He sued Marc Zuckerberg for $65 million and won. The Social Network focuses on the former Harvard upperclassman's battle. Aseem Chhabra reports.
"The growing prevalence and capabilities of the most visible cyber-events of 2010, Stuxnet and Hydraq, have turned the focus on protecting businesses and critical infrastructure." said Shantanu Ghosh, vice president, India Product Operations, Symantec.
'My tool is the way I look. This is the only thing that distinguishes me.' 'Most of us dress similarly. What sets you apart is your face. If you change that also, you're like anybody else.'
A new poll finds that cyberbullying in India is pretty high.
The government has the power to monitor, intercept and even block online conversations and websites.
Google+ paves the way for yet another interesting feature for Facebook. Now Facebook facilitates video calling, and that too a group video chat.
Worried for your child's obsession for the internet and social networking sites? You are not alone, researchers say.
Yet another model was found dead in her residence in Kolkata, the fourth such incident in the city in a fortnight involving someone from the world of showbiz, the police said on Monday.
Trump's attack against Haley, a daughter of Indian immigrants who served as his UN ambassador, comes days before a hotly contested New Hampshire primary that could determine the trajectory of the party's presidential nomination contest.
The social networking site has 1.23 billion monthly active users and 757 million daily active users.
Soon after the article came out on the last 500 office typewriters in the world of Godrej Prima brand, these became the favourite buzzword for the global media.
Experts warned that amendments, which would allow traceability of "unlawful content", invade personal privacy and free speech.
Ankita Gaba and Aditya Rao are in their early 20s. The two run Superchooha, a social business communications firm. They tell Abhishek Mande how social media is changing the way organisations function and why it is difficult selling the idea of social communications in India.
Why are people migrating to this new app?
With social networking sites becoming an integral part of our lives, experts believe using digital traces for legal purposes will only rise in future.
With online deals getting bigger everyday, Facebook is getting into the local deals business. And that move by itself as per analysts is enough to make Groupon, a website that is localised to major geographic markets worldwide look nervously over its shoulder and further strengthen Facebook.
If you think that you are addicted to social networking sites -- and it's affecting your school work and grades -- it's time that you beat your addiction. Here are five simple ways to do it...
The first movie to be made available on Facebook is the Heath Ledger starrer The Dark Knight.
According to the survey by global IT security and data protection firm Sophos, criminals have increasingly focused attacks on users of social networking sites in last 12 months with an explosion in reports of spam and malware.
Google's latest offering 'Google Plus' is steadily gaining ground in the social networking space, so far dominated by Facebook, with the internet giant's social network attracting about 20 million visitors in the initial three weeks and nearly half of these visitors hailing from US and India.
The deal makes Facebook now worth more than companies like eBay, Yahoo and Time Warner.
Divya Narendra, the 29-year-old, American Indian who along with the Winklevoss brothers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for copying their idea, talks about his his idols and ideals in life, the lessons he learnt from the Facebook episode and the traps that start-ups should watch out for.
Social networking site, Facebook, has faced sharp criticism from the European data protection officials for putting users privacy at risk due to the changes it brought to its service, a media report said.
Software giant Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its first mobile handset Kin, designed specifically for users who are actively accessing social networking sites.
Four French judges earlier in the day began questioning the passengers detained by the French authorities at Vatry airport, 150 km east of Paris, since Thursday over suspected "human trafficking".
As many as 2,000 tourists stranded in Kasol area of Kullu district owing to incessant rainfall have been evacuated safely, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday.
Asked about action taken against those spreading fake news, and publishers of anti-national material, he said more than 60 accounts have been blocked including those on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
It is evident that the younger generation is increasingly choosing to postpone or completely forego the idea of getting married, observes Sybil Shiddell, country manager India, Gleeden, a discreet extra marital dating Web site.
'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
Pakistan on Wednesday cut off access to social networking site Facebook following a court's order to block the popular social networking website over a page featuring blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
Director Suparn Verma seems upset about some of the Oscar wins this year. He rants about it.
'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.'
The three-year-old girl who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances last Sunday evening from India Gate was found a week later in West Delhi's Janakpuri area under equally dramatic sequence of events.
According to The Telegraph, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, tweeted, "Ok, umm, huge rumour: Google to launch Facebook competitor very soon "Google Me," very credible source" on June 28.
Handset vendors like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Spice and now Microsoft too have launched phones targeted solely at young users of social networking sites.
Pannun, the self-proclaimed general counsel of "unlawful association" SFJ, released the video messages on social media platforms on November 4.
On May 14, we brought you the second part in a series that explores the dynamics of interpersonal relationships with the advent of online social networking. Today, Abhishek Mande speaks to another youngster to analyse how online interactions are influencing lives.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said people of the country want change of power, but evaded a direct reply on whether his party would join an opposition alliance to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Social networking has introduced us to a degree of interconnectedness never seen before. But what happens when all etiquette flies out the virtual window? You get the 20 most annoying social networking personalities, presented here for your perusal!
The Social Network explores how the social networking site came into being.
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