Facebook is to launch a satellite that will provide internet access to remote parts of Africa, the social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

Here are a few internet security and privacy basics to save you from the hassle of having your information or account stolen.

More than one out of every three 12- to 15-year-olds wake in the night at least once a week just to use social media, a Cardiff University study suggests.

Teenagers' mental health can be put at risk by constant pressure to post on social media, a study has found.

Japanese social media users have been posting their own creative designs after Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo controversy.

Now the question is, can we say whatever we want on Facebook, Twitter or blogs? Some argue that comments made on social media should be ignored as they are people's very personal expressions. However, social media embody two spheres—a private sphere and a public sphere— simultaneously.

The US space agency has dismissed the much talked about rumour on social media and various posts stating that a giant space rock impacting the Blue Marble sometime between September 15-28 this year, reports the Times of India.

From the horror of the warehouse blasts in China's port city of Tianjin comes a tale of survival that has bewitched Chinese social media users and become a symbol of hope amid the relentless flow of dark news and images.

A video of a wealthy-looking Bahraini apparently slapping a man who appears to be a migrant worker has shocked social media users across the country, and now led to several arrests.

Social media users are rallying around Aussie Rules footballer Adam Goodes, after he became embroiled in a racism row with fans.

New video footage shows mall employees experience a close shave just minutes before Xiang Liujuan was killed in the escalator mishap.

Half of the world's estimated online population now check in to the social networking giant Facebook at least once a month.

Half-naked models, dressed as Spartan warriors similar to the action-fantasy film "300" are subdued by Beijing police while taking part in a marketing stunt,

It's not been long when Ranveer Singh has danced on a busy Mumbai road to please Hrithik Roshan, and he has done it again. This time, he has made a Dubsmash video on the viral Pakistani song Eye to Eye on Hrithik's request.

Thousands of posts have flooded different social media platforms in a protest against the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet.

Madame Tussauds London reveals the newest addition to their waxwork line up, which takes the form of none other than a selfie-taking Kim Kardashian, reports Mashable.

The weather is sultry and tempers are fraying during tense negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme - one particularly testy exchange sparked a rash of social media messages and memes.

Facebook now lets you detach a video from the News Feed and move it anywhere within the browser window, so you can scroll Facebook while watching.

Singer Taylor Swift's Blank Space becomes the fastest video to touch 1 billion mark on YouTube. The video has been released online via Vevo in November 2014.

Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.