Social Media
113-year-old woman lies about her age to join Facebook
Anna Stoehr, one of the oldest living people in the world at age 113, has finally got herself a Facebook account.
Social media doesn't miss the irony of the Nobel peace prize
History was made on Friday when an Indian and a Pakistani national jointly shared the Nobel Peace prize.
Sidhu's speech goes viral in Punjab
Sidhu, in veiled comments, had targeted SAD(B) senior leadership and had blamed them for stabbing in the back of alliance partner BJP ...
Modi to get Facebook to promote good governance
The government is expected to get social networking site Facebook to promote issues like health and education besides good governance.
Instagram more popular among teenagers than Facebook, Twitter: Study
In a survey that examined how kids' social media preferences have changed over the last six months,they found that Instagram has become...
Companies need to spruce up social media presence to get right talent
Nearly a third of all candidates use social networking websites to gather information about open positions as well as the organisation ...
Hurtful ‘fat jokes’ prevalent on Twitter
Researchers found that compared to ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight’,‘fat’ is most often used in colloquial conversations — 92% of the cases —...
How Facebook helps boost self esteem
Those who are in a negative mood spent more time than others browsing the profiles of people who are rated as unsuccessful and unattrac...
Twitter wants MIT to make sense of your tweets
As part of the new programme, Twitter will provide full access to its real-time, public stream of tweets, as well as the archive of eve...
Couples who gush about each other are the 'most annoying' Facebook users
Facebook users who boast about their relationship or partner are the most annoying of the social network’s users, a survey has revealed...
Facebook changes real name policy, allows aliases
Facebook has said it would change its policy requiring users to go by their real names on the social network, following outrage over th...
After facing criticism, Facebook announces change in research policy
After the strong backlash Facebook received for its "emotional contagion" study published in June this year, the social networking gian...
Reporting trolls and bad behaviour on Facebook
Facebook does not notify the person you reported and its Help Guide states that your complaint is anonymous.
Social media boosts political participation among youth: Study
An increase in social media use leads to more political participation by young people, with Facebook being the most effective channel, ...
'Anti-Facebook' social network creates a buzz
In a matter of days, the new social network Ello, described as the 'anti-Facebook' for its stand on privacy and advertising, has become...
Internet services blocked in Vadodara after riots
Cellular data services, including 2G and 3G internet services barring landline broadband, group SMS as well as MMS services were ordere...
Non-human handles score big on Twitter
There's clearly a wide audience for things that tweet, and not just from space.
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