The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Facebook, Twitter unveil top trending topics of 2011
Status updates are at the very heart of the Facebook experience. They’re how its 800-million strong community shares thoughts, emotions and ideas. Now the…
Facebook reportedly warming to 2012 IPO
Fresh whispers of a date for Facebook’s long-awaited initial public offering have emerged. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IPO could come as…
Twitter buys Android security specialists
The tech industry is scratching its collective head about a new acquisition by Twitter of a startup company that develops security software for Android…
Arabic explodes on Twitter
Arabic is exploding as a language on Twitter. In a reflection of the social network’s importance to the “Arab Spring” (which saw the overthrow…
