Facebook: News
04 Apr 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaMumbai: Youth jumps to death after discussing suicide-live on Facebook
A 24-year-old hailing from Bengaluru committed suicide by jumping from the 19th floor of Taj Lands End hotel in Bandra.
02 Apr 2017
InstagramSnapchat takes swift jab at Instagram on April Fool's day
Mark Zuckerberg has apparently decided to turn both Facebook and Instagram, into Snapchat clones.
02 Apr 2017
Germany'Racial profiling': Indian-origin woman stripped at Frankfurt airport
An Indian-origin woman has alleged racial profiling after she was made to strip by security personnel at Germany's Frankfurt airport.
31 Mar 2017
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversitySocial media calls for boycott of Gurugram pub
Following the brawl that took place at Gurugram's 'The Wine Company', where 4 people were allegedly beaten by the manager and the bouncers of the restaurant, the restaurant is being heavily criticized on social media.
30 Mar 2017
TechCrunchFacebook to launch group chatbots at F8 conference
Facebook's F8 annual global developer conference is set to be held in San Jose from 18th to 19th April.
30 Mar 2017
South AfricaDurban Racism Case: Diwali Facebook ranter sentenced for racist comments
A 59-year-old Durbanite, Dawie Kriel, was sentenced to a $460 fine or 12 months imprisonment, suspended for five years, by the Durban Magistrate Court.
25 Mar 2017
Yogi AdityanathYouth arrested under Section 66A for Yogi Adityanath's morphed image
22-year-old Rahat Khan of Greater Noida was arrested for allegedly posting morphed images of Yogi Adityanath on Facebook.
24 Mar 2017
AsiaSocial media platforms, once popular but now forgotten
There is hardly anybody one knows, who is not on a social media platform.
23 Mar 2017
ChicagoFacebook Live becomes the new playground for rapists
A 15-year-old girl in Chicago, who went missing while recuperating in a local hospital has finally been found.
21 Mar 2017
Narendra ModiSwaraj comes to help of Indian woman suffering in Pakistan
When the father of Mohammadia Begum, an Indian woman allegedly being ill-treated by her in-laws in Pakistan, reached out to Sushma Swaraj through an SOS YouTube video, the External Affairs minister soon directed the Indian High Commission to renew her passport and facilitate her return.
17 Mar 2017
PinterestChina's decision to block Pinterest comes as a major surprise
Pinterest- a website that shares images of various ideas, objects and events, came under the radar of Chinese Internet Laws. China has decided to block Pinterest.
25 Feb 2017
WhatsAppWhatsApp may soon enter digital payments- CoFounder
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has indicated that the popular messaging app may soon venture into digital payments space.
10 Feb 2017
Bombay High CourtWorld's heaviest woman to come to Mumbai for surgery
The world's heaviest woman weighing 500 kilos, Eman Ahmed from Egypt, will come to Mumbai on February 11 for a surgery at Saifee.
07 Feb 2017
Navi MumbaiDeadly pollutants in Mumbai over 13 times beyond safe limit
Mumbai recorded Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) index of 1,056 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m3) in 2007-08, seven times the safe limit of 140 µg/m3.
06 Jan 2017
Mark ZuckerbergIs Mark Zuckerberg diving into politics? Speculations mount
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his personal goal for 2017 is to tour and meet people in every US state.
21 Nov 2016
TechnologyFacebook set to repurchase shares worth $6 billion
Social media giant Facebook announced plans to launch a share repurchase program worth nearly $6 billion.
10 Nov 2016
LinkedInFacebook looks to rival LinkedIn's job feature
Facebook is reportedly testing a jobs feature and is looking to promote job listing through the social networking site.
05 Nov 2016
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)What happened in and around India's capital on 5th Nov?
Primary municipal schools have been ordered shut on Saturday due to extreme pollution in the city.
21 Oct 2016
New ZealandFacebook's Marketplace to disrupt India's classifieds market?
With Facebook recently adding a new popular feature, Marketplace, for enabling users to buy and sell items, many experts predicts that it will be a boon to India's classified market.
18 Oct 2016
WeChatMeet Musical.ly, an app that is taking USA by storm
Founded in Shanghai in 2014 as a platform to create, share and discover short music videos, Musical.ly has grown in popularity, particularly in the US, and has over 100 million users today.
28 Sep 2016
IndiaCensorship by Facebook? The story so far
In the most recent development to the Facebook censorship issue, seven Palestinian journalists had their accounts blocked without explanation.
19 Sep 2016
KolkataMassive protests by Taxi unions against iconic Kolkata restaurant
Decades old Kolkata restaurant, Mocambo, has been in the eye of the storm since last week for alleged racism towards a taxi driver.
15 Sep 2016
Hillary ClintonFacebook, Twitter join the First Draft coalition
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter are now part of the 'First Draft news', a coalition of media and technology organizations aimed at improving social media news-gathering.
01 Sep 2016
WhatsAppFacebook using contact information to suggest friends
A report revealed that when people gave Facebook admittance to their phone contacts, Facebook used that information to make friend recommendations.
27 Aug 2016
GermanyPolish Olympian sells medal to help ailing boy
Piotr Malachowski, a Polish discus thrower, auctioned off the silver medal he won at the Rio Olympics.
26 Aug 2016
Mark ZuckerbergEx-porn star sues Facebook for $1 billion
A Texas-based ex-porn star named Paree La'Tiejira (also known as Lady Paree) sued Facebook, claiming that Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg conspired to ruin her career.
15 Aug 2016
Instagram StoriesFacebook and a creativity platform
Social media trends have undergone immense transformation; from no-frills text content sharing to gaming, picture sharing and currently the hottest trend of all - imaginative content creating applications.
14 Aug 2016
Pranab MukherjeePranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha harassed on Facebook
President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee, said that she was harassed on Facebook by a person by the name of Partha Mandal, who sent her sexually explicit messages on Friday.
