Social Networking Sites

Reddit, Google taking tougher steps against posting nude pics

Reddit and Google are taking a tougher stance against nudity to prevent their services from turning into online peep shows.

Being envious of your Facebook friends can get you into depression, reveals study

Facebook use can lead to symptoms of depression if the social networking site triggers feelings of envy among its users, a new study has found.

Investors hang up on Microsoft's Skype dial

Microsoft may have a lot of answering to do for its decision to connect with Skype. Investors are simply not impressed with the amount of money the software firm is shelling out. They feel it's way too much <br /><br /> <br /><br />

Skype eyes a pot of gold from Microsoft deal

The price that Skype extracted is huge. This just goes on to show that social media sites are red-hot and potential buyers are more than willing to play along. <br /><br /> <br /><br />

Dilip Kumar not dead, is completely fine, tweets Amitabh Bachchan

A string of tweets appeared sparking rumours that veteran actor Dilip Kumar died at Lilvati hospital late on Monday. Later Amitabh rubbished claims.

Thailand blocks FB to stop anti-coup posts; Twitter, Instagram next

"Right now there's a campaign to ask for people to stage protests against the army so we need to ask for cooperation from social media to help us stop the spread of critical messages about the coup," he said.

EC issues detailed guidelines for political ads on social networking sites

The Election Commission has also asked the social networking sites to maintain expenditure incurred by the political parties and individual candidates on advertisements so that they can be produced to the Commission when requested for.

Centre asks social networking sites to block 1,208 URLs in 2013

Social networking sites were requested to block these web pages in order to comply with court orders, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

Centre asks social networking sites to block 1,208 URLs in 2013

Social networking sites were requested to block these web pages in order to comply with court orders, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

Sixty million Indian women use internet: Google study

About 40 percent of the 150 million internet users in the country are women and close to 24 million of them log in everyday to check emails, interact on social networking sites and shop online, according to a study conducted by search giant Google.