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Twitter Strikes a Deal with Yandex for Real-time Search

The popular micro-blogging site Twitter has partnered with Russia’s biggest search engine company, Yandex, in a move that will help boost the site's real-time search and eventually help it compete with rivals, including Google and Bing search. Read More »

UK Student Jailed for Hacking Facebook Despite ‘Ethical’ Claims

Glenn Steven Mangham, a 26-year old software development student in the UK, has been jailed for eight months for hacking into Facebook from his bedroom at his parents' house in York in northern England. He was also given a serious crime prevention order restricting his access to the internet and confiscating his computer equipment. Read More »

Facebook Launches Verified Accounts

Following the lead of Twitter and Google+, Facebook too will begin verifying accounts of celebrities and other public figures. After the account has been verified, Facebook will enable these users to have pseudonyms or use an "alternative name" or nicknames as their Facebook name, and will appear in lists of "People to Subscribe To." Read More »

Angry Birds Lands on Facebook

After a huge wait, the Famous Angry Birds have finally landed on Facebook allowing over 800 million users to start hunting those pigs who stole the birds eggs. Read More »

Twitter Makes HTTPS Default

Last year Twitter implemented a security feature that allowed its users to browse the site via a secured HTTP connection (HTTPS). This feature was not enabled by default and users had to go to their Settings and enable the feature. However, Twitter now wants to secure user profiles and has made the feature enabled by default. Read More »