, March 13: WhatsApp has taken several measures to limit the spread of misinformation and fake news on its platform in India but there is...
In 2014 when the world’s largest democracy organised the 16th Lok Sabha polls, the impact of social media on the voters was minimal and traditional media...
New Delhi, March 11 There are over 30 crore monthly active users on Facebook and more than 20 crore on WhatsApp in India. Even the Narendra...
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday said it has filed a second FIR with the Delhi Police against...
The hysteria unleashed on social media platforms after Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman’s plane crashed in Pakistani territory on February 27 is partly responsible for the sudden...
New Delhi, Feb 25: Micro-blogging site Twitter has been given 10 days to reply in writing to questions that remained unanswered and they may be called...
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) If the Cobrapost investigation which revealed that several Bollywood celebrities were willing to pass views of political parties as personal opinion...
San Francisco, Feb 19: Social networking giant Facebook has been accused of revealing sensitive health data of users in its groups. “Facebook has marketed this product...
San Francisco, Feb 16: Facebook has again courted controversy with a search function that allows users to scout for photographs of female, but not male friends,...
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) Despite the importance placed on celebrity social media influencers with millions of followers, during natural disasters average Twitter users become more...
San Francisco, Feb 13: Micro-blogging site Twitter is considering ways to restrict mental and physical threats to its users that are triggered during or due to...
New Delhi, Feb 12: With Twitter finding itself in the midst of a controversy for not sending its CEO to appear before a parliamentary panel on...
Since the coming of the Social Media sites there is a war all over. The twitter and other social media sites are being misused vehemently. How...
New Delhi, Feb 8: Geared up to face a 31-member Parliamentary panel hearing on February 11, Twitter on Friday said it is proactively working with the...
New Delhi, Feb 8: Online platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others are not required to obtain licences from the government to run their programmes,...
The monthly active users, however, fell to 321 million in the fourth quarter from 326 million in the third quarter.
New Delhi, Feb 6: Some of the proposed government regulations for social media companies operating in India are threatening the very existence of WhatsApp in its...
New Delhi, Feb 6: After a parliamentary panel summoned Twitter for alleged bias against “right-wing” accounts as general elections loom, the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday said...
Lucknow, Feb 6: In a sign that she is ready to embrace changing times and politics, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday announced that...
San Francisco, Feb 5: Stressing that it is determined to do more to keep people safe across its services, Facebook said it has identified some key...
New York, Jan 22: It does not matter if you are on Facebook or not – or have just deleted your social media presence. Your friends...
Moscow, Jan 22: Accusing Facebook and Twitter of defying the law of the land, the Russian government has opened legal proceedings against the social media giants...
New Delhi, Jan 21: In a bid to curb fake news, Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp on Monday announced it has globally lowered to five the forward limit...
San Francisco, Jan 18: A Facebook engineering manager who resigned from her post this month has alleged harassment at the workplace after she criticised the social...
California, Jan 16: YouTube videos that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform. The move comes in response to the so-called...
San Francisco, Jan 15: Facebook is testing a new feature to let users share events that they are interesting in attending to, on their “Stories” so...
San Francisco, Jan 1: While Facebook still maintains a double-digit growth in advertisement revenue in the US, the rate of that growth slowed down in the...
San Francisco, Dec 29: Facebook has dismissed media reports claiming that thousands of its content moderators rely on inaccurate and disorganised information to determine what content...
San Francisco, Dec 28: The moderators at Facebook who carry out the critical task of removing dangerous content from its platform rely on material based on...
New Delhi, Dec 24 Amid concerns over Central government’s powers to snoop into computers, the Electronics and IT Ministry has come out with draft IT rules...
Agra, Dec 18: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA in Uttar Pradesh threatened a woman Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in full public view. The video of the...
San Francisco, Dec 18: Twitter has warned of “unusual activity” from state-sponsored actors based in China and Saudi Arabia after it found a bug that could have...
The game Fortnite also saw explosive growth with #fortnite being the fastest growing hashtag globally.
