Pheew… Facebook and Instagram Are Back After Going Down Worldwide at 1:10 AM ET
UPDATE, 5:15 AM ET: The online