Facebook unveils its virtual assistant 'M'

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 18:05

Social media giant Facebook has created a virtual assistant 'Facebook M' powered by artificial intelligence that can do everything.

Watch: Indian girl develops software which prevents cyber bullying

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 18:26

The software has text recognition capability and as soon as an offensive phrase is detected it sends a pop-up message asking to reconsider the user comments.

Pinterest, Instagram users doubled since 2012: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 14:45

Americans using social media and messaging apps have doubled in the past few years as per a study.

Facebook 'Friends' icon gets a new look

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 16:37

Facebook has a "little" change today. Notice something different about your Friends tab? Does it look like anything has changed? No? Well, it has

IBM, Facebook in new marketing partnership

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 13:26

In other words, the customers will now be able to buy Facebook ads with combined data from Facebook and IBM`s Marketing Cloud.

Google's patent to put an end to TV, film spoilers online

Last Updated: Sunday, April 12, 2015, 16:08

Search giant Google has been granted a patent for a system that would spot and hide spoilers about TV shows, books and movies from a user's social media feeds until they are up to date.

Twitter complies with Turkey's request, ban lifted

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 08:37

Twitter has complied with Turkey`s request to remove photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said, and a ban on the micro-blogging site was lifted, several hours after it was imposed.

Twitter launches video streaming app Periscope

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 23:35

Meerkat relies heavily on Twitter and has become hugely popular in the month since its launch.

Sebi to tap social media; plans crowdsourcing, start-up norms

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 16:49

Tasked with greater powers and gearing up for a larger role, markets regulator Sebi today said it is framing new norms to help young entrepreneurs raise funds through crowdsourcing and listing of start-ups, while it plans to tap social media in a big way to help investors.

Americans eye ways to skirt online snooping: survey

Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015, 20:24

Americans have been stepping up efforts to keep their data private since the revelations about vast US government surveillance programs, a survey showed Monday.

Facebook open to solar plane-based internet services in India

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 15:02

Social media giant Facebook is interested in testing internet services through solar-powered plane in India and other telecom connectivity technologies it is developing.

Brands to spend 15% of annual marketing budget on social media: EY

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 14:45

With the popularity and expanding reach of social media, around 90 percent of Indian brands plan to spend up to 15 percent of their annual marketing budget exclusively on social media, says an Ernst and Young (EY) study.