Legal battle over Twitter subpoena heats up

01 Jun, 2012, 1:02 pm IST Social Networking 1 Comments

Electronic privacy advocates on Thursday weighed in on a high-stakes legal fight over online communications, arguing that a subpoena seeking an ... More

Bharat Bandh: Twitterers take to their timelines

31 May, 2012, 10:59 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 9 Comments

Bharat is on bandh in protest against the rising petrol prices and as always, the Twitter community gathers ... More

Most of world interconnected through email, social media

28 Mar, 2012, 9:54 am IST Social Networking

Most of the world is interconnected thanks to email and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. More

Twitter troll jailed for racist abuse of Muamba

28 Mar, 2012, 9:31 am IST Social Networking

A student who mocked footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter after the Bolton Wanderers midfielder collapsed during a match was jailed on Tuesday ... 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

Fire caused mass Airtel outage, some services up and running

28 Dec, 2011, 9:20 am IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 7 Comments

The technical snag that put down the services of one of the country's most popular mobile service providers, Bharti More

Airtel suffers technical snag, services down for some

27 Dec, 2011, 12:25 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 76 Comments

Some Airtel users across the city may be facing issues with connectivity today, as the services of one India's most ... More

Tweets show decline in global happiness

22 Dec, 2011, 4:07 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Mobile services

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

From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world

18 Oct, 2011, 8:56 am IST Mobile services

It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible. ... More

Twitter celebrates 'Hindi Diwas', adds Hindi support

16 Sep, 2011, 12:59 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services

When Twitter celebrated its milestone moment, that of reaching 100 million user count with pomp and splendor, it made an announcement, too. More

Tweets, Sexting 'Unfriended' in U.S. Banned Word List

04 Jan, 2010, 12:19 pm IST Reuters Windows

Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned. More

A Year of Tweets, Smartphones and Green Tech

29 Dec, 2009, 6:00 pm IST IANS Mobile phones

Any review of the major technology developments of 2009 would inevitably include copious copy on the Googles, Microsofts and other giants of the tech world. More

Tweets or Bleats? Tool Measures Importance on Twitter

23 Nov, 2009, 1:25 pm IST Reuters Mobile phones

Public relations consultancy Edelman recently launched TweetLevel, a free tool that measures the importance of a user on the popular social networking site. More