Social Media
Twitter wins teen support; Facebook enthusiasm on the wane
Teens tend to be more into Tweeting these days to catch up with friends and keep track of celebrities they adore. In the process, the loser seems to be Facebook. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University says one out of four online teens now use Twitter. That’s an ...
Facebook users will now be able to hide annoying mobile ads
Facebook has confirmed that it will allow mobile users to hide ads in their News Feeds. Reportedly, two-thirds of Facebook users use their smartphones to log on to the social network. And, mobile ads in News Feeds are really annoying for these customers, and they often quit browsing the site. Realizing this threat, Facebook has now come up with a plan ...
Minors on Social Networks: Court seeks India government’s take on the issue
Are minors eligible to be on the social networks? A debate has been raging in India on this topic and has now been dragged to court. The Union Government of India has now been asked by the Delhi High Court to let know its take on a plea that wants to know how children below the age of 18 were ...
Download Skype BlackBerry 10 Application Now
BlackBerry fanboys, here’s a new addition that get you go crazy with joy. With the BlackBerry Q 10 luring customers in big numbers, Skype too has chipped in make it eventful with the release of a new preview version of their BlackBerry 10 application. What does it do for you? Getting the Skype BlackBerry 10 app will mean that you will ...
Indian Baby Sold on Facebook for Rs 8 Lakh; Police Locate Kid
This is one post you wouldn’t want to ‘Like’ on Facebook! Crimes against children are increasing in India, and this latest update adds one more to the shocking incidents we have been hearing of late. The news we have just stumbled upon concerns the sale of a newborn on Facebook for Rs 8 lakh. A report on April 24 says that a ...
Facebook Home Pierces 500K Download Milestone
What we can say about this figure? Facebook is the social network which has the most user base, more than a billion as per the data, and 500k users have downloaded its Home app in just six days of its launch. When Instagram got ported to the Android Platform downloads marked a 1 million milestone on the same day of it ...
Ayushmann Khurrana heads for Twitter to rubbish death news
What do you do when someone spreads a rumor that you are dead and gone? Get on to Twitter and tell the world you are alive and kicking! Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has done just that. Bizarre? Ok, read on! The Nautanki Saala! actor all of a sudden turned the latest victim of a death hoax and he has had to work ...
Facebook Home now available for free download in India
Android fanboys, we need not tell you about the Facebook Home, we guess. The new app, which was pushed out of the labs by the social-networking major a few days ago, is now available in India for download. The Home was made available for free download on April 12 in the US. The feature has been extended to India now. Complete ...
Whatsapp Garners More Growth than Twitter; Feels CEO
Almost everyone is on Whatsapp these days, it seems. The company CEO’s statement hints at just that! Going by what Jan Koum says, the messaging service is now bigger than Twitter, with more than 200 million users. It has been stated that Whatsapp currently conveys around 20 billion messages every passing day and that, on closer look, would reveal that it ...
EA Halts a Bunch of Facebook Games
Social games have a major stake in the gaming industry. But now it’s not a great time for the industry as most of the publishers are facing a down curve on their revenues. EA is no exception. They are now on a re-strategizing mode and some cleaning on their depressed franchises. This Monday was kind of upsetting for the some ...
