CIA joins Twitter, FacebookThe secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.
07 June 2014
Turkey's top court rules YouTube ban violates rightsTurkey's top court ruled on Thursday that a blanket ban on YouTube violated individual rights and freedoms, clearing the way for the popular video-sharing site to come back.
30 May 2014
#YesAllWomen campaign hits Twitter after US shootingA 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 May 2014
Dancing priest brings #2popesaints to Internet flockA 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 April 2014
Blood, sex and dragons: 'Game of Thrones' returnsMillions worldwide will tune in for the fourth season of medieval fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" from Sunday as the hit show returns to television screens, promising to deliver its usual jaw-dropping mix of sex, violence and vengeance.
Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leakedTurkey banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria.
How Olympians train: Ilya Ilyin's hardcore 220 kg squatsTwo times Olympic Champion, three times World Champion and an avid social network user Ilya Iliyn has posted a vine or a short video of squatting with 220 kg on his Instagram page.
12 March 2014
Erdogan's regime hit with new recording of alleged corruptionTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime, mired in a corruption scandal, suffered a new blow on Sunday with the online release of another allegedly incriminating phone call involving an ex-minister and a businessman.
10 March 2014
Turkey PM says YouTube, Facebook could be bannedTurkey's embattled prime minister has warned that his government could ban social media networks YouTube and Facebook after a raft of online leaks added momentum to a spiralling corruption scandal.
07 March 2014
US court orders Google to pull YouTube anti-Islam filmA US appeals court on Wednesday ordered YouTube to take down an anti-Islamic movie that triggered protests in the Muslim world, after an actress alleged she had been duped into appearing in it.
'Dumb' US Starbucks closed after comic reveals stuntUS health officials closed down a spoof Starbucks coffee shop shortly after a TV comic revealed himself as the man behind the stunt, which drew media attention and plenty of customers.
11 February 2014
Boy-band One Direction year's best-sellersBritish pop phenomenon One Direction were on Thursday named as the world's most popular recording artists of 2013 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Google gets in game of Internet age storytellingThe Google lab behind augmented reality game "Ingress" is teaming with HarperCollins Publishers and top author James Frey for an Internet age adventure in storytelling.
17 January 2014
Internet eyewear much in view at CES trade fairWhile many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands.
11 January 2014
Vietnam police investigate riot at Samsung factoryVietnamese police said Friday they had launched an investigation into a riot at a multi-billion dollar Samsung factory that left 13 people injured, four critically.
10 January 2014
UAE made me 'a scapegoat': US man jailed for YouTube gagAn American jailed for nine months in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof YouTube video mocking Dubai teenagers returned home Thursday, comparing the experience to being in a "cage."