Instagram has reached a new milestone. The photo sharing app now counts more than 500 million monthly active users, up from 400 million in September, Instagram announced Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Dear millennials: Instagram doesn’t owe you anything Of those, more … Read More
It was meant to be a bit of high-tech showmanship for Australia’s prime minister, but as it turns out, the Internet cares not for Malcolm Turnbull’s electoral ambitions. On Friday evening, the leaders of Australia’s two major political parties went … Read More
Facebook has appointed former Adobe head Umang Bedia as its new managing director in India, its second-largest market in the world. Bedi, who was the managing director of south Asia at Adobe, takes over from Kirthiga Reddy, who will join … Read More
A website registered in North Korea appeared on the Internet Friday. It was a social network that looked almost exactly like Facebook: a blue and white color scheme, a newsfeed, the ability to add friends, post statuses, like, comment and … Read More
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday with some of the world’s biggest social media firms, including Facebook and Twitter, on ways to combat the spread of hate speech online. Under the terms of a code of … Read More
It feels like we were facing the end of print only years ago, but the time may be ripe to begin lamenting the end of the website. After the dominance of URLs, we’re entering the platform era where more design … Read More
Three women enjoying a quiet dinner in Santa Monica Thursday night went from their cheese platter to heroically thwarting an alleged date rape attempt. One of the women, Sonia Ulrich, shared the incredible story on Facebook in a post that has since … Read More
In Australia, Facebook is testing a new version of the news feed. On Friday, a large number of users noticed a selection of topics at the top of their news feed on both the desktop version of the site and … Read More
Facebook and Microsoft on Thursday announced that they are teaming up to build a subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean. In a blog post, Microsoft says that the goal of the cable is to “help meet the growing customer demand … Read More
What’s the secret to going viral on the Internet? If you take a tip from an Australian teacher, it is to ask people nicely to share a handwritten note on Facebook. SEE ALSO: Everyone’s convinced ASOS’ Facebook page is run by … Read More