Social Media: News
Facebook, Twitter being increasingly used to spread political propaganda
In social media, truth takes a back seat and propaganda rules; it's not a random observation but the summation of a detailed study made by Oxford Internet Institute's Computational Propaganda Research Project.
Bengaluru bit by yoga bug, from old to young everyone's practising
Bengaluru has reached a yoga frenzy with people as old as 79-year-old to young men, women practising yoga and not missing it for a single day.
Two-factor authentication: Protect your online accounts against hackers
Considering the fact that every second one or more accounts are getting hacked across the world, a little bit of precaution won't hurt.
Facebook bug reveals moderators' identities to suspected terror groups
Facebook acknowledged that a security bug last year resulted in the company inadvertently leaking the personal details of its content moderators to suspected terror groups using the social network.
Reddit raising funds, company's valuation to be $1.7bn
Giving a major boost, venture capitalists are funding popular link-sharing website Reddit that will give the company a total valuation of $1.7 billion.
Bollywood will always make no-brainers because they feed the industry
Every time a typical Bollywood flick releases, social media pundits come up with posts like, "When will we get out of a masala flick and get some serious cinema in India" or "The plot doesn't make any sense."
Facebook makes GIFs available for comments
To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF, Facebook has introduced a new feature enabling users to add GIFs to comments.
Binky, the social media app that does nothing. Literally.
Someday, technology would grow to an extent that humans wouldn't even have to think for themselves. It seems we are one step closer.
Thailand: 35 years prison sentence for 10 anti-monarchy pictures
A man in Thailand has been sentenced by its government to 35 years in prison. His crime was uploading 10 pictures, videos and comments which authorities felt was critical of Thailand's monarchy on social media.
From Taher Shah to Dhinchak Pooja: The stars of cringe-pop
Music lovers might cringe at the thought, but 'cringe-pop' has emerged as the newest sensation. Sometime ago, Dhinchak Pooja took over our computer screens with 'Swag Wali Topi', clicking 'selfies'.
Facebook has been vanishing your friends for some time now
Have you ever wondered what happened to all your friends on Facebook, why do they not post anymore or even if they do, why don't you get to see them anymore in your newsfeed?
Facebook to launch a messaging app for teens
According to tech-magazine The Information, Facebook is planning to launch a version of its Messenger app only for teenagers. It would reportedly be called "Talk".
Homemakers generated Rs. 54,000cr in sales via social media platforms
Whenever we think about e-commerce, it's usually enterprises like Flipkart, Amazon and how they are changing the consumption pattern in India.
Reports show terror outfits flourishing on Pakistan social media
Reports indicated that at least 41 out of the 64 terror outfits banned by the Pakistani government are extremely active on social media.
Twitter boss apologizes for Trump's win
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams apologized for the role his company reportedly played during the US presidential elections, which ended with Donald Trump's victory.
Massive social media influence helped BJP in 2014: Stanford Study
A Stanford Study on BJP's social-media strategy revealed that the party's massive social-media influence helped it comeback to power in 2014, thwarting a decade-long Congress rule.
Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind a social media empire
The world is on social media and Facebook is ruling the roost with Instagram in the foray; the circle is complete.
China's Internet gets more shackles added to its existing burden
China already has a strongly fortified Internet firewall in place to block elements that the government considers to be a misfit in their present scheme of things.
Facebook for terrorists is in the making, says Europol
Facebook needs to move aside for a major social media revolution that is about to happen, a platform that would bring all the radical extremists together to plot mass genocide and also to complement each other on their dead-body count.
After global outage of few hours, WhatsApp is back online
Popular messaging service WhatsApp experienced a global outage on Wednesday that lasted for several hours before it was resolved.
DaddyOFive YouTube channel gets prosecuted for abusing their own children
When people cross the line in a mad dash to be famous, it leaves an unsavory taste in the mouth.
Facebook is peddling ads by targeting teenagers who feel "defeated"
Facebook currently has more than 2 billion users and it's not shy of exploiting them for revenue.
Instagram hits the 700 million user mark
Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform Instagram just reached the milestone of having 700 million monthly active users.
CRPF jawan loses kin, lashes out at Rajnath Singh
Another Facebook video of a frustrated CRPF jawan Pankaj Mishra surfaced where he spoke against Rajnath Singh after having lost a relative in the Sukma Maoist attack.
World's last northern male rhino joins Tinder to find mates
The world's last male northern white rhino has now joined Tinder in an attempt to find breeding options for the survival of the species.
Obama's first post-presidency speech: 'Ready to train new leadership'
In his first post-presidency speech, former US President Barack Obama announced he wants to spend the next phase helping "prepare the next generation of leadership".
Katy Perry faces Indians' wrath after Goddess Kali post
Angry Indians have unleashed their wrath on American singer Katy Perry after she posted a photo of Goddess Kali on Instagram with the caption, "current mood."
Addiction to internet and social media on the rise
Technology has opened the doors to a whole new range of addictions, the most noteworthy being addiction to internet, or specifically, social media.
Facebook says it has ended a "coordinated operation" of spammers
Facebook has recently been in news for fake news and spamming which seems to have become rampant on its platform.
Snapchat not for poor countries like India, Spain: Evan Spiegel
An ex Snapchat employee revealed that Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel had once commented that the app was for 'rich people' and that he wasn't interested in expanding to 'poor countries' like Spain and India.
Social media norms for paramilitary forces
Guidelines have been issued by the Home Ministry with respect to use of social media by security forces.
Pakistan's Red Light District wiped out due to Social Media
Heera Mandi, Pakistan's oldest red light district is, according to locals, facing threat from technology.
Kerala official: Stare at women 14 seconds and be jailed
Kerala's Excise Commissioner Rishi Raj Singh said that charges can be booked against a person who stares at women for 14 seconds or longer.