Social Networking

Up until now, Twitter was known to offer breaking news, information on global events, local updates and a ground-breaking platform to indulge in healthy conversations. And now for your security, Twitter has geared up to combat the growing number of hacking attacks, making your account absolutely safe from unauthorized logins. The two-step authentication measure, available from today as an option,... Read More »

They say matches are made in heaven. But in this age of online social networking, it’s no surprise; matches are made on digital platforms. Gone are the days when matches were made through sister’s friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s brother’s son’s aunt’s daughter. 2013 is the modern era, where everything happens on social networking site like Facebook. And lately an app ‘YouShouldTotallyMeet’... Read More »

If you are using Twitter #Music app and wondering how it is different from other music services, the answer is new music-discovery service wrapped in a stunning user interface. Currently available for iPhone, this app allows you to discover the most popular tracks and emerging artists. Twitter #Music app is the best place to find music-related information, find and follow musicians, and learn which... Read More »

Facebook took the world by storm when it announced the launch of Facebook Graph Search – a tool that gives people the power and mechanism to search through the massive pile of information, photos, Likes, music, and other data that is present on the site. For those who don’t know much about this latest release, Facebook Graph Search is a new search engine tool that allows you to explore things... Read More »

Twitter is all set to make a significant move on the mobile front, competing heads-on with its rivals – Instagram and Facebook. Shortly after a billion-dollar acquisition of the infamous Instagrams photo-sharing app by Facebook, Twitter is also planning to add an in-app photo filter that will give its users the freedom to click pictures and share them instantly over the microblogging website. The... Read More »

How many of you send messages and texts to your friends through Facebook Messenger mobile app? Till now, you were only able to send texts, exchange locations, and share photos with friends, but now Facebook Messenger has turned into a full-featured chat app.   Details about updated Facebook Messenger     Rolled out as version 1.8, this updated messenger will allow you to switch between... Read More »

Facebook lately has created a new feature called Find Friends Nearby, earlier code-named Friendshake, for Android and iOS-based devices. Yet to be announced officially, this latest feature will let you find out friends who are geographically nearby.   Basically, Find Friends Nearby feature takes you to a page wherein you can spot other people within/near your location and who are browsing the... Read More »

What do you do to clean the clutter of messages piled up in your Facebook account’s ‘Messages’ area? Do you ‘Archive’ them? However, the message you ‘Archive’ doesn’t get permanently deleted from the list, instead it just gets removed. If you want to permanently delete a message or entire thread of conversation, you have to follow a lengthy process of ‘Delete All’ or ‘Delete... Read More »

Zynga, known for its simulation and role-playing games like CityVille and Farmville is turning towards other genres with the intention of broadening its audience reach.   Lately, Zynga launched its third arcade title for Facebook, called as ‘Ruby Blast’. Earlier examples of arcade games by Zynga, include Bejeweled, Meteos and Puzzle Quest.   The newest title is a fun, social, fast, and... Read More »

How about attending a party wherein you can show your favorite YouTube videos to your friends? Well Google+ and YouTube will now offer you free entry passes to groove and be a part of such fun-filled parties. Lately, Google has integrated a novel YouTube party app to its popular Google+ Hangouts. And to own this app, the only prerequisite you ought to fulfill is to ensure that everyone has the web... Read More »

Facebook, the social network giant, recently launched its own App Center to help you discover a myriad of apps, both for web as well as mobile platforms. What is there in Facebook App Center? Facebook App Center is a fun and easy way to choose from as many as 600 apps including prime hits like Draw Something, Pinterest, Ghost Recon, Angry Birds, FarmVille, etc. On the main Facebook App Center page,... Read More »

Popular social networking platform Facebook has announced the release of its Facebook Camera photo application for iPhone. The app allows Facebook users to share many pictures simultaneously instead of having to post them one at a time to the social network. How Facebook camera app works The Facebook camera app works similar to Instagram, which has been acquired recently by the social networking platform,... Read More »

