Social Media

Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers milestone

Reuters | Wednesday June 19, 2013

Most small business owners start off as Facebook users, then migrate to become page owners, and from there migrate to become advertisers.

Minor allegedly raped, video uploaded on social media

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 18, 2013

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Rajasthan's Alwar town and the video of the crime then uploaded on a social networking website, police said on Tuesday.

Mark Zuckerberg meets South Korean President

Associated Press | Tuesday June 18, 2013

Zuckerberg met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in the country.

Photoshop helps fuel extortion boom against Chinese officials

Dan Levin and Amy Qin, The New York Times | Tuesday June 18, 2013

The photograph usually arrives as an email attachment or the old-fashioned way, in an envelope with no return address. It is rarely a pretty picture.

Brazil witnesses its biggest protests in 20 years

Reuters | Tuesday June 18, 2013

As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.

India's youth prefer communicating through social networks: Report

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013

About 75 percent of India's youth prefers social media over phone calls to communicate, with more students using the Net for school-related tasks.

Facebook and Microsoft share US surveillance details

Associated Press | Saturday June 15, 2013

Facebook is only allowed to talk about total numbers and must give no specifics.

Australian army chief tells sexist soldiers to 'get out'

Agence France-Presse | Friday June 14, 2013

Australia's army chief told troops to quit if they could not respect women, warning he would ruthlessly rid the military of misogynist men after a new sex scandal exploded.

New Myspace combines social networking with streaming music

Associated Press | Thursday June 13, 2013

There are new features aimed at helping musicians, writers and other artists connect with their followers, an app and a radio function.

In fashion, China gets its own first lady effect

Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 13, 2013

When China's new first lady Peng Liyuan, a glamorous former folk singer famous in her own right, chose homegrown fashion label Exception de Mixmind for her husband's first overseas trip, speculation on Chinese social media went into overdrive.

Facebook opens first data centre outside US

Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 13, 2013

Facebook opened its first data centre outside the United States, in Luleaa, a coastal Swedish town near the Arctic Circle.

Edward Snowden as a teen online: anime and cheeky humour

Reuters | Thursday June 13, 2013

Long before he became known worldwide as the NSA contractor who exposed top-secret US government surveillance programs, Edward Snowden worked for a Japanese anime company run by friends and went by the nicknames "The True HOOHA" and "Phish."

Facebook-induced jealousy damaging relationships: Study

Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 12, 2013

Facebook may be a threat to relationships that are not fully matured.

Facebook tackles stock price complaints in first shareholder meeting

Reuters | Wednesday June 12, 2013

Several Facebook shareholders complained about how they had suffered from the stock's decline.

UK government calls Internet companies to block 'harmful' content: Reports

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 11, 2013

British government authorities have called chiefs of social media and telecom companies on June 17 to discuss blocking on objectionable content.