Ahmed Hassan was born into a Kurdish family in Baghdad. His mother died when he was young and the family moved often because his father, a taxi driver, could not afford the rent. He started school at seven, having missed a year in 2005 because of the war. “I was …

The festival is celebrated with much fervour; people across the country send festive greetings through SMS'es and WhatsApp to their friends and relatives. In India, people celebrate two Navratris – one in autumn in honour of Goddess Durga, and another in the season of spring in honour of Lord Rama. …

Twitter is working on a camera-first feature that will combine location-based photos and videos with “Twitter Moments”, a report by CNBC has revealed. This move is likely to make the platform more visual- than text-centric, building competition against Snapchat for advertising revenue. The product is in … Read More

Twitter is testing a new feature that assembles timelines based on major news stories, and presents them at the top of your feed above tweets from the people and brands you follow. The trial (which has been rolled out to a small set of users in the US) involves stories …

Last month, Twitter announced that it was ending support for its desktop Mac Twitter client. The app had been abandoned for months (years?) before that, so it wasn't exactly a huge loss, but it meant that I needed to migrate to a new app. Believe it or not, I've used …

Bad news for network television: 2017 seems to have been the first year where digital advertising significantly eroded the growth of traditional TV advertising. That is to say, Google and Facebook–commanding most of the marketplace–grew their ad businesses to new heights last year, as TV ad dollars … Read More

Today, Facebook issued an apology after users discovered that the platform's search box was suggesting searches for child abuse videos and underaged girls performing sex acts. On Thursday night, Twitter user @BennettJonah noticed that typing in “video of…” in the search bar would autocomplete to … Read More

An unnamed employee said he was called into a meeting last year under the guise of a promotion and found himself in front of Facebook's investigative team armed with proof he'd been leaking to the press. The investigative team had records of screenshots the employee had taken and links he …

When you are communicating with your customers, you need to ensure that you offer a professional, friendly, and speedy service. For instance, if customers contact you via social media or email, don't let the message simply sit there for days before you respond because this does not look professional. Read …

KARACHI: Initial investigations into the arrest of a fake lady doctor from Karachi's Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) have revealed that the accused was running a 'clinic' on social media. The investigation officer dealing with the case stated that as per the details gathered, the lady was in … Read More