San Francisco, Dec 4: Personal information of over 100 million Quora users including their name, email address and encrypted passwords have been compromised, the California-based popular question-and-answer...
San Francisco, Nov 27: In yet another high-profile exit at WhatsApp, its Indian-origin Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora has resigned, citing personal reasons. Arora has been with...
New Delhi, Nov 24: To help small businesses in India reach the global economy, Facebook is planning to train five million people with digital skills in three...
San Francisco, Nov 24: After attending grilling sessions this year with lawmakers over data breaches and failure to tackle political interference, Facebook is again set to...
San Francisco, Nov 21: Despite mounting pressure from investors to step down as Facebook chairman as the social media firm faces intense scrutiny on data scandals, Mark...
San Francisco, Nov 19: Apple may delete all “WhatsApp Stickers” from the App Store as these apps have found to be violating the company’s guidelines for developers,...
San Francisco, Nov 17: Facebook investors have increased pressure on Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down after a New York Times investigation suggested that the...
New Delhi, Nov 16: Facebook has recorded 16,580 data requests from the Indian government in the first six months of 2018 — a steep rise compared to...
New Delhi, Nov 15: On the cancellation of his music concert by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Carnatic singer TM Krishna said: “People are using...
San Francisco, Nov 15: Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is now rolling out its own “Your Activity” feature that would track how much time users spend on the...
San Francisco, Nov 14: WhatsApp is aiming to make it easier for users to quickly share their contact details by introducing a QR code system with a...
San Francisco, Nov 14: The Facebook crackdown on accounts engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on its platform and on Instagram continues. “Combined with our takedown last Monday,...
New Delhi, Nov 13: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide – including experts from India and those of Indian origin...
New Delhi, Nov 12: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed measures being taken to curb the menace of fake news. “Jack...
New York, Nov 10: Excessive use of social media including Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram is associated with poor well-being which could lead to depression and loneliness, researchers...
San Francisco, Nov 9: Facebook has removed more than 14 million “pieces of terrorist content” on its platform till September this year that was related to the...
New Delhi, Nov 6: Ahead of the US mid-term elections, social media giant Facebook has blocked 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on Instagram. According to...
London, Nov 3: Hackers have gained access to private messages of nearly 120 million Facebook accounts and already published such messages from 81,000 accounts for generating money,...
On July 18, 2016, when Sruthi went to UB City in Bengaluru's upscale shopping arcade for a shoot of 'Vismaya', Arjun walked behind her in the...
San Francisco, Oct 27: Facebook has removed 82 Pages, Groups and accounts for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” that originated in Iran and targeted people in...
San Francisco, Oct 26: Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that being gay has been God’s greatest gift to him, the media reported. On October 30, 2014,...
San Francisco, Oct 26: Twitter has lost nine million users during the third quarter of the current fiscal, its worst quarterly decline ever. The social network revealed...
New Delhi, Oct 23: Google on Tuesday opened public online voting for 20 children shortlisted for its annual ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition. The annual competition, announced early...
New York, Oct 17: Language people use in their Facebook posts can predict a future diagnosis of depression as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical...
Bengaluru, Oct 16: Amazon on Tuesday announced that it has added five Indian languages to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) — which is the e-commerce giant’s eBook publishing...
New Delhi, Oct 16: Google on Tuesday celebrated eminent tabla player from the Banaras gharana Pandit Lachhu Maharaj’s 74th birth anniversary with a simple string doodle. The...
New Delhi, Oct 10: Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has been facing a lot of flack after screenshots of his WhatsApp conversations were leaked on social...
Spending excessive time over internet and social media is emerging as a leading cause for mental disorder among adolescents and youths, say medical experts. “It is...
Ajmer, Oct 8: A picture of Bhartiya Janata Party minister urinating near a wall, next to a campaign poster featuring chief minister Vasundhara Raje is making...
New Delhi, Oct 6: Facing the uphill task of tackling election-related interference on its platform as India gets ready for polls next year, Facebook on Saturday said...
San Francisco, Oct 6: Facebook is testing voice commands for chat and calls in its Messenger platform. According to a report in TechCrunch on Friday, the feature...
