The new feature allows users around the world to express how they really feel – especially in situations where a thumbs-up could be met with a facepalm. But will the lack of a “dislike” button...
Max Schrems, the Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action lawsuit against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches, said ahead oft he preliminary hearing in Vienna on Thursday said he hoped to send a message to...
Recently China’s largest online direct sales company Jingdong, or jd.com (JD), successfully launched its initial public offering and raised $1.8 billion on the Nasdaq. Very soon, its domestic rival, Alibaba (ABABA), the largest e-commerce company in China, as well...
This is not the first time users have raised concerns over Facebook’s privacy policies. It certainly won’t be the last. While the social media site has had a remarkable influence in people’s social lives, the...
Facebook’s acquisition of smartphone messaging service WhatsApp widens the social network giant’s portfolio and opens the door to further data. But analysts say that could go hand-in-hand with more data abuse. Facebook’s chief executive Mark...
On first sight, the latest Facebook Messenger app for iOS and Android doesn’t resemble any Facebook product. If someone asked me what app this was, I would have blindly said a newer version of Skype...
Twitter has confirmed plans for a stock market flotation, the most anticipated launch in the technology sector since Facebook’s launch last year. The site claims over 200 million active users. Social media site Twitter has...
A UK newspaper has reported that Microsoft worked with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted. The newspaper cited top-secret documents provided by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The Guardian has reported that the...
The telecommunications industry is losing billions to competition from social messaging apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber, a report says. The industry knows it’s time to fight back. On a recent trip abroad, I had...
Facebook shares went down by 16% on Friday, it was priced at $38 when listed in May. The result was in expectations, yet Facebook would beat the forecast not in a significant proportion but in...
