Will watch how Twitter implements censorship policy: US

Last Updated: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 14:47

Close on the heels of Twitter announcing that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, the US has said it will wait and watch how the micro-blogging site implements its new policy.

Twitter buys anti-malware firm Dasient

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 18:57

Micro-blogging site Twitter has acquired internet security firm Dasient for an undisclosed amount.

Wendi Deng`s Twitter a/c found to be a fake

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 00:31

A Twitter account purported to be linked to the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has turned out to be bogus.

China mulls crackdown on online media

Last Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 15:34

Chinese officials periodically shut down hundreds of websites accusing them of spreading obscene material.

Twitter reveals top subjects of 2011

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 13:09

Micro-blogging site Twitter has revealed the most popular topics for tweets in 2011 -- #egypt and #tigerblood.

Mix response on network sites content issue

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 16:41

Govt`s move to ask social networking sites to prevent objectionable content from appearing on their sites evoked a mixed response from politicians.

Twitter wins “tweet” trademark battle

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 14:54

The word "tweet" is to become a registered trademark of the micro-blogging website Twitter, company executives have said.

China blog site shuts accounts over `rumours’

Last Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 14:12

Between April and June, authorities deleted more than 790,000 online posts and articles that contained illegal material.

Rising Twitter valued at $8 bln: Report

Last Updated: Friday, July 8, 2011, 14:39

The US micro-blogging website Twitter is gaining value and is now worth an estimated USD 8 billion, the New York Times reported today.

License must to start blogging in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 09:32

Saudi Arabia has the second largest blogger population in the Arab World, and has witnessed an increase by 240 percent in recent times.

Father of Iranian blogging faces death penalty: Watchdog

Last Updated: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:59

Hossein Derakhshan is credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran.

Has Law Ministry queried to SC on blogging by judges?

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 23:53

Television channels have reported that the Union Law Ministry has written to the Supreme Court enquiring whether judges can blog on social networking sites.