San Francisco, Oct 4 (IANS) Facebook has increased the account deletion grace period from 14 to 30 days, giving users more time to decide and revive...
New Delhi, Oct 3: Popular communication app Truecaller on Wednesday launched its instant messaging (IM) platform “Truecaller Chat” with capabilities to report and tackle false links and...
They had married last month but Shiva Kumar, an electrician, remained in touch with his childhood friend over phone. Lahari had repeatedly asked her husband to...
>Washington, Sep 29: After Facebook admitted that it was hit with a fresh data breach that affected nearly 50 million users, Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA)...
San Francisco, Sep 28: Facebook has admitted that the phone numbers that its users provide for security purposes are being used to target them with ads, the...
San Francisco, Sep 27: Denying WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton’s claims that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to undermine the instant messaging app’s encryption technology, a top Facebook...
Washington, Sep 26: As US lawmakers geared up to grill tech giants again on data privacy, Google said the organisations must operate with respect for individuals’ interests...
Washington, Sep 21: After facing a backlash over reports in July that third-party app developers can read your Gmail, Google has once again defended its policy to...
San Francisco, Sep 18: In order to further secure candidates and campaign staff vulnerable to hackers and nation-state actors during the elections, Facebook has introduced additional tools...
New Delhi, Sep 10: In a bid to raise awareness on suicide prevention in India, Twitter India on Monday announced a partnership with non-profit organisation White Swan...
Bhopal, Sep 8: Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Saturday withdrawn its letter to ticket aspirants regarding social media engagement. ‘Candidates in upcoming polls must have 15,000...
San Francisco, Sep 7: As governments the world over including in India aim to store data of their people within their boundaries, Facebook on Friday announced...
New Delhi, Sep 5: Taranjeet Singh, who was elevated as Twitter’s Country Director for India in May 2017, has decided to move on. In a series of...
New Delhi, Sep 4 : Chief of the Army Staff Bipin Rawat on Tuesday said that it is necessary for soldiers to engage in social media...
Bhopal, Sep 3: Ahead of Assembly Elections, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee wrote a letter to ticket aspirants asking them to increase their social media engagement. ‘Candidates...
San Francisco, Aug 31: In a bid to tackle political interference on its platform, Twitter rolled out a new policy aimed at increasing transparency and certification...
New Delhi, Aug 28: Readying its digital payment service for India, Tez, for a global rollout, Google on Tuesday renamed the app as Google Pay and introduced...
Ahmedabad, Aug 28: A video in which Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel can be seen preventing his son offering Rs 500 in the donation box...
New Delhi, Aug 28: Although Indian parents are aware that images of their children posted online could end up in the wrong hands, most of them are...
San Francisco, Aug 27: Facebook is testing a feature that can point to the commonalities you have with other random users — whether you share a neighbourhood...
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Despite the increased intrusion of social media in our lives, love for emails remains strong with 60 per cent people checking their...
New Delhi, Aug 24: The “Neta – Leaders’ Report Card,” an app that allows users to review and rate their political representatives, has been downloaded more than...
San Francisco, Aug 22: Social Media giant Facebook has deleted 652 fake accounts from its platform for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” that originated in Iran and Russia...
August 20 :A Gulf firm has sacked an Indian employee, who hails from Kerala for posting insensitive comments on social media about Kerala flood victims. The...
San Francisco, Aug 17: After witnessing flak over tracking users even if location data is turned off in users setting, the tech giant has madder changes...
San Francisco, Aug 17: Aiming to deliver better experiences for its users, Mirco blogging platform Twitter has removed support for some outdated but key featured in third-party...
San Francisco, Aug 14: The micro-blogging platform has made its data-friendly Twitter Lite Android app available in 21 more countries, including India, which can be downloaded from...
San Francisco, Aug 13: Photo-messaging app Instagram is facing criticism for not removing an advertisement of a paid photo editing app “Facetune” that is targetted at women...
San Francisco, Aug 11: The world’s largest social media network Facebook on Friday took measures to make it more difficult to run fake or compromised accounts on...
