Facebook most popular social network: US study

Last Updated: Sunday, January 11, 2015, 18:26

Facebook is by far the most popular social media website with its large base of "very active" users visiting the site daily, a new survey of American internet users has found.

Twitter back online after limited blackout

Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2014, 16:37

Twitter was back online Monday following a partial outage which the company said was due to a bug.

Facebook adopts worker-friendly management technique

Last Updated: Sunday, December 28, 2014, 17:02

The new guidelines cater to employees` thirst for freedom as well as their aversion to inertia and top-down leadership, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Facebook popularity hampers fundraising efforts

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 17:58

People with fewer friends on Facebook raise more money for charity than those with lots of connections on the social networking site, a new study has found.

Google introduces new feature to enhance videos on its web app

Last Updated: Sunday, December 21, 2014, 17:18

The new feature is available in Google+ on Mac, Windows and ChromeOS.

Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results

Last Updated: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 08:46

Facebook Inc has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp`s Bing search engine on its social networking site.

Top 10 Indian Twitter accounts with follower growth in 2014

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 14:34

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tops the list and has registered a growth of over 54 percent with a follower count of around 5 million. He added 4,629,463 followers this year.

Twitter improves tools to block annoying users

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 20:36

In the new process, users can now report abuse with fewer steps and those not directly involved in the abuse can flag the abuse more easily.

Recruitment via social networking sites on rise: Survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 15:58

Besides, 65 per cent accessed these platforms for recruiting more candidates this year, as compared to 50 per cent in 2013.

Facebook battles to stay young and cool

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 03:05

Sixteen-year-old Owen Fairchild doesn`t hang out at Facebook as much as he did when he was just a kid.

Facebook to boost spending 80 pc to $2.5 billion this year

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 11:50

Facebook expects to boost capital expenditure by as much as 80% this year as the social networking giant expands infrastructure and support for initiatives to bring the next 5 billion people online.