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Facebook wants to beam the Internet from the sky Facebook revealed it has a lab working on using drones, satellites and solar-powered planes to provide web access around the world.
28 March 2014
Sina Weibo, 'China's Twitter,' files for IPO in US Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million.
15 March 2014
Facebook announces steps to stop illegal gun sales Facebook is taking aim at people who are using the social network or Instagram photo-sharing platform to sell guns.
06 March 2014
Male, female or custom? Facebook's new gender options Facebook freed members from the bonds of being either male or female, letting people opt for custom genders such as transsexual or "intersex" at the social network.
14 February 2014
Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million.
06 February 2014
Facebook plans low-key birthday bash Facebook has grown into an Internet giant over the last decade, but it is celebrating its birthday with a low-key, belated party and an eye toward the future.
04 February 2014
Facebook dominates in US rush to social networking The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday.
31 December 2013
Spain watchdog fines Google for privacy 'violations' Spain's data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro fine for "serious violations" of users' privacy.
21 December 2013
Zuckerberg sells as Facebook offers new shares Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion, as part of a new share offering by the huge social network.
20 December 2013
Prismatic social network follows interests Prismatic chief Bradford Cross believes that online social networks should go beyond following people to pursuing interests.
20 December 2013
Twitter adds photo sharing to direct messages Updated mobile software rolled out Tuesday by Twitter lets smartphone users send pictures in direct, personal messages seen only by recipients instead of being shared publicly on the social network.
12 December 2013
Taking pictures to remember may help you forget Taking a picture to help you remember something might end up having the opposite effect, according to research published in the United States.
11 December 2013
Facebook joins NYU in artificial intelligence lab Facebook unveiled plans Monday on a partnership with New York University for a new center for artificial intelligence, aimed at harnessing the huge social network's massive trove of data.
10 December 2013
1.6 billion people on social networks: study An estimated 1.61 billion people, more than one in five globally, will log in to social networking sites at least monthly this year, the research firm eMarketer said Tuesday.
21 November 2013
Google Glass gets music integration Google's new Internet-connected eyewear will have music too.
13 November 2013
Facebook relaxes rules for teen sharing Facebook began letting teenagers publicly share posts Wednesday as the social network moved to bolster appeal to youth and advertisers.
17 October 2013
Nazarbayev calls students to stay out of social networks Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has advised school students to stop wasting their time in social networks.
03 September 2013
Facebook lets users showcase posts on other websites Facebook on Wednesday began letting people share social network posts at blogs or other spots on the Internet.
01 August 2013
US calls Assad Instagram account 'repulsive' The United States on Wednesday denounced as "repulsive" an Instagram site by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying it did not reflect the reality of the civil war.
01 August 2013
U.S. journalist to teach Kazakhstan media use Twitter and Facebok Journalism and social media expert Sonia Smith is visiting Astana on July 12-13.
12 July 2013
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