Twitter co-founder puts social twist on search with new mobile service

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 02:09

One of the creators of Twitter Inc unveiled a new mobile service called Jelly on Tuesday, hoping for another hit product in what has become an increasingly crowded field of social and mobile products.

4 out of 5 world leaders tweeted in 2013: Report

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 14:14

The Enterprise Innovation reported that President Barack Obama remained at the top spot, gaining 16 million followers in just one year to reach 40.5 million.

Facebook dominates in US rush to social networking

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 10:51

The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday.

Twitter adds photo sharing to direct messages

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 08:47

Updated mobile software rolled out by Twitter lets smartphone users send pictures in direct, personal messages seen only by recipients instead of being shared publicly on the social network.

Tech giants call on US to reform surveillance laws

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 09:33

Eight leading US-based technology companies on Monday called on Washington to overhaul its surveillance laws following the revelations of online eavesdropping from fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.

Analysts think Twitter 'not worth the hype': Report

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 11:59

The micro blogging site's opening price of 45.10 dollars a share, 73 percent higher than its IPO price.

Twitter names first female board member

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 22:43

Microblogging site Twitter Inc named Marjorie Scardino, former chief executive of publishing company Pearson, to its board on Thursday following criticism that it lacked diversity in the top ranks of the company.

Tweeters to be offered legal tips to avoid lawsuits

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 22:20

The government`s chief legal adviser said on Wednesday he plans to offer guidelines to social media users to help them avoid breaking Britain`s laws on contempt when posting comments about court cases.

Fake Twitter accounts boosting popularity of celebrities

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 20:10

Celebrities around the world have been reportedly hiring professionals for generating fake Twitter accounts to "follow" their accounts on the social network to boost their popularity.

Twitter ups security to ring-fence user data, check snooping

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 13:20

Twitter has ramped up the security of its user data, following a similar move by Yahoo!, making it harder for hackers to steal personal information of users and check cyber snooping.

Twitter toughens encryption to thwart online snooping

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 09:12

Twitter on Friday announced it has toughened the encryption of traffic at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service to thwart online snooping.

India to have world`s largest Facebook population by 2016

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12:55

Indians are increasingly logging into their Facebook and Twitter accounts, with the country recording the highest social networking growth of 37.4 per cent this year, according to a new study.