Facebook Argentina fined over fake profiles
Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff.
03 December 2014
Twitter takes note of other apps on smartphones
Twitter said it would begin tracking which other applications people have installed on their mobile devices in a bid to better target ads and content.
27 November 2014
Amazon cuts Fire phone price to ignite sales
Amazon slashed the price of Fire mobile phones that stalled after launch early this year, becoming a drag on the US online retail titan's bottom line.
YouTube goes online for second Music Awards
The YouTube Music Awards are undergoing an overhaul for their second edition next year, scrapping a star-studded gala and instead looking at videos' online buzz.
Twitter indexes every public tweet ever sent
Twitter began letting users search through every tweet publicly fired off at the globally-popular one-to-many messaging service since it launched in 2006.
Microsoft rolls out Skype for web browsers
Microsoft released a test version of Skype that lets people make Internet calls from web browsers, eliminating the need to install special applications.
15 November 2014
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YouTube debuts subscription music service
YouTube introduced a long-rumored subscription music video service with ad-free access to tunes in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora, Apple and others
13 November 2014
Iran's Internet police warn govt of Instagram ban
A body tasked with policing the Internet laid down a two-month deadline for Iran's government to regularise the use of Instagram or access to the site would be blocked.
12 November 2014
Instagram bans US comedienne's topless Putin jab
Chelsea Handler is fighting with Instagram after it took down a topless picture she posted looking similar to a famous shirtless picture of Russian President.
Twitter hammered on growth fears
Twitter saw its shares hammered after reporting quarterly results that largely met expectations but failed to allay concerns about growth of the messaging platform.
28 October 2014
Facebook goes retro with 'Rooms' chat app
Facebook released an application that lets people create virtual "rooms" to chat about whatever they wish using any name they would like.
24 October 2014
Twitter looks to weave into more mobile apps
Twitter set out to weave itself into mobile applications with a free "Fabric" platform to help developers build better programs and make more money.