Mark Zuckerberg may be founder and CEO of Facebook, but it is the second-in-command and ChiefOperating Officer Sheryl Sandberg who gets a fatter salary package at the IPO-bound social networking giant.
With different political parties trying to reach out to netizens, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has outstripped them all as her official Facebook page on Wednesday crossed one lakh followers.
A group of US athletes protested on Twitter on Sunday over curbs on appearing in commercials during the Olympics in what looked like a concerted challenge to rules designed to protect Games sponsors.
Expanding reach on the internet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan has put programmes attended by President Pranab Mukherjee on video-sharing site Youtube.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the company had passed the one-billion user milestone globally, making it the first social network to do so.
A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered for serving summons to United States-based social networking site Facebook through e-mail to respond to a suit which seeks action against it for allegedly hosting objectionable contents.
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The cost factor notwithstanding, the products that Jobs brought to this world achieved unmatched fashion value and cult status across the world, including in India.
Suresh Raina created furore on a social-networking site when he called Pakistan "shameless" before deleting the offending Tweet and clarifying that it was a prank by his nephew.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has become the latest personality to make foray into social networking site, Facebook, where he will share his thoughts on issues concerning the country's development and his interaction with various sections of people.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again hit out at Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on the issue of Aakash tablets on Sunday.
With Facebook serving as an impulse-buying medium, Indian e-retailers are increasingly relying on the social networking site to introduce new products and services, and notch up high sales.
Prasad said the probe by the CBI will determine whether Cambridge Analytica violated the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Indian Penal Code.
Police have launched an inquiry into alleged online racist abuse against two England soccer players after their missed penalties resulted in the team's Euro 2012 quarter-final exit on Sunday.
"India's global image has taken a beating," Mallya said on the social networking platform Twitter.
Appreciating an 'overwhelming' response to her Facebook appeal for supporting former President APJ Abdul Kalam in the Presidential election, Mamata Banerjee in another post expressed her thanks.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from the Press Council whose chief Markandey Katju said that he favoured filtering of "offensive material" on social networking sites as it could promote religious hatred.
Facebook shares rose $1.94 to close at $25.94 per share.
Cyber laws and communications experts feel that Union Minister Kapil Sibal's suggestion of pre-monitoring content of social media websites is a flawed argument, which completely ignores the pre-existing IT-Act in the country, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
India's flamboyant cricketer Yuvraj Singh has confirmed his engagement to model-actress Hazel Keech via social networking sites on Sunday.
60-year-old Mehbooba Mufti had been under preventive detention since August 5 last year, when the Centre announced abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution granting a special status and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two union territories -- Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Naquee Ahmed, one of the 13/7 blasts accused, was in contact with Indian Mujahideen's elusive chief operative Yasin Bhatkal through a popular social networking site since 2008, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad claimed on Sunday.Naquee, who hails from Darbhanga district of Bihar, was initially arrested on January 10 this year on charges of forgery for allegedly procuring mobile phone SIM cards using fake documents.
In the poorly planned blocking of several websites and accounts on the social networks Twitter and Facebook, it has demonstrated not just the wrong instincts, but a wholesale lack of effectiveness.
Although it could not be ascertained as to how long did the outage last, blogs suggested that the website was not accessible for about an hour.
Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell celebrated Holi, the festival of colours, ahead of their match against Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 on Friday.
The social networking website is testing a new Wi-Fi hot spot service for local businesses that grants users free Internet access if they do a Facebook check-in.
Setting the stage for the much-awaited trading of Facebook, its founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange. Zuckerberg rang the bell from the headquarters of Facebook in California.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has joined social networking site Facebook in a bid to get help from people in cracking cases. CBI sources said the idea of going online is first being implemented by its Bhopal unit on experimental basis, which will be further followed by all its wings after assessing people's response.
23-year-old Hamza Kashgari was picked up upon his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Wednesday after he escaped from Saudi Arabia, Interpol sources said.
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi fired a fresh salvo at BCCI president N Srinivasan, alleging that he is trying to "gift" the Hyderabad franchise to his "friends".
Growth in daily active users was across major markets including Brazil, the United States, and India.
A fan has circulated these pictures of Rajnikanth recuperating at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
Setting up a regulatory mechanism and making laws to force websites to respond to the government faster would be a better solution than completely blocking them to keep in check objectionable content, a cyber security expert said in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Footfalls will invariably come down to a trickle even after lockdown restrictions go away, and the only way to prevent someone else from poaching your consumer is to go down to the consumer herself. Consumers will prefer products and services to be delivered to their doorstep, hygienically and safely.
Jack Ma who had five years ago said he was inspired and excited by "Make in India" possibly understood the essence of the signature campaign better than some others and decided to stay away from India other than as an investor, says Nivedita Mookerji.
An online campaign, which encourages mothers to tell their sons about the harassment they face, has now gone viral.
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf described him as a 'great actor'.
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