Twitter lifts limits on direct messages between users
Twitter lifted its character limit for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter "more powerful and fun."
Facebook ready to test Internet-beaming drones
Facebook said it is ready to begin test flights of a high-altitude drone designed to provide Internet access to remote locations of the world
Yahoo unveils silent video chat app
Yahoo unveiled a new mobile application allowing users to exchange live video, text and emoticons, without audio.
Google removes Chinese name on map after Philippine furore
Google has quietly removed the Chinese name for a South China Sea shoal bitterly disputed by Beijing and Manila from its maps service, following an outcry from Filipinos.
Microsoft tweaks streaming music plan for Windows 10
Microsoft has rebranded its subscription-based music services as part of a ramped-up effort to compete with the likes of Apple, Google Spotify and others.
Facegloria: Facebook for Brazil's Evangelicals
Fluffy clouds waft across a blue sky as you log in and while you chat with friends, Gospel music rings out: welcome to Facegloria, the social network for Brazilian Evangelicals.
Mobile Internet speed in Kazakhstan increases
The average speed of mobile Internet in Kazakhstan has increased to 10.47 megabit per second.
Facebook's Zuckerberg wants to figure out social equation
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg figures there could be a formula that explains how people think.
Kazakhstan’s PM Massimov concerned over calls to jihad on Facebook and through WhatsApp
The civil society should play a greater role in eradicating promotion of terror and extremism ideas, he believes.
Instagram targets real-time events in Twitter challenge
Instagram began letting users easily tune into hot topics of the moment as the Facebook-owned image sharing service stepped squarely into Twitter's domain.
YouTube plays to video game loving viewers
YouTube is wading confidently into turf dominated by Amazon-owned Twitch, with a service tailored for the hot trend of videogame play as a spectator sport.
YouTube may show anti-muslim video: appeals court
A US appeals court ruled that Google-owned YouTube should not be barred from showing an uploaded "Innocence of Muslims" film that outraged Islamics.
Kazakhstan ranks 58th in broadband Internet speed ranking
Kazakhstan has been ranked 58th in Net Index, which compares and ranks the broadband Internet speed and mobile download speeds around the globe.
Facebook hooks up with publishers for 'Instant Articles'
Facebook has teamed up with nine news publishers to launch a feature that will allow them to publish articles directly on the network's mobile news feeds.
Facebook not an information bubble: researchers
Social media networks like Facebook are not putting users in an ideological information bubble, despite fears to the contrary.
London Eye lit by Facebook election chat
The London Eye tourist attraction was lit up in party political colours reflecting the amount of social media interactions about them on Facebook.
Facebook shifts News Feed, gives priority to friends
Facebook said it was reconfiguring its News Feed, in a move aimed at giving people more information about what is happening to "the friends you care about."
Twitter expands privacy on direct messages
Twitter said it was making it easier to take direct messages private, carving out a bigger space for targeted exchanges on the popular microblogging service.
Facebook strips smiles from fake 'like' sellers
Facebook said that its war against fake likes is paying off so well that many 'bad actors' who built businesses on the tactic are closing shop.
Activists file Facebook class action suit in Austria
An Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action case against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches officially filed the suit in a Vienna court.