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The government yesterday published its draft guidelines for the public servants on social media use.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Facebook supports six start-ups

Six start-up companies yesterday won Facebook packages, each worth about $50,000 mainly for advertisements for a year on the social media network. In addition to advertisements on Facebook, they will also get technical support as part of the package.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Nation turns green on social media; anticipating historic Asia Cup victory

Scores of users on social media platforms are expressing their solidarity with Bangladesh national cricket team, in hope of achieving a historic victory against India at the Asia Cup final.
6 March 2016, 06:52 AM

Facebook wildlife trade prompts fears among environmentalists

Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.
3 March 2016, 05:36 AM

Snapchat rivals Facebook with 8bn video views on app daily

Snapchat has emerged as a new powerhouse, with the revelation that users of the service now watch 8 billion videos on its app every day, reports Business Insider.
1 March 2016, 06:50 AM

Hong Kong leader swarmed by 'angry' emojis on Facebook

Hong Kong's beleaguered leader is nearly 100 times more unpopular than US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, according to Facebook's new "angry-face" button that allows netizens to voice their displeasure on the social network.
28 February 2016, 05:29 AM

Facebook wants to crack down against hate speech on migrants

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says the social network needs to get better at cracking down on hate speech against migrants.
27 February 2016, 14:25 PM

Cristiano 1st athlete to pass 20 crore social media followers

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media.
24 February 2016, 07:35 AM

Facebook messenger for Android now supports multiple accounts

Facebook has officially rolled out multiple-account support for its Android Messenger app.
21 February 2016, 10:37 AM

'Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano' in 12 languages

A Bangladeshi youth has done a wonderful job by composing the famous song 'Amar Bhaier Rokhte Rangano Ekushey February' into 12 languages together marking the International Mother Language Day.
21 February 2016, 07:49 AM

[WATCH] Tear jerking reunion of lost cat Kunkush with refugee family

A long and arduous journey later, an Iraqi family was tearfully reunited with their beloved cat Kunkush on Thursday, whom they lost while fleeing Iraq for Europe.
20 February 2016, 14:16 PM

Facebook blocks Suman after JNU row song

Indian former Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman on Friday claimed he was blocked by Facebook after he had posted a song that he had written in support of the JNU agitation, reports The Indian Express today.
20 February 2016, 08:10 AM

5 ways you can show your Valentine’s Day love through tech

If you accept the axiom “opposites attract” then it stands to reason that, often, one person in a relationship is the technophile while the other is the technophobe.
14 February 2016, 05:24 AM

Facebook India MD Kirthiga Reddy stepping down

Facebook Inc's India managing director, Kirthiga Reddy, said on Friday she is stepping down and returning to the United States to "explore new opportunities" at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
13 February 2016, 05:17 AM

Video of mom dressing her triplet, toddler goes viral

A time-lapse video of a Canadian mom getting her kids ready for bed is going viral. The video already has more than 45 million views on Facebook in the past few days.
13 February 2016, 05:01 AM

Paris court rules against Facebook in French nudity case

The Paris appeal court has upheld a ruling that Facebook can be sued under French - not Californian - law.
12 February 2016, 12:53 PM

Web Review: Dhaka’s history in Facebook

Facebook group ‘DHAKA - 400 years History in Photographs’, has startling photographs of the city and its people from the pages of history.
11 February 2016, 04:51 AM

Facebook hit by French privacy order

Facebook gives three months to stop tracking non-members of its social network without their consent in France.
9 February 2016, 12:56 PM

India blocks Facebook Free Basics internet scheme

India's telecoms regulator blocks Facebook's Free Basics internet service inside the country.
8 February 2016, 11:34 AM

5 billion users by 2030: Zuckerberg

Social networking giant Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wishes to have five billion users by 2030.
7 February 2016, 10:22 AM