social media network

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn launches in Hindi to reach 500 million users

LinkedIn has launched the social media network for professionals in Hindi. 

Dec 02, 2021, 15:34 PM IST

Facebook to add 3,000 workers to catch and remove streaming violence

acebook Inc will hire 3,000 more people over the next year to respond to reports of inappropriate material on the social media network and speed up the removal of videos showing murder, suicide and other violent acts, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday.

May 03, 2017, 23:32 PM IST

India among fastest growing advertiser base for Facebook

Social networking giant Facebook Monday said the number of advertisers on its platform has crossed the five million-mark with India featuring among the fastest growing markets.

Apr 10, 2017, 23:48 PM IST

Twitter to lay off some employees at development center in India

Twitter Inc said on Monday it would lay off some employees and halt engineering work at one of its development centers in Bengaluru.

Sep 20, 2016, 00:26 AM IST

Twitter eases 140-character limit on tweets

Twitter announced Monday it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets, implementing a policy announced in May to no longer factor certain add-ons including pictures into a message`s length.

Sep 19, 2016, 23:03 PM IST

Facebook launches teenagers-only social network app

Social media giant Facebook has launched a new iOS app Lifestage -- a sort of video diary where you answer biographical questions about yourself and share a visual profile of who you are with your school network.

Aug 20, 2016, 17:33 PM IST

Get your SMSes in Facebook Messenger now

Social media giant Facebook has enabled SMS in Messenger for Android which means that users will now have the choice to be able to send/receive SMSes in Messenger itself.

Jun 17, 2016, 16:36 PM IST

Wow! 69 million users view Facebook daily in India

Facebook also boasts of having in India 142 million monthly active users (MAU), including 133 million accessing it on mobile.

Mar 02, 2016, 23:17 PM IST