The executive credited with bringing the Google+ social network to life is leaving the Internet colossus after playing a key role there for nearly eight years. Vic Gundotra announced Thursday his departure
Facebook profits tripled to $642 million in the first quarter on a 72-percent surge in revenues helped by strong gains in mobile users and mobile advertising. Demonstrating that it is successfully following
The career-focused social network LinkedIn announced Friday it has 300 million members, with more than half the total outside the United States. “While this is an exciting moment, we still have a
Cuba plans to launch its own social media networks to counter “subversive” ones such as a Twitter-like app the United States was funding, an official said Wednesday. Last week, the White House acknowledged
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
Spamming and phishing on social-media isn’t new anymore. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and now even Pinterest users are often at risk. Multiple Pinterest users are now reporting their accounts have been hacked, filling
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.
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is visiting China, the biggest market where the popular messaging service is banned, the company said Monday. The US firm said Costolo “is visiting China because he
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took a victory lap at the world’s largest mobile technology conference in Barcelona on Monday, after beating out Google Inc in a $19 billion acquisition
You don’t have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their
Writing on Facebook makes users reflect upon their actions, helping them understand and improve themselves, a new study has concluded. Social networking sites can be a form of self-therapy, said researchers from
Facebook unveiled plans Monday on a partnership with New York University for a new center for artificial intelligence, aimed at harnessing the huge social network’s massive trove of data. The California-based tech
