Facebook Revolution

Social media giant Meta India's Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at an event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. Recently, several social media giants have faced criticism across the country regarding data compromise and hate speeches.

One can't easily disable the constant data-sharing that occurs on every website that uses programmatic advertising (and lots of sites do).

As the Islamist Republic reaches the 40th anniversary of the revolution that brought it to power, it is trying to reap the benefits of a tool indispensable for modern life.

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years ago, one of his suitemates at Harvard University was pursuing a different status: becoming a rabbi in Israel.

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years ago, one of his suitemates at Harvard University was pursuing a different status: becoming a rabbi in Israel.

A senior bureaucrat in Madhya Pradesh who was transferred after he praised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Facebook, has been served a notice by the state government for allegedly calling for a 'jankranti' (people's revolution) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi through another post.

Top CEOs of American companies, which have played a key role in IT revolution the world is experiencing now, have endorsed ambitious 'Digital India' programme, describing it as a vision that would bring India technologically at par with the rest of the world.

When condom maker Durex wants to send an intimate message to customers in China, it uses a homegrown instant messaging platform called WeChat which has taken the country by storm in just three years.

An FB group called for fresh protests in Syria loyalty with the martyrs, wounded and prisoners after a bloody weekend crackdown

An FB group called for fresh protests in Syria loyalty with the martyrs, wounded and prisoners after a bloody weekend crackdown

For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...

An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his country's recent revolution.Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.The girl's full...

A 26-year-old woman worried about the state of her country wrote on Facebook: "People, I am going to Tahrir Square". The message was soon to snowball into a movement to oust Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.The Facebook appeal by Asmaa Mahfouz led to popular protests that saw tens of thousands congregating at Tahrir Square to demand an end to Mubar...

Social media giant Meta India's Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at an event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. Recently, several social media giants have faced criticism across the country regarding data compromise and hate speeches.

One can't easily disable the constant data-sharing that occurs on every website that uses programmatic advertising (and lots of sites do).

As the Islamist Republic reaches the 40th anniversary of the revolution that brought it to power, it is trying to reap the benefits of a tool indispensable for modern life.

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years ago, one of his suitemates at Harvard University was pursuing a different status: becoming a rabbi in Israel.

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years ago, one of his suitemates at Harvard University was pursuing a different status: becoming a rabbi in Israel.

A senior bureaucrat in Madhya Pradesh who was transferred after he praised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Facebook, has been served a notice by the state government for allegedly calling for a 'jankranti' (people's revolution) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi through another post.

Top CEOs of American companies, which have played a key role in IT revolution the world is experiencing now, have endorsed ambitious 'Digital India' programme, describing it as a vision that would bring India technologically at par with the rest of the world.

When condom maker Durex wants to send an intimate message to customers in China, it uses a homegrown instant messaging platform called WeChat which has taken the country by storm in just three years.

An FB group called for fresh protests in Syria loyalty with the martyrs, wounded and prisoners after a bloody weekend crackdown

An FB group called for fresh protests in Syria loyalty with the martyrs, wounded and prisoners after a bloody weekend crackdown

For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...

An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his country's recent revolution.Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.The girl's full...

A 26-year-old woman worried about the state of her country wrote on Facebook: "People, I am going to Tahrir Square". The message was soon to snowball into a movement to oust Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.The Facebook appeal by Asmaa Mahfouz led to popular protests that saw tens of thousands congregating at Tahrir Square to demand an end to Mubar...