TikTok's Tech-tonic shift attempt in USTikTok, banned in India since 2020, is making a significant push into social commerce in the United States. The platform aims to combine so...
12 Jan, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
Govt to notify fact check body through IT ministry: Rajeev ChandrasekharDisinformation and misinformation on the internet rank as other forms of internet criminality and need stricter- than-ever provisions to be...
06 Apr, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
Disinformation, misinformation as bad as other digital crime: MoS IT ChandrasekharTo tackle the increasing menace of disinformation and misinformation, countries must come together to form a “global co-operative framework...
05 Apr, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Disinformation, misinformation as bad as other digital crime: MoS IT Chandrasekhar“Our government and agencies have determined that the velocity of misinformation and disinformation can be 8-10, sometimes 20 times faster ...
05 Apr, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
TikTok, add to cart: How online stores are working to influence your purchases, literallyAs the pandemic has forced Indians to stay indoors for months, making them consume more videos on their phones than ever, e-commerce compan...
12 Oct, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
Social app Chingari garners 2.5 million downloadsThe short video-sharing app reached the milestone from 550,000 downloads in just ten days, the free social platform said in a statement. Pr...
29 Jun, 2020, 01.23 PM IST
Homegrown social app Chingari garners over 100,000 downloads, lets users get creative with statuses and picturesThe app is available in English and multiple Indian languages.
10 Jun, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
ET GBS 2020: Why music mattersOur hope was that by making music participation more accessible and fun, we could enable a new social medium that would connect the world t...
05 Mar, 2020, 09.18 AM IST
8 ways to bag better deals while shopping onlineET Wealth lists some ways to help you bag the best deals every time you shop online, not just during sales.
21 Oct, 2019, 03.25 PM IST
Here's why Google+ failed to take offHere's a brief summary of some of the main reasons, some based on employee accounts, why Google+ failed.
09 Oct, 2018, 07.11 PM IST
Apple's Tim Cook calls for more regulations on data privacy amid Facebook scandalMark Zuckerberg apologised for failing to better control its customers’ data after it let Cambridge Analytica amass info on 50 mn users.
24 Mar, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
Budget startup Vista Rooms creates a functional app on InstagramThe idea behind this was to use Instagram as a standalone mobile application that can serve both as an app and a social networking tool.
22 Oct, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
What are e-commerce sites like Flipkart, Myntra doing to drive sales?Online discovery of offline products is for experience-intensive categories in which customers are keener to browse online but purchase off...
09 Jul, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Cucumbertown brings out the main course with RecipeWriterCucumbertown is an online social network for amateur cooks and chefs. It allows its users to browse recipes and contribute by writing recip...
10 Oct, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Facebook may act as a mood stabiliserResearchers found that, in general, people use social media to connect with people who are posting positive and success-oriented updates.
03 Oct, 2014, 05.24 PM IST
Social TV on the rise in hype cycle: GartnerThe hype cycle gives a view of how a technology or application will evolve over the time.
27 Aug, 2013, 09.32 PM IST
Facebook may make you envious, dissatisfied: StudyStudy also found about one-fifth of all events that had provoked envy among respondents took place within a Facebook context.
22 Jan, 2013, 05.41 PM IST