
Without even setting foot in Brazil, Twitter attracted 40 million subscribers in this social network-obsessed nation. ...

12:08 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Shakira and her footballer boyfriend Gerard Pique have shared a new photo of them together on Twitter. ...

11:12 AM, Jan 17, 2013

AFP and The Washington Post infringed on the copyrights of photographer Daniel Morel in using pictures he took in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. ...

07:08 AM, Jan 16, 2013

A fake Twitter account in the name of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was on Tuesday created, prompting the Ministry to complain to the social networking site operator and seek its blocking. ...

11:02 PM, Jan 15, 2013

Popular microblogging site Twitter is likely to hit the US stock market early next year with a whopping USD 15 billion initial public offering, says a research report. ...

12:35 PM, Jan 13, 2013

A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter, a lawyer following the case said, as the Gulf Arab state cracks down on criticism of the authorities on social media. ...

10:50 PM, Jan 06, 2013

Megan Fox joined Twitter just a few hours after fake news of her death started circulating on it. ...

01:14 PM, Jan 05, 2013

Popular Punjabi rapper Honey Singh has been slammed for offensive lyrics demeaning women in the wake of violence against women in the country. The rapper is all set to perform at a Gurgaon five star hotel as part of New Year Celebrations but there is petition doing the rounds on social media which requests the general manager of the high-end hotel to cancel the performance. ...

02:27 PM, Dec 31, 2012

Micro-blogging website Twitter has closed down several accounts after it received complaints that they contained indecent images of children, Sky News reported. ...

11:39 AM, Dec 27, 2012

"Those magical moments of our ODI journey will stay with me for the rest of my life. Thank you so much," Sachin, who announced his ODI retirement on Sunday, tweeted. ...

11:35 AM, Dec 25, 2012

There is a nationwide outrage over the issue of women's safety after the horrific gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi. The movement has also gone viral. As the nation was numbed by the horror, protests spilled on to the streets across the country, and internet users, too, are seethed in anger. Twitter, Facebook, BBMs, the rape of the 23-year-old has left everyone shocked. ...

01:33 PM, Dec 22, 2012

The Vatican newspaper said that as of noon Italian time on Thursday the pope had 2.1 million followers on Twitter, eight days after his first tweet was sent. ...

11:07 AM, Dec 21, 2012

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after winning Gujarat assembly elections on Thursday tweeted to his followers and said, "I thank all those who voted for us & promise those who have not voted for us that we will work harder to get your vote next time! I would like to thank the 6 crore people of Gujarat & the Almighty for giving us an opportunity to serve the people in...

05:57 PM, Dec 20, 2012

Twitter has introduced the ability to download your Twitter archive, so you'll get all your Tweets (including Retweets) going back to the beginning. ...

10:54 AM, Dec 20, 2012

Following are reactions on Twitter from political leaders and celebrities after a young paramedic student was gangraped in the national capital and thrown out of a bus. ...

05:17 PM, Dec 19, 2012

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom had agreed to sell his photo-sharing company to Twitter but then called off the deal. ...

06:01 AM, Dec 17, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and urging them to listen to Christ. ...

12:11 AM, Dec 13, 2012

This was the third year running that the microblogging site published its top Twitter trends, offering a barometer to assess the biggest events in social media. ...

01:40 PM, Dec 12, 2012

Pope Benedict the sixteenth, who has more than half a million Twitter followers in eight languages, will finally begin tweeting on Wednesday. The followers include people ranging from the simple Roman Catholic faithful to a Jewish head of state. ...

07:59 AM, Dec 12, 2012

Twitter's filters mimic the popular feature that has defined Instagram, the booming photo service acquired by Facebook. ...

07:40 AM, Dec 11, 2012