Social Media

Facebook launches live streaming service on its app

The live streaming service was earlier introduced for celebrities and journalists. Facebook Live is now available to all users.

Apr 7, 2016

Twitter offers 20 weeks 'gender-neutral' paid parental leave

Twitter's policy of 20 weeks of paid gender-neutral parental leave will be available worldwide to all employees by July 1.

Apr 6, 2016

Twitter beats Yahoo, Amazon, Verizon for live-streaming rights of NFL Thursday games

Facebook withdrew its bid to live-stream the NFL Thursday games due to disagreement over commercials, letting Twitter grab it.

Apr 5, 2016

Facebook AI will soon automatically recommend photo captions

The new system uses a text-to-speech engine to describe images; improves Facebook experience for the visually impaired.

Apr 5, 2016

Instagram to allow users to post 60-second videos

The move will put Instagram in a category of its own, as its video time limit is more than the 10 seconds set by Snapchat.

Mar 30, 2016

Microsoft AI chat bot Tay becomes racist on Twitter

Microsoft has since taken down the offensive tweets, and is reportedly making adjustments to the artificial intelligence chat bot.

Mar 25, 2016

Facebook working on new feature to stop impersonation

The feature, if implemented, will help 1.59 billion Facebook users prevent a possible online harassment.

Mar 23, 2016

Instagram's feed to become user relevant

Instead of organising content chronologically, users' feed will be displayed according to interest.

Mar 16, 2016

Google boosts encryption; Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat to follow

Google's transparency report said encrypted connections had increased from 52 percent in 2013 to 77 percent in 2016.

Mar 16, 2016

Instaporn: Tech blogger finds pornographic content on Instagram while exploring Arabic hashtags

Explicit content on Instagram is searchable and accessible without any age verification.

Mar 14, 2016

Facebook's new plug-in fetches Wordpress articles almost instantly

Facebook created a free open-source plugin offering the power of Instant Articles to 25 percent of the web.

Mar 9, 2016

WhatsApp update lets share documents, 'pinch to zoom' in videos and more

WhatsApp update is currently available on iTunes, while Android users have to wait to get the new features.

Mar 2, 2016

Facebook Live, broadcasting videos in real time, coming to more countries and Android

Facebook Live lets users broadcast videos in real time and get instant responses in comments.

Feb 27, 2016

Twitter will launch redesigned embedded timelines next week

Twitter's new timelines will allow users to embed profiles, lists and collections.

Feb 27, 2016

Facebook releases Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, Angry emoji globally

Facebook has released six reaction emojis or emoticons following public demand for a "dislike" button.

Feb 25, 2016