The ongoing clash between British author Salman Rushdie and Facebook over his profile page on the social network site has been in the news for some time now. The tiff over use of the author’s middle name Salman over his first name Ahmed by which he is little known was the bone of contention between the two. Facebook needs its more than 800 million members to use their first names on the site and... 

Unveiled on Tuesday the new Facebook Smart List allows users to categorize their friends more systematically. It will also group friends according to work, city, school and introduces options like ‘close friends’ and ‘acquaintances’. Akin to the ‘Circles’ feature in Google+ one can now control who sees their Facebook updates. Blake Ross advocated this change to improve the existing list... 

Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is in the process of quitting as Director Marketing of her brother’s company to set up her own social media consultancy firm. Serving as Director Marketing of Facebook for over six years, Randi felt she needed to form her own company in media consultancy. The company has confirmed this information and thanked her for her contribution towards... 

Cheaper internet facility coupled with affordable smartphones coming into the market has resulted in poorer people in India too being able to afford what was once considered to be a luxury. Possession of a smartphone, internet connection and widespread social networking has reached the most common man in India. Second only to the United States, India’s rural population too are fast becoming internet... 

SAN FRANSICO: According to comScore Google’s new social networking venture Google+ is the fastest ever to reach an audience size of 25 million users. Launched in late June, Google+ has achieved a tremendous user base of 25 million users in less than a month according to a July 24 report.  As against Facebook that took about three years to attain this number and Twitter that took a little over thirty... 

NEW YORK: The leading social networking giant, Facebook has purchased Push Pop Press, a digital publishing company. With this, Facebook intends to develop technology to make interactive books made and optimized for Apple devices like the iPad. Founded by former Apple employees Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris the start-up with its ground-breaking software has revolutionized data publishing and sharing... 

Spending hours on social networking sites could result in an identity crisis. This is what a well known scientist at Oxford University named Baroness Greenfield has warned. Overuse of Facebook and Twitter has made the younger generation so infatuated about themselves that they tend to forget everything else. This could affect the functioning of the brain as over obsession with one own life and activities... 

Popularity of social networking is in great demand today. Used for social interaction, Facebook has made itself necessary for handset users. Everybody wants Facebook facility on their phones. Bharati Airtel is the first such company to offer Facebook app to all their Java based handsets, much to the joy of every user. Three months usage from July 25th 2011 to October 24th 2011 at no additional cost... 

After failing badly to keep their social platform Orkut in contention with Facebook, Google is back once again in the social networking market, this time with Google+. New social networking platform from Internet honcho Google, Google+ aims to tackle THE Facebook, which has a user database of 750 million+. Google has unveiled Google+, but yet it is not available freely. You need an invite in order... 

Social networking favorite, Facebook now has a much awaited new feature, a ‘call’ button. Those who were following up would know that users can now chat by video on Facebook. The 'call' button needs to be clicked, and users can talk to others on their friend’s list with an account via Skype. It’s very simple. Go to your chat list, select the person you wish to video chat with, and once the...