Social Media

NASA teams up with Snapchat to celebrate ISS' 100,000th orbit around the Earth

The International Space Station travels at 17,500 miles per hour, completing an orbit around the earth every 90 minutes.

May 17, 2016

Twitter to relax 140-character limit

The micro-blogging service will no longer count links and photographs as part of the 140-character limit.

May 17, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg opens up on Facebook Trending Topics controversy

Facebook has been accused of avoiding stories with conservative viewpoints for Trending Topics section.

May 13, 2016

Former Facebook workers admit to suppressing news

Facebook has denied the claim that it allegedly suppressed and planted news stories in the "Trending" section of users' news feed.

May 10, 2016

Chinese court rules in favour of Facebook in trademark case

The Beijing Higher People's Court has ruled in favour of the social media giant over trademark of the name "face book."

May 9, 2016

Facebook celebrating Mother's Day with flowery reactions

The social networking giant is reportedly testing Mother's Day-exclusive reactions in parts of the world ahead of the event.

May 6, 2016

Noria smart AC will fit any window

The AC can be controlled with a smartphone and can be installed and removed easily.

May 1, 2016

New features coming to WhatsApp; latest update to bring callback, voicemail, zip file

The new Call Back feature is for both iOS and Android devices and a missed call notice will appear on the screen of the device.

Apr 28, 2016

Facebook develops camera app to promote content creation

A drop in user activity could be the reason behind Facebook making extra efforts to get users to create as opposed to consume.

Apr 26, 2016

Facebook addiction? Focusbook may help

Focusbook can help fight Facebook addiction with pop-ups and descending blue mist that will remind you to log out.

Apr 22, 2016

Facebook bringing big changes to Android app news feed

The update will divide the news feed into different sections.

Apr 17, 2016

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