Scientists have developed a computer algorithm that predicts whether a photo will go viral on Facebook by watching how fast it is shared. Stanford researchers said the clues to predicting which of
India, which accounts for over 93 million Facebook users, reported the largest number of bugs under the social networking giant’s bug bounty programme last year. The California-headquartered firm said it received a
Twitter Inc plans to release a mobile-advertising product in the next few weeks that will allow app-makers to encourage downloads of their software, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. The
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced as “villainous” the leaking of a recording of top security officials discussing possible military action in Syria to the video-sharing site YouTube. Turkish authorities
Facebook’s latest multibillion dollar acquisition of virtual reality headset maker Oculus is prompting some people to wonder if CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already living in an alternate reality. Longtime technology analyst Roger
Twitter on Wednesday added Facebook-style photo “tagging” and bumped up the number of images that iPhone users can share in a single post. As many as 10 people in a single image
A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Facebook Inc that had accused the company of misappropriating the names and likenesses of minors who use the social network.
Facebook on Thursday began weaving video ads into people’s news feeds at the leading online social network in a move to grab revenue from the lucrative television market. Premium Video Ads that
Facebook-owned photo sharing service Instagram on Friday said it has landed its first deal with a major ad agency. The leading social network wouldn’t disclose financial aspects of the alliance with Omnicom,
Google’s Sundar Pichai has denied at Mobile World Congress that his company bid on WhatsApp, the popular mobile instant messaging and SMS app. Pichai, senior vice president in charge of Chrome, Android,
LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform with 350 million users worldwide, has seen a record-breaking inflow of daily new users, as many as 10 times in some regions, since the weekend of
Move over WhatsApp, for we have a serious contender for the top spot in the name of Telegram Messenger app. Touted as the ‘fastest messaging app’ in the market, the WhatsApp rival