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They're not just for sharing any more: Facebook and Twitter are now looking to play a bigger role in shopping.

• 05 октября 2014, 14:29

An analysis of Twitter messages from the Arab-speaking world reveals strong anti-American sentiment.

• 26 сентября 2014, 11:24

A British Muslim association is taking on the jihadists through Twitter with the campaign #notinmyname.

• 24 сентября 2014, 10:38

Twitpic is being acquired in a deal that will give renewed life to the widely used service for sharing pictures on Twitter.

• 19 сентября 2014, 12:42

The photo-sharing service Twitpic announced it was shutting down, saying it faced an ultimatum from Twitter to abandon its trademark.

• 05 сентября 2014, 12:19

Twitter plans to open an office in Indonesia over the coming months as it seeks to boost revenues in the social-media-addicted nation.

• 29 августа 2014, 14:35

Hackers broke into Russian Prime Minister D. Medvedev's Twitter account, tweeting his resignation and criticising President V. Putin.

• 14 августа 2014, 14:17

Twitter on Tuesday unveiled a new advertising program that delivers "promoted videos" to the tweet stream of users of the popular messaging platform.

• 13 августа 2014, 10:17

Twitter shares shot higher by some 30 percent after its quarterly report showed surprisingly strong revenue and user growth, despite a widening loss.

• 30 июля 2014, 12:01

Internet hackers briefly took over an Israeli army Twitter account, the military said, posting an alarming message that a nuclear facility had been hit by rocket fire.

• 04 июля 2014, 18:30

Twitter announced that it has cut a deal to buy mobile ad firm Tap Commerce to bolster money-making tools at the popular one-to-many messaging service.

• 02 июля 2014, 02:24

Russian police on Friday were searching the home of opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexei Navalny, his lawyer said.

• 20 июня 2014, 23:27

Social media users tore into Barack Obama on Friday after the US president was seen chewing gum during solemn ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

• 08 июня 2014, 21:05

The secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.

• 07 июня 2014, 11:37

A campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women.

• 27 мая 2014, 13:55

A British journalist has been released without charge after being detained by Ukrainian authorities, the Russian TV channel employing him, RT, said.

• 22 мая 2014, 14:59

A priest dances in a famous piazza in Rome surrounded by four gyrating parishioners. Tourists stare and dozens of children on a school trip from France start to twist and turn to the music.

• 26 апреля 2014, 11:44

Twitter blocked two accounts on Sunday that had been used to spread corruption allegations against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and his inner circle.

• 21 апреля 2014, 10:43

Popular photo-sharing site Instagram was not working Saturday, as frustrated users quickly turned to social network Twitter and other web sites to share their complaints.

• 13 апреля 2014, 12:59

The French leader's jilted ex-girlfriend has stepped back into the limelight with a tweet urging Paris to help a woman who says her Mexican ex-husband abducted their children, just as Francois Hollande visits Mexico.

• 10 апреля 2014, 22:29