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New Instagram feature makes content disappear after 24 hours

New Instagram feature makes content disappear after 24 hours

Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, is taking aim at fast-growing messaging app Snapchat with a new feature that gives users the option to make pictures and videos to disappear

Aug 02, 2016, 20:58 PM IST
Govt's Twitter Sewa to address telecom users' complaints

Govt's Twitter Sewa to address telecom users' complaints

Telecom and postal service users can now file complaints with the government directly on social media platform Twitter.

Aug 02, 2016, 16:31 PM IST
Google unveils enhanced features for fans to enjoy ''Olympic Games''

Google unveils enhanced features for fans to enjoy ''Olympic Games''

Celebrating the buzz and excitement around the Olympic games across the country, Google has unveiled a set of enhanced features to bring alive the Olympic mood among Indian fans.

Aug 02, 2016, 15:31 PM IST
Retailers earning more from online sales than offline: Study

Retailers earning more from online sales than offline: Study

Retailers offering customers an option to buy online are earning more revenue than those who sell their products only through offline channels, new research has found.

Aug 02, 2016, 13:48 PM IST
Facebook Incubator to change the way open source works

Facebook Incubator to change the way open source works

Social media giant Facebook has decided to give a structure to the open source software with its new Incubator hub, prompting the developers to think new ways about the software.

Aug 01, 2016, 13:15 PM IST
Uber to invest $500 million in global mapping project: Report

Uber to invest $500 million in global mapping project: Report

Ride-hailing service Uber will invest $500 million in an ambitious global mapping project to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for driverless cars, the Financial Times

Aug 01, 2016, 10:46 AM IST
Got mentioned on web? Google will tell you where

Got mentioned on web? Google will tell you where

Technology giant Google has rolled out a feature in Google Search that would notify you whenever your name is mentioned on the web -- anywhere in the world, a media report said.

Jul 31, 2016, 15:05 PM IST
Google honours Munshi Premchand with a doodle on the writer's 136th birthday

Google honours Munshi Premchand with a doodle on the writer's 136th birthday

It's Munshi Premchand's 136th birthday and internet search giant Google has honoured the noted writer with a doodle to mark the occasion.

Jul 31, 2016, 09:12 AM IST
2 million using free Wi-Fi at railway stations in India: Sundar Pichai

2 million using free Wi-Fi at railway stations in India: Sundar Pichai

About two million people are logging on to free Wi-Fi deployed by Google and RailTel at major railway stations across India every month, chief of the global search giant Sundar Pichai said.

Jul 29, 2016, 18:21 PM IST
Gradual decline in enthusiasm for Facebook, Twitter: Study

Gradual decline in enthusiasm for Facebook, Twitter: Study

More and more people are gradually viewing social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and enterprise social media LinkedIn negatively than in the past, an interesting study has revealed.

Jul 28, 2016, 16:28 PM IST
With strong quarter growth, Facebook hits 1.71 billion monthly users

With strong quarter growth, Facebook hits 1.71 billion monthly users

Showing strong revenue and profit growth, social networking giant Facebook has added 60 million monthly users in the second quarter of 2016 to reach 1.71 billion users while scoring $6.44 billion in

Jul 28, 2016, 16:23 PM IST
Talks on with private players to provide Wi-Fi in whole Delhi

Talks on with private players to provide Wi-Fi in whole Delhi

The Delhi government is in talks with private players and assessing various models to bring the entire national capital under Wi-Fi network in "a year or two", an official said on Wednesday.

Jul 27, 2016, 17:17 PM IST
E-commerce could create 12 mn jobs over 10 years: HSBC

E-commerce could create 12 mn jobs over 10 years: HSBC

E-commerce in India is expected to see a significant uptrend in the coming days and could lend a helping hand to the country's job landscape, which needs as many as 80 million new jobs in the next

Jul 27, 2016, 16:02 PM IST
Novel device may lead to faster, cheaper internet

Novel device may lead to faster, cheaper internet

Scientists have developed a new phototransistor device that provides a low-cost and low-power alternative to traditional radio-frequency wireless data links, and may result in faster and cheaper

Jul 27, 2016, 15:30 PM IST
Facebook's Surround 360 blueprints available to everyone

Facebook's Surround 360 blueprints available to everyone

Social media giant Facebook`s Surround 360, its 17-camera array designed to capture video in 360 degrees is now open source -- meaning Facebook is making the blueprints available for free to

Jul 27, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
US mother thrashes daughter on Facebook Live –Know why

US mother thrashes daughter on Facebook Live –Know why

In an apparent misuse of technology, a 16-year-old girl in Georgia was thrashed by her mother on Facebook Live for posting provocative photos, the media reported.

Jul 27, 2016, 11:53 AM IST