Social Networking

Companies

Google tackles Facebook in India with hyper-local social network

Google's Neighbourly app, two years in the making, could help the company take on Facebook and WhatsApp

4 min read25 Jun 2018
Politics

Only 16% of rural users access Internet for digital payments: report

In both urban and rural areas, online financial transactions, e-commerce activities as well as digital payments still lag considerably, despite demonetisation and the drive to promote digital payments over the last one year, the report says

3 min read20 Feb 2018
Technology

Twitter is said to work on Snapchat-style tool for video sharing

The goal of the Twitter's new feature is to entice people to share video clips of what's happening around them

1 min read25 Jan 2018
Technology

Facebook Messenger to launch ‘Discover' tab in India

Social networking giant Facebook says it will launch 'Discover' tab in India, a feature on Messenger that allows users to find and browse bots and business pages

1 min read16 Nov 2017
Opinion

Demystifying ‘digital', the Mindtree way

A look at how IT industry leadersthis week it's Mindtree's Rostow Ravanandefine their digital businesses amidst the Internet hegemony of tech giants

5 min read31 May 2017
Companies

Twitter woes deepen as growth sputters; Donald Trump fails to make a difference

Twitter shares sank more than 12% to close at $16.41 as investor hopes faded for a revival of growth at the messaging platform

3 min read10 Feb 2017
Mint-lounge

Facebook Lite is popular with mobile users

Facebook Lite app offers some unique features which makes it better to use on slow internet connections

2 min read10 Feb 2017
Tech-news

Facebook and its lawyers slammed by judge in terrorism suits

A US district judge accused Facebook's lawyersby sending a first-year associate to a hearingof not taking seriously lawsuits with implications of international terrorism and the murder of innocent people

2 min read23 Sep 2016
Tech-news

Twitter enables longer tweets as part of growth push

Media attachments such as photos, videos and polls are exempted from the character limit, as well as tweets that are quoted in a re-tweet

3 min read20 Sep 2016
Industry

Twitter to lay off less than 20 employees at India centre

The layoffs will impact less than 20 employees at the development centre, according to a source familiar with the matter

1 min read21 Sep 2016