TAG: Twitter

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

Google to be more cautious with Facebook and Twitter information

02 Feb, 2012, 5:31 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Web services

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

Google to follow country-by-country censorship on Blogger

01 Feb, 2012, 3:29 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai BlackBerry

Twitter announced a few days ago that it will censor itself on a country-by-country basis, so the service can ... More

Twitter censorship to be on a country-to-country basis

27 Jan, 2012, 10:23 am IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking

Social networking and free speech, at least conceptually were synonymous; each one quite meaningless without the other. More

Social media hacking seen as risk to advisers

26 Jan, 2012, 12:10 pm IST Social Networking

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

Twitter adds support for right to left languages

26 Jan, 2012, 9:55 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

The Twitter Translation Center, which is Twitter's crowd source means of making the microblog available in various languages, has added support for More

Sina Weibo breaks Twitter's record of posts per second

24 Jan, 2012, 5:58 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

Sina Weibo, a popular microblog in China has overtaken Twitter in number of posts sent per second. According ... More

Rupert Murdoch turns to Twitter to attack Obama

16 Jan, 2012, 1:13 pm IST Social Networking

Media baron, Rupert Murdoch used his new Twitter account this weekend to attack the Obama Administration's ... More

Local Twitter account hacked because "tweets weren't funny"

12 Jan, 2012, 5:03 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

Local Twitter had some drama today. The twitter account of @BollywoodGandu, whose identity has always ... More

Twitter exposed epidemic in Haiti before health officials

11 Jan, 2012, 1:07 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

Twitter was an important tool in crisis of political nature, especially, in recent times, in Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia. More

Twitter lashes out at Google search changes

11 Jan, 2012, 12:21 pm IST Social Networking

Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc. unveiled for its search engine on Tuesday, describing the changes ... More

Samsung working on emotion-sensing smartphone?

11 Jan, 2012, 10:53 am IST Naina Khedekar Smartphones

Social networks are used by many to express their state of mind at all times, be it joy, anger, fear or even hatred. More

Twitter ordered to provide Wikileaks supporters account info

07 Jan, 2012, 11:58 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones

Microblog Twitter has been ordered by the US Department of Justice to hand over information for three Wikileaks ... More

Twitter embarrassed by fake Wendi Murdoch account

04 Jan, 2012, 2:26 pm IST Smartphones

Twitter, the popular micro blogging site, apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi ... More

Rupert Murdoch splashes opinions on Twitter

03 Jan, 2012, 3:06 pm IST Smartphones

In one of his tweets, Murdoch described Santorum, a socially conservative former senator who has risen sharply ... More

2012 makes Twitter crash

02 Jan, 2012, 10:21 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones

The headline almost reminds us of Y2K, without the hoarding that went into that debacle. Almost as expected, ... More

Trends of 2011 - Digital goes mainstream

27 Dec, 2011, 5:34 pm IST Naina Khedekar Smartphones 1 Comments

The year 2011 has witnessed phenomenal changes in how we consume digital data, be it social network, net banking, purchasing goods or accessing information. More

Tweets show decline in global happiness

22 Dec, 2011, 4:07 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones

A study at the University of Vermont shows that global happiness is on the decline. What's unique about the study ... More

Facebook to move small ads to your Newsfeed

21 Dec, 2011, 10:45 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones 1 Comments

Facebook has an ad system, called Sponsored Stories, which according to Mashable, will move into your Newsfeed ... More