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WhatsApp Apologises For Global Outage, Restores Services

WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a widespread global outage on Wednesday that...

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WhatsApp Back Online After Global Outage of ‘a Few Hours’

WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a widespread global outage on Wednesday that...

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Facebook Profit Jumps As User Base Nears 2 Billion

Facebook on Wednesday reported that its quarterly profit topped $3 billion as its ranks of monthly users closed in on...

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Facebook Profit Jumps As User Base Nears 2 Billion

Facebook on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit jumped just over $3 billion as its ranks of monthly users closed in...

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Facebook Profit Jumps As User Base Nears 2 Billion

Facebook on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit jumped just over $3 billion as its ranks of monthly users closed in...

International

Facebook Denies Targeting Insecure Users

Facebook has denied it is targeting insecure young people in order to push advertising, amid a row over a leaked...

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Twitter Signs Deal With Bloomberg On Rolling Video News

Twitter is working with media firm Bloomberg to create a 24-hour rolling news channel for the messaging service. The...

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Anonymous App Yik Yak Shuts Down

Yik Yak, a mobile application which gained popularity for allowing users to make anonymous comments and which sparked...

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Social Media Giants ‘shamefully Far’ From Tackling Illegal Content

Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report....

International

Caution! The Celebs Who Are Wary of Twitter

Caution! The celebs who are wary of Twitter Watson keeps a safe distance from reaction to social media content Beauty...

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Online Videos of Killings Pose Tricky Problem For Facebook

Posting a smartphone video online has never been so easy -- even if the video shows a murder. After two recent cases...

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Facebook Steps Up Fight On State-Led Propaganda

Facebook said Thursday it is stepping up its security to counter efforts by governments and others to spread...

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Twitter Gets Lift From Uptick In User Numbers

Twitter shares surged Wednesday after its quarterly update showed improving growth in user numbers, offsetting concerns...

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Twitter Gets Lift From Uptick In User Numbers

Twitter shares shot higher Wednesday after its quarterly update showed improving growth in user numbers, offsetting...

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Twitter Upbeat On User Growth Despite Revenue Drop

Twitter said Wednesday user growth picked up in the past quarter, offering an upbeat outlook despite a decline in...

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Thai Media Rebuked Over Facebook Live of Child Murder

Thai media came under fire Wednesday for publishing images of a man killing his infant daughter in a Facebook Live...

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WhatsApp Group Admins To Face Jail Over Fake News

The administrators of group WhatsApp chats could be sent to prison, according to a new law. People who run accounts...

International

Man Kills Baby, Take Own Life On Facebook Live

A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The...

Entertainment

The 16 Creepiest Dating Things Every Girl Has Done But Will Never Admit

Look, it happens. You start off doing one harmless Google search of someone (you know, just to make sure they're not a...