Controversial Facebook app update is part of a beta test

16 Mar, 2013, 11:38 am IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Yesterday it was reported that Facebook is bypassing Google Play in order to prompt users to update its app on Android devices to build 141046 and other More

Facebook bypasses Google Play to update Android app

15 Mar, 2013, 5:26 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android 1 Comments

Users of Facebook on Android devices the world over were in for a surprise today as the social networking app started prompting them to download an update... More

Facebook might borrow the hashtag from Twitter

15 Mar, 2013, 9:53 am IST Nishtha Kanal Android

#Facebook? Could happen soon if reports are to be believed! The world’s largest social networking site is apparently going to adopt the iconic hashtag More

Twitter reportedly prepping a music discovery service

14 Mar, 2013, 1:15 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android

After rumours that Google will be working on a music streaming app branching out of YouTube and Google Play, it looks like Twitter is joining the queue to make... More

Facebook makes new Timeline design official

14 Mar, 2013, 10:59 am IST Anuradha Shetty Android 15 Comments

Love it? Hate it? You're going to get it, anyway! More

FTC eyes mobile, social media with latest online ad rules

13 Mar, 2013, 1:12 pm IST Android

Advertisers should think twice about placing promotional messages on mobile and social media platforms like Twitter if those ads require disclosures or More

Facebook does away with 'unlike' option in new News Feed

13 Mar, 2013, 1:06 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android

If you’re already on the revamped News Feed of Facebook, there is some bad news. Facebook has done away with the ability to unlike a page from your More

LinkedIn in talks to purchase Pulse News app

12 Mar, 2013, 10:44 am IST Nishtha Kanal Android

LinkedIn is reportedly in talks to buy popular news aggregator app Pulse News Reader. According to AllThingsD, LinkedIn will close the purchase of... More

What you 'like' on Facebook can be revealing

12 Mar, 2013, 10:10 am IST Android

Clicking those friendly blue "like" buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga... More

Fake promotional pages on Facebook on the rise

11 Mar, 2013, 10:46 am IST Anuradha Shetty Android 4 Comments

The next time you spot a promotional page on Facebook, offering a popular product in exchange of a 'Like', ... More

Live Blog: Follow Facebook’s News Feed revamp with tech2

07 Mar, 2013, 7:57 pm IST tech2 News Staff Android 1 Comments

Facebook is unveiling a redesign of its News Feed today and we will be live-blogging the announcement. Changes to Facebook's layouts always polarise the More

Amazon UK pulls offensive "Keep Calm and Rape" series of t-shirts

04 Mar, 2013, 2:02 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Amazon UK has pulled the "Keep calm and rape a lot" series of t-shirts from its site. The original retailer claims the misogynistic prints were caused by a "computer error." More

Evernote resets user passwords following hacking scare

04 Mar, 2013, 11:56 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

Evernote has joined the club of companies hacked this year. As a precautionary measure, the popular note-taking service has reset the passwords of... More

Facebook buying Atlas ad business from Microsoft

01 Mar, 2013, 1:36 pm IST Web apps

Facebook is buying a set of online advertising tools called Atlas from Microsoft in its latest attempt to build a more effective marketing system around its Internet social network. More

Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game

01 Mar, 2013, 10:45 am IST Gaming

Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game... More

Instagram beats odds to hit 100 million monthly active users mark

27 Feb, 2013, 1:31 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Gaming

Congratulations are in order for Instagram for bouncing right back into the game following a privacy fiasco to post the figure of a whopping 100 million More

New Facebook feature suggests users give gifts to friends with good news

27 Feb, 2013, 1:20 pm IST tech2 News Staff Gaming

There never seems to be a quiet moment at Facebook. This time, Inside Facebook reports that some users have spotted "give a gift" buttons on individual posts More

Hacker finds Facebook flaw that exposes private information

26 Feb, 2013, 6:00 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Gaming

Facebook has found itself engulfed in yet another hacking scandal, only this time, it’s scarier than a simple malware problem. A hacker has been able to... More

Brand trust study ranks Google as India's most trusted Internet brand

25 Feb, 2013, 8:02 pm IST tech2 News Staff General 1 Comments

Google has been ranked India's Most Trusted Internet brand for the year 2012, according to a report by the Trust Research Advisory called The Brand Trust Report... More

Flickr updates iPhone app with ability to download images

23 Feb, 2013, 1:21 pm IST tech2 News Staff iOS

Flickr has updated its iPhone app to let users download photos to their devices. To download photos, users will have to tap the share icon on any photo and tap... More