Social Network

Facebook again goes down with 'Something went wrong' error message!

Users of social networking giant Facebook were in for a disappointment as they were unable to log into the website. Facebook is down for millions of users across the world.

Sep 29, 2015, 00:49 AM IST

Facebook sees a billion users in a single day

Facebook on Thursday boasted of a new achievement with a billion people using the leading social network in a single day.

Aug 28, 2015, 02:47 AM IST

Facebook may allow businesses to use WhatsApp

Facebook to consider a B2C feature for WhatsApp, where it charges businesses for access to users. The service obviously has huge global reach.

May 20, 2015, 11:43 AM IST

Facebook talks up need for virtual reality, big tech bets

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and drones will enable Facebook Inc to create a more lifelike and useful social network, the company said in its clearest explanation so far for technology projects that have puzzled some investors and analysts.

Mar 27, 2015, 08:56 AM IST

Twitter working with probe on online threats

Twitter said Monday it was working with law enforcement officials on unspecified threats, amid reports that the social network had been targeted for blocking accounts linked to the Islamic State.

Mar 03, 2015, 00:10 AM IST

Facebook claims 2 million advertisers

Facebook said that it has boosted the number of advertisers on the social network to two million as it launched a mobile app for those managing their commercial pitches.

Feb 25, 2015, 09:26 AM IST

Facebook most popular social network: US study

Facebook is by far the most popular social media website with its large base of "very active" users visiting the site daily, a new survey of American internet users has found.

Jan 11, 2015, 18:26 PM IST

Facebook says it won't commercialise personal content

Facebook recently changed its privacy policy and many photographers, both amateur and professional, held fears that the social network could start commercialising their images.

Dec 03, 2014, 16:13 PM IST

Facebook Argentina fined over fake profiles

Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos ($177,000) for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.

Dec 03, 2014, 10:12 AM IST

Facebook working on social network similar to LinkedIn

The new website will look like Facebook with news feeds, but offer work and personal pages.

Nov 17, 2014, 16:10 PM IST

EU questions Facebook-WhatsApp $19 bn deal

The move is part of the EU's formal review of the $19 billion acquisition of the popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp by the social network earlier this year, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported

Sep 02, 2014, 10:45 AM IST

'Candy Crush' decline continues for King, shares fall

Social and mobile game company King Digital Entertainment Plc reduced its 2014 forecast after reporting lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Tuesday.

Aug 13, 2014, 09:25 AM IST

Facebook users dial 911 over outage, cops frown

Will you call 911 if Facebook goes off the radar? This is exactly some users in Los Angeles did when the popular social networking site Friday suffered its second brief outage in two months.

Aug 02, 2014, 11:54 AM IST

Facebook restores service after outage in many countries

Facebook Inc said service to the world`s largest online social network was fully restored on Friday, following a widespread outage that affected users in multiple countries.

Aug 02, 2014, 02:05 AM IST

Instagram launches messaging app

Undoing a send is done by shaking your phone.

Jul 30, 2014, 14:03 PM IST

Is Facebook addiction pushing up divorce cases?

If you think excessive Facebook use by your spouse is behind your divorce, then you may be right, says a study.

Jul 22, 2014, 14:56 PM IST

Google+ abandons need to use real names

Google+ apologized on Tuesday and stopped requiring people to use their real names while mingling in the online social network.

Jul 16, 2014, 08:49 AM IST

Facebook seeks India revenue boost with missed call ads

The ads are part of Facebook’s effort to bolster its business in countries such as Brazil, India and Indonesia.

Jul 02, 2014, 13:12 PM IST

Facebook accepts blame for brief outage

Facebook took the blame on Friday for a brief outage that resulted in a flood of comments -- chiefly on rival social network Twitter.

Jun 20, 2014, 10:00 AM IST