San Francisco, Aug 10: Unicode Consortium, the organisation that regulates emojis has shortlisted 179 candidates — 61 characters plus variants — for release in 2019. Giving a...
San Francisco, Aug 8: Snapchat’s daily active user’s number shrank 1.5 per cent to 188 million in the second quarter of 2018 — down from 191 million...
San Francisco, Aug 3: With Facebook cutting off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of apps, Twitter users are no longer able to tweet...
Mumbai, Aug 3: A child pornography racket has been busted in Navghar town near Vasai in Thane district of Maharashtra. The police arrested five persons on charges...
San Francisco, Aug 3: Facebook has announced to invest an additional $4.5 million towards helping the news industry globally. The social media giant, that reported more...
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) late on Tuesday advised Aadhaar card holders to refrain from publicly sharing their Aadhaar...
The internet is a technology that empowers. It is also a platform that can disempower. It can build bridges or dismantle them. Through dialogue it can...
San Francisco, July 25 : Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps between April and June which violated its policies, the company has announced, saying it is further...
London, July 17: Moderators at Facebook are protecting far-right activists, preventing their Pages from being deleted even after they violate the rules set up by the social...
San Francisco, July 16: Several Facebook groups are sharing pirated Hollywood movies to hundred of thousands of users and the social media giant’s automated software are unable...
New Delhi, July 13: As Twitter began removing inactive and locked accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lost around 300,000 followers. The number of Modi’s followers...
London, July 11: The UK’s data protection watchdog plans to fine Facebook 500,000 pounds ($662,954) over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It would be its biggest ever penalty....
California, July 7: In a bid to curb the flow of misinformation on the platform, Twitter has suspended a whopping number of accounts between May and...
New Delhi, July 5: The Union Home Ministry has issued an advisory to states and Union Territories (UTs) asking them to take measures to prevent incidents of...
San Francisco, July 5: Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech. Parts of the document was flagged...
New Delhi, July 4: With misinformation spread on WhatsApp leading to killing of tens of people across the country and the government taking a note of the...
Washington, July 3: Despite assuring users to “remain confident that Google will keep privacy and security paramount”, the search giant is still reportedly allowing third-party app developers...
San Francisco, July 3: In yet another privacy goof-up, social media giant Facebook has admitted that more than 800,000 users were affected by a bug that unblocked...
The world of social media has played a key role in democratising our discourse and giving a platform to millions of people around the world to...
San Francisco, June 27: To address the problem of increasing spam accounts and trolls on its platform, Twitter has introduced tough policies that will soon see some...
San Francisco, June 20: In an apparent attempt to get close to publishers, Twitter has launched “Twitter Media” — a website dedicated to helping small publishers get...
Washington, June 9: In yet another bad day for Facebook, a Wall Street Journal report has claimed that the social networking giant provided select companies “customised data-sharing...
San Francisco, June 8: In the latest privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that the private posts of around 14 million users were made public. The bug made sure...
New Delhi, June 7: The Indian government has asked social networking major Facebook to explain reports that it had allowed phone and other device manufacturers access to...
San Francisco, June 5: Google has introduced an “early adopter programme (EAP)” for its newly designed Gmail with features like Gmail offline and nudging. “To prepare...
New York, June 4: Raising fresh concerns about Facebook’s privacy protection policies, a New York Times report has exposed how the social network allowed about 60 device...
San Francisco, May 31: After the European Union’s new data privacy regulations came into effect on May 25, Twitter started suspending users who, it believes, joined the...
Washington, May 17: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie has said that the company engaged in efforts to discourage or suppress voting from targeted sections of the American...
New Delhi, May 16: Facebook has recorded massive increase in the total number of Indian government requests for data over the past one year — a rise...
The video shows that an elderly man making vulgar gestures inside a bus.
Redmond (Washington), May 12: Alarmed by the mammoth spread of fake news, tech giant Microsoft is working round-the-clock on building “trusted” algorithms to control false news on...
San Francisco/New Delhi, May 4: It is time to change your Twitter password now as the micro-blogging platform has asked its 336 million users to do so...
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