Government websites across ministries, including that of the Prime Minister’s Office, suffered outages due to “malfunctioning” on Wednesday evening and were restored after a few hours. The government ruled out any
Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of
Twitter announced plans Thursday to buy SnappyTV, a service which allows for the clipping, editing and sharing of video over the messaging platform. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will
Twitter has finally given the gift of gif animation to its millions of users. The feature is available for Android, iOS and Web users. Twitter announced the much-wanted gif animation feature via
While advertising for conventional cigarettes has long been prohibited in the US, e-cigarettes are being routinely advertised in traditional and social media including Twitter, claims a new study. Researchers from the
Twitter has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about “blasphemous” content, in a move hailed by free speech activists. The
It seems Twitter is all set to bring a new tweet embedding feature to its Android and iOS apps, as some users are reporting an update containing the feature being rolled
The World Cup, which kicks off this week in Brazil, will be the most tweeted event ever, a Twitter Inc executive said on Tuesday. Brazil’s Twitter director Guilherme Ribenboim said the volume
Good thing social media did not exist during the era of “Mad Men.” It might have put Don and Peggy out of business. Brands and advertisers, looking for ways to reach audiences
Intensifying the buyout wars going on between the bigwigs of the tech world, Apple has reportedly very recently acquired the social search engine, Spotsetter. Apple has not officially confirmed the acquisition, yet, and is
Twitter Inc said Wednesday it will acquire Namo Media, a technology firm specializing in “native advertising” for mobile devices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Namo Media said in a blog post
Immediately after the results of India’s general elections were announced a controversy over ‘@pmoindia’, the Twitter handle of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), rocked the Indian political scene. The tussle between the outgoing and