San Francisco, (IANS) : In the first gesture to fulfil his pledge that he and his wife made last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million of the social networking giant's shares. According to a US regulatory filing, The Chan Zuckerberg Foundation and...
Twitter opens conversational ads to all advertisers
New Delhi, (IANS) : In a bid to drive brand conversations, micro-blogging website Twitter on Tuesday announced that all global advertisers can now use conversational ads and a new "Instant Unlock Card" that encourages people to tweet to unlock exclusive content....
More people now prefer businesses they can message: Facebook
New York, (IANS) : With an increase in business-consumer interaction on mobile messaging platforms, 53 per cent of consumers today prefer shopping with a business they can message, a survey by social media giant Facebook has revealed. According to the "Facebook...
Hajj-e-Mabroor app launched in 3 languages
Riyadh (IINA) : Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi has recently launched the first Islamic Mobile app (Hajj-e-Mabroor) covering different issues concerning Hajj and Umrah in multiple languages — Urdu, English and Hindi. The app can be installed on...
Facebook Incubator to change the way open source works
New York, (IANS) : Social media giant Facebook has decided to give a structure to the open source software with its new Incubator hub, prompting the developers to think new ways about the software. "Successful Incubator projects will be carefully scrutinised and...
Yahoo rolls out upgraded messenger app for Windows, Mac
New Delhi, (IANS) : Yahoo on Friday rolled out the upgraded messenger app for Windows and Mac, allowing users a fast way to send not only messages but also photos and animated GIFs. The updated version of the app has been introduced after its successful launch in...
With strong quarter growth, Facebook hits over 1 bn users
New York, (IANS) : With a strong revenue and profit growth, social networking giant Facebook has added 60 million monthly users in the second quarter of 2016 to reach 1.71 billion users while scoring $6.44 billion in revenue - blowing the earlier estimates of $6.02...
Twitter shares tumble after poor revenue growth, weak outlook
New York, (IANS) : Although it added three million users -- one million more that what analysts had expected -- the not-so-promising second quarter earnings results led to the shares of micro-blogging website Twitter tumbling on Tuesday which wiped out nearly 10 per...
Facebook to track non-users around the internet
New York, (IANS) In a bid to expand its user base, social media giant Facebook has announced it will begin displaying ads to web users who are not members of its social network. "Facebook will use cookies, 'like' buttons and other plug-ins embedded on third-party...
Facebook bids goodbye to desktop ad exchange
Washington, (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly planning to close FBX -- an ad exchange that allows advertisers to buy desktop ads, media reports said on Thursday. According to Tech Crunch, Matt Idema, vice president of monetization product marketing...