‘Say Thanks’ videos from Facebook let you send video messages to friends, family

On Wednesday, Facebook announced “Say Thanks” videos, a way for users to create personalized videos to celebrate friendships. The vide...

A Quake Warning, Before It Strikes

A 10-second warning may not sound like much, but when it comes to earthquakes, it's enough time to take cover. With the magnitud...

You read my message and never replied! WhatsApp’s ‘blue ticks’ mean you can’t ignore messages

WhatsApp’s ‘blue ticks’ that now indicate whether or not the person you are sending messages to has actually read your message, is generat...

Viber chat app adds video calling to iOS, Android - Watch Video

Viber, the fast-growing communications app with more than 400 million users worldwide, has launched an update to its iOS and Android apps ...

Hello Skype,Viber - WhatsApp set to launch free voice calls?

Facebook it seems is upping the ante as voice messaging services Skype and Viber will soon have to grapple with some stiff competition fro...

Facebook and Instagram approach with Snapchat

That's the approach Facebook (FB, Tech30) and Instagram are taking with Snapchat, the self-destructing photo- and video-sharing app. ...

Google Starts Running Consumer Surveys About Select Advertisers, Highlights Data In Search Ads

Google is launching a new feature for advertisers today that highlights data it gathers from its Consumer Surveys in their ads. These so-c...

YouTube PS4 app workaround

Earlier on this month we spoke about the need for Sony to release a native PS4 YouTube app. While we would still like to see this with t...

Mark Zuckerberg goes to Barcelona to make mobile friends

If confirmation was needed that we live in the age of the mobile phone, then the presence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the Mob...

Messaging service WhatsApp is down

Messaging service WhatsApp is down and for the past an hour or so users haven’t been able to send messages. The company has confirmed to...

Facebook turned down WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton for job in 2009

It turned out to be an expensive mistake for Mark Zuckerberg. A $19bn (£14bn) one to be precise. In the summer of 2009 Facebook turned dow...

More than one-fifth of Britons will use Twitter this year, claims report

Twitter ended 2013 with 12 million active users in the UK, and will see that increase to 13.6 million by the end of 2014, according to r...

Facebook to buy messaging network WhatsApp

The world's largest social network is expanding its reach again. Facebook has announced it will buy the mobile messaging service Whats...

Facebook at 10: How it grew from a social network to a social phenomenon

A decade ago, four friends launched a service in their Harvard dorm room. TheFacebook.com was originally supposed to be just a social ne...

As LinkedIn passes 50 million users in Asia, it knows there’s still a lot of room to grow

L inkedIn has been growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific, as it announced today that it just crossed 50 million registered users in the regio...

Twitter page now looks Like same facebook

Twitter is testing a totally new design on its website that will actually make it look like rival Facebook. An editor at Mashable fi...

Rakuten’s $900 million strategy is to transform Viber into Line. But it won’t be easy.

Today’s big news is Rakuten’s acquisition of Viber for nearly $900 million. Taking a step back to look at the strategy behind it, Rakute...

Apple Reportedly Launching Two New iPhones with Larger Flat Sapphire Displays in September

The latest rumors about Apple's plans to manufacture sapphire at a new plant in Arizona are the most credible foundation yet for sp...

Google's Chromecast expected to come to the UK in March

A representative from UK electronics retailer Currys has just revealed to TNW that it'll start selling Google's Chromecast dongle ...

Stan Collymore quits Twitter after row over racist abuse

Stan Collymore has deleted his Twitter account after being branded a "vile hypocrite" by ex-girlfriend Ulrika Jonsson for critic...