Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the fifth most “followed” world leader on Twitter, may soon overtake the White House in terms of number of followers on the microblogging site, an
Government websites across ministries, including that of the Prime Minister’s Office, suffered outages due to “malfunctioning” on Wednesday evening and were restored after a few hours. The government ruled out any
Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of
Twitter announced plans Thursday to buy SnappyTV, a service which allows for the clipping, editing and sharing of video over the messaging platform. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will
Facebook Inc.’s website crashed briefly on Thursday, temporarily preventing computer and mobile phone users from reaching the site around the globe. During the outage, Facebook users ranging from Australia to South Korea
Twitter has finally given the gift of gif animation to its millions of users. The feature is available for Android, iOS and Web users. Twitter announced the much-wanted gif animation feature via
While advertising for conventional cigarettes has long been prohibited in the US, e-cigarettes are being routinely advertised in traditional and social media including Twitter, claims a new study. Researchers from the
Twitter has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about “blasphemous” content, in a move hailed by free speech activists. The
After taking a social media drubbing in the West for accepting self-censorship in China, jobs networking site LinkedIn Corp faces bigger obstacles to growth in a market it is counting on –
It seems Twitter is all set to bring a new tweet embedding feature to its Android and iOS apps, as some users are reporting an update containing the feature being rolled
The World Cup, which kicks off this week in Brazil, will be the most tweeted event ever, a Twitter Inc executive said on Tuesday. Brazil’s Twitter director Guilherme Ribenboim said the volume
Google is buying Skybox Imaging in a deal that could serve as a launching pad for the Internet company to send its own fleet of satellites to take aerial pictures and provide
