What's in a name? A lot. At least writer Salman Rushdie believes so. The renowned novelist took to Twitter on Monday night to slam social networking website Facebook for deactivating his account over confusion about his real name.
Former India skipper Anil Kumble also honoured the late cricketer.
I Am has mobilised finance through social networking sites.
Dhavan took to Facebook to disclose that he has been removed from further participation in the Ayodhya case on the 'nonsensical' ground that he is unwell.
We asked readers to share with us their stories of having lost their love and found it again, in a new partner. Vinita Radhakrishna writes in.
'Leaders would emerge across all countries who are pro-internet and fight for rights of their people.'
The army said it is investigating the video.
Both its short video-sharing apps have ranked as the top two breakout social apps of 2019 in India.
England pacer James Anderson has revealed that social networking site facebook has become the latest tool in the hands of illegal bookmakers to approach players, a danger that the ICC is keeping a close eye on.
Patna Police arrested Manoj Singh (name changed) for hacking the Orkut account of a student of Patna Women's College.
Attacks against journalists by supporters of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party increased in the run-up to general elections in the spring of 2019, the analysis alleged.
Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs, who is described by his biographer as being "brittle and very mean to people," had high regards for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and admired his Silicon valley counterpart for "not selling out."
These celebs give a new meaning to the word twit!
Facebook is all set to launch its payment system, Facebook Credits globally today across numerous territories including India.
The film has outdated theme of the abuse of the internet and the disadvantages of an urban lifestyle.
With 30 million Facebook users in India, it makes perfect sense for neighbourhood businesses to use the medium to endorse their work.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Beam, a mobile-commerce company, has sought the Reserve Bank of India's permission to make Facebook Credits available in India.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan, who has accused her husband of torture and having extra-marital affairs, slammed social networking site Facebook for blocking her account.
The Twilight actress will also appear on the cover of Allure magazine.
In his profile, Snowden says he "used to work for the government. Now I work for the public".
The company said its customers who are Facebook users on the mobile (browser or app) will be able to access Facebook in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Almost 48 hours after Anuj Bidve's murder in Salford, Greater Manchester, his family is yet to find out a way to bring his body back to India as early as possible.
The film will soon get a new release.
Though it was uploaded by Head Constable Manoj Kumar on 'Kargil Day' (July 26), but video went viral in the aftermath of the Uri terrorist attack on Sunday.
Russia on Sunday mourned its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
Chingari, Roposo, Khabri and Trell are seeing huge traction as people are looking at options to earn incentives from home. Music streaming app Gaana, which is strongly placed in the market with 150 million users, recently opened up its short video platform for subscribers.
There is never a dull moment when it comes to spin legend Shane Warne, who has now hit the headlines for burning his bowling hand which puts him in doubt for his comeback cricket match in the Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash this weekend.
Sandberg is also expected to meet developers at the company's headquarters in Hyderabad.
Radhika Mittal, a final year student of computer science and engineering at IIT-Kharagpur recently bagged a Rs 65 lakh job offer from Facebook. Read on to find out how she managed to get this dream job.
Business-focused applications contribute 27 per cent to the total downloads in India and are the third-most popular apps downloaded.
The cyber police in Kerala has launched a probe into an alleged bid by supporters of ISIS to lure a Kerala youth to join the terror group by sending messages through mobile application WhatsApp, police said on Monday.
Although India is focusing most of its resources on cleaning up social networking sites, the bigger worry is how the Internet is being used as a major tool to rope in the youth into the world of terrorism.
Concerned over objectionable content on social networking sites, the government on Tuesday made it clear it cannot allow this to go on and has asked internet firms like Google and Facebook to fall in line.
Facebook mulls allowing employees sell up to $1 billion of their shares to institutional investors, valuing the social networking firm at $60 billion.
Facebook, which has more than 600 million users, is planning to assemble a new team that will have a network of ambassadors placed around the globe.
The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued notices to the state government and a complainant on a plea by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking quashing of an FIR in a case in which she is accused of putting objectionable pictures of Hindu deities on a popular social networking site.
Supreme Court is the final legal option open to Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who allege that Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site.
The Kings Speech, a British drama about the stammering monarch King George VI, leads this year's Oscar nominations with 12 nods, while another period drama True Grit follows closely with 10 nominations. Favourite The Social Network only managed the third spot with eight nominations, while Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer psychological thriller Inception got seven.
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