My Last Wish is a social networking mobile application that has been developed to help dying people get in touch with others who have similar hopes and ambitions which they wish to achieve before they die. The free to download social networking app, which has been developed by a software company called White Lotus Corporation, is available in Apple’s App Store. An Android version of the mobile... Read More »

Software giant Microsoft has quietly launched out So.cl (pronounced ‘social’) from its beta version. Socl is a social ‘network’ that was being tested by a handful of university students since late 2011. About So.cl network According to Microsoft, So.cl is an experimental research project developed by the company’s FUSE Labs focused on exploring the possibilities of social search... Read More »

The social bookmarking platform Pinterest, where users curate images by ‘pinning’ them with links and commentary to themed boards, has lifted its value to US $1.5 billion by raising US $100 million in a recent financing round led by a Japanese online retailer, Rakuten Inc. Reason behind the funding There has been a sudden increase in use of social media by retailers and other companies to market... Read More »

Popular social networking platform Facebook is going public today. Everyone on the Earth want a piece of its share, but when and how to get it is the main deterrent. Here is how you can qualify yourself to be a part of Facebook’s shareholder meetings. Financial experts’ view on Facebook IPO The Facebook IPO is slated to go public today. New investors can potentially buy around 421 million... Read More »

Facebook has announced that it intends to make further some changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government. This move has been seen as an inadequate attempt to subdue privacy concerns prior to Facebook’s planned initial public offering by privacy advocates. Will there be any major changes? The proposed changes, which the company put out for public comment... Read More »

The passwords of thousands of Twitter users were exposed this week by hackers. Twitter is investigating this data breach, which resulted in the posting of user names and passwords of Twitter account holders on Pastebin, a favorite site for hackers to showcase their ill gotten achievements. What Twitter has to say on this Twitter spokesman Robert Weeks said: “We are currently looking into the situation.... Read More »

The popular social networking platform Facebook has announced the release of its own app store named App Center from where users can browse high-quality games and other useful apps for their Android or Apple’s iOS-based mobile device. Facebook will only host the apps, to download them the user has to go to either Google Play or App Store. Launch of App Center The new App Center, which Facebook... Read More »

Google+ is making the live Hangouts broadcasting feature available for all its users. The feature was till now available to a limited number of professional broadcasters only. With Hangouts on Air, the user can broadcast live video publicly from a Google+ stream, a YouTube channel or embed it on a website. Is this simple video streaming? Hangouts on Air is more than simple video streaming. When... Read More »

It will be possible for you now to know which people have read your messages while group chatting with friends or colleagues via Facebook Messenger. Facebook has updated its Instant Messaging service with the ‘Read Receipt’ feature. How it will benefit users? With this update Facebook Messenger will become more transparent and at the same time it will make it harder for a user to ignore someone’s... Read More »

The social networking platform for professionals LinkedIn is all set to acquire the content-sharing site SlideShare for US $119 million in a move designed to boost the content available to its members. The buyout will enable LinkedIn users to utilize SlideShare’s popular presentations feature. Functionality of SlideShare SlideShare portal allows its users to publicly or privately upload presentations,... Read More »

Popular social networking platform Facebook has added a new feature for organ donors. The new feature makes it easier for users to register themselves as organ donors. Initial response of users The new option was announced on 01st May by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with an objective to boost the number of potential organ donors. By the end of the day, 6,000 people had enrolled through 22 state registries,... Read More »

If you are an ardent fan of Facebook, then you may soon notice a new feature that “could save lives” on your popular place of hangout while in front of a computer. Various media reports indicate the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce this new feature while making his appearance on the network television. It is still a mystery what the tool will be, but Zuckerberg’s schedule... Read More »

If you are using the Twitter app on your iOS or Android-based device then there are some good reasons to cheer. Twitter has updated its mobile app and has introduced a number of features and improvements. A new Discover tab, improved search functionality, and support for push notifications for interactions are some of the key highlights of the latest Twitter mobile update. With the introduction of... Read More »