YesterdayIranians thought a government ban had been lifted after they were able to access Twitter and Facebook on Monday. Some users were able to get to Twitter and Facebook without going around the government firewall which lead them to believe authorities lifted the ban on social media websites. Authorities had placed a ban in 2009. […]
Category: Social Media
Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology
The move by Facebook to enable facial recognition across the entire social networking site has raised some eyebrows and probably some legal woes due to its privacy implications. Facebook announced that it was working to simply the process of users tagging photos of their family members and friends. In order to achieve this, it has […]
Google’s acquisition of Israeli start-up, Waze, has started to bear fruit. According to a blog post by Google, Google Maps will add real-time road reports from Waze to the benefit of road users. Users of Google maps in countries like the U.S., U.K., Brazil, Germany will be able to get real time traffic updates posted […]
Social Media’s poster boy, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and Chief Executive of Facebook was at the receiving end of what was initially considered a prank, when his Facebook profile page was hacked by an IT security Researcher from Palestine, named Khalil Shreateh. Khalil on his part claims that he had tried to contact Facebook, and warn […]
Twitter has faced a lot of criticism over its handling of death and rape threats against British feminist Caroline Criado-Perez. The feminist, whose campaigns have led to renowned British author Jane Austen being pictured on every ten pound bill, was subjected to a daylong barrage of abusive texts that average around 50 sexually insulting tweets […]
Facebook, the largest social media website in the world may just file a lawsuit against a small hair salon in Dubai. The online social media company believe s that the salon is infringing upon Facebook’s property rights in respect to its logo. The hair salon’s logo bears a striking resemblance to that of Facebook. For […]
Instagram, which was acquired by Facebook in 2012, has set some ambitious targets for itself in the coming years. During the course of his interview with a digital portal, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has outlined the plan for his group within Facebook. Instagram CEO thinks Instagram could actually outgrow Facebook in the coming years. The […]