MENLO PARK – Facebook-owned social messaging application WhatsApp will roll out a new feature that gives users up to an hour to delete sent messages and media. Last year WhatsApp introduced 'Delete for Everyone' feature, although users only had seven minutes to delete sent messages. Read More

Markets regulator SEBI on Tuesday directed Tata Motors to conduct an internal inquiry into leakage of unpublished price sensitive information related to its quarterly financial results through WhatsApp. Tata Motors is the third Sensex company related to whom the regulator has passed an order in the … Read More

WhatsApp leaks: Sebi asks Tata Motors to conduct internal probe … "Such resemblance of the information circulated on WhatsApp with the actual financial results prima facie indicates that the financial figures of Tata Motors, were in circulation prior to official announcement/ publication by Tata Motors," it … Read More

Some background on the Twitter scammers: networks of fake accounts are posting impromptu cryptocurrency sweepstakes under the guise of famous personalities, and less … While we wait for Twitter to help moderate these schemes, anti-scam efforts will have to be assisted by other crypto enthusiasts:. Read More

EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the best of the day's celebrity dirt from the top to the very bottom. Macaulay Culkin spent eight hours live-tweeting the Academy Awards. When Macaulay Culkin commits, he really commits. We mean, he may not have been attending the Academy … Read More

He dumped Lauren Burnham and proposed to Becca Kufrin. But in reality TV, it's never over until it's over, is it? Luyendyk later questioned his choice and broke up with Kufrin in a shattering scene to pursue Burnham again. People on Twitter were fully engaged: Luyendyk is pronounced “lyin-dick”, right? …

Arguing that Silicon Valley is stifling their speech and suppressing right-wing content, publishers and provocateurs on the right are eyeing a public-relations battle against online giants like Google and Facebook, the same platforms they once relied on to build a national movement. In a sign of escalation, … Read More

Many other media companies are anxious that Facebook's shifting priorities could cause a dramatic drop in their online readership too, continuing an overall decline in referral traffic from the social network that began as much as two years ago. Facebook has said it expects the change (announced by … Read More

The most-shared piece of content on Facebook last year was not a fake news article, Kremlin-connected advert or conspiracy theory about the Pope — topics which have dominated debate over the social network's place in society. Rather, it was a link to the music video for Despacito, the … Read More

It is not intended to constrain creativity but to ensure earnings are above board and standards are high, the council said. Social media influencing has become big business for personalities, with a large number of followings on channels like Instagram in particular, commanding fees of tens or hundreds … Read More