In an attempt to increase daily usage of their platform, LinkedIn is trialling the use of hashtags as a way to build engagement. Quite apart from sending curious LinkedIn users to Twitter, it also appears to have been counter-productive by angering a heap of users who are now faced with …

The feature that Instagram is currently testing, dubbed Nametags, will allow Instagrammers to create a custom scannable tag by designing a pattern of emojis. The feature boasts an option to use a selfie image for creating a custom Instagram Nametag, which is sure to get heavy usage from its young … …

Replace happy with glamorous/popular/thin/successful and you have Instagram. Curating and presenting an idealised life in Instagram has long challenged young digital natives. Increasingly, now, it is also challenging older people who are migrating there from Facebook because they worry about their … Read More

Actress Jameela Jamil has called for Instagram to ban posts and accounts that list and compare the weights of famous women. The star of The Good Place shared a screenshot from a Selena Gomez fan account on Monday, which compared the alleged heights and weights of Gomez, Ariana Grande and … …

VISAKHAPATNAM: City Police wasted no time in responding to a WhatsApp alert informing them about an 85-year-old woman lying unconscious on a street in Gopalapatnam area of the city. Immediately after the message was posted on Monday night, police swung into action and rescued the woman. Read More

Hyderabad: Various departments of the State government have been going all out offering citizen services on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media networks at a time when financial market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has been waging legal battles against such … Read More

Whatsapp's parent company Facebook has employees in Hyderabad and Mumbai offices, yet the messaging app itself wasn't as bullish on hiring in India—until now. The company is looking to fill the position of an India head, according to an April 10 job posting on Facebook as well as Whatsapp's own … …

We all focused on the wrong game. Some of us were anticipating Manchester City had the comeback of their lives in them on Tuesday night, as they hosted Liverpool in the last eight of the Champions League – having been trailing 3-0 from the first leg at Anfield. But as …

The Champions League produced quite the stunner on Tuesday, as Barcelona was eliminated from the competition in the quarterfinals thanks to Roma. The Italian club, down 4-1 after the first leg, beat one of the cup favorites 3-0 at home to advance on away goals. As you can imagine, the …

Twitter, which had previously announced plans to rein in political ads and label them clearly for users, today embraced the legislation that was introduced late last fall by Senators Mark Warner, Amy Klobuchar, and John McCain. The Honest Ads Act would require under law online platforms like Twitter … Read More