London Eye lit by Facebook election chatThe London Eye tourist attraction was lit up in party political colours reflecting the amount of social media interactions about them on Facebook.
02 May 2015
Microsoft courts app makers with dive into Windows 10Microsoft made a new pitch to app makers, promising an audience of more than a billion people if they develop services for the upcoming Windows 10 operating system.
Yahoo unveils new online video seriesUS Internet giant Yahoo said it was expanding its online offerings, unveiling 18 new video series with which it hopes to attract a larger audience and advertisers.
28 April 2015
Facebook collecting Nepal quake aid donationsFacebook was rolling out a donation button for contributions to victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal, and offered to match up to $2 million.
28 April 2015
Right to be forgotten discussed in Kazakhstan's MajilisThe so-called 'right to be forgotten', which allows individuals to have information, videos or photographs that infringe on their privacy deleted from Internet records, was discussed by Kazakhstan's Majilis.
Facebook shifts News Feed, gives priority to friendsFacebook 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."
22 April 2015
Twitter expands privacy on direct messagesTwitter said it was making it easier to take direct messages private, carving out a bigger space for targeted exchanges on the popular microblogging service.
21 April 2015
Facebook strips smiles from fake 'like' sellersFacebook 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.
Smartphones boost US teen connections: surveyIt's not just your imagination: most American teenagers are online or on their smartphones every day, and many are almost continually connected.
09 April 2015
Yahoo boosts share buyback plan by $2 billionYahoo told US regulators that it will spend another $2 billion buying back shares as the pioneering US Internet search firm continues an effort to re-invent itself.