Valentine's Day inspires Facebook viruses

13 Feb, 2012, 4:44 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

It's the eve of Valentine's Day and scammers are spreading the love. According to Trend Micro Researchers, ... More

HC continues with criminal proceedings against Yahoo! India

11 Feb, 2012, 9:03 am IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 1 Comments

Nothing seems to be calm at the moment, for social networking companies in India, as each day is turning ... More

Reports reveal that Facebook 'Likes' give brands mixed signals

10 Feb, 2012, 12:22 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

A study put together by eMarketer, after looking at data from eVoc Insights and the Chief Marking Officers (CMO) ... More

Facebook reveals plan for social games in 2012

09 Feb, 2012, 1:35 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai General

At the Inside Social Apps 2012 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Facebook revealed their plan ... More

Jay Leno sued over remarks on the Golden Temple

08 Feb, 2012, 4:49 pm IST Naina Khedekar General

Followed by the recent hullabaloo over the banning of content on social networks and other sites, there’s another ... More

More than just a Great Firewall awaits Facebook in China

08 Feb, 2012, 1:56 pm IST General

When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest internet population might seem an obvious ... More

Facebook will publish categories of data it collects

08 Feb, 2012, 10:27 am IST Padmini Harchandrai General

Facebook, who filed their $5 billion IPO last week is also currently embroiled in a privacy tangle in Europe. More

Website of 'social network filtering' petitioner defaced

07 Feb, 2012, 5:45 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

He set the wheels of social network filtering in India in motion, which subsequently kickstarted one of the most ... More

Deleted pictures are on Facebook, even 3 years later

07 Feb, 2012, 10:34 am IST Padmini Harchandrai General 3 Comments

If you deleted a Facebook picture, three years ago, then chances are that if you have a direct link to the image, ... More

Keep the negativity in check, on Facebook

03 Feb, 2012, 3:48 pm IST Priyanka Tilve General 1 Comments

It’s a popularly held belief that those with low self-esteem thrive on social networking platforms. As it provides ... More

Complainant argues - Google modifies content, is not merely a host

03 Feb, 2012, 2:44 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

The latest to be happening in the court room, pertaining to the case against 21 social networking sites in India. More

India beats Indonesia for No.2 spot on Facebook

03 Feb, 2012, 1:14 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai General 2 Comments

We have the second highest population in the world, the highest among countries whose citizens can be on Facebook (ahem, China) and we may not be number 1 on More

Google to be more cautious with Facebook and Twitter information

02 Feb, 2012, 5:31 pm IST Roydon Cerejo General

After Wave and Buzz tanked quite badly, Google has now turned their attention to their latest initiative called, ... More

Facebook and Twitter to be tied into BBM

02 Feb, 2012, 10:46 am IST Padmini Harchandrai BlackBerry

Research in Motion seems to be working on tying in Facebook and Twitter applications into its ever popular ... More

Facebook Timeline concerns 51 percent of users

31 Jan, 2012, 10:12 am IST Padmini Harchandrai BlackBerry 4 Comments

Facebook is in the process of making the new Timeline format compulsory for every user. However, according ... More

Banks, Internet companies team up to fight spam

30 Jan, 2012, 3:11 pm IST BlackBerry 1 Comments

Some of the world's biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope ... More

Web censorship not possible, asserts Google

27 Jan, 2012, 1:44 pm IST Anuradha Shetty BlackBerry 1 Comments

This comes in as an update to the ongoing court case at the Delhi HC, wherein 21 social networking sites operational ... More

Facebook takes 'clickjackers' to court

27 Jan, 2012, 12:27 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai BlackBerry

Facebook and the state of Washington have taken a Delaware-based media company, Adscend Media to court ... More

Indian Army men asked to quit social networking

27 Jan, 2012, 9:27 am IST Naina Khedekar BlackBerry

The Indian government had asked for censorship over content of Facebook, Google and other social sites late last year... More

Social media hacking seen as risk to advisers

26 Jan, 2012, 12:10 pm IST BlackBerry

Financial advisers may be overlooking one potential threat in the rush to develop new client relationships through social media: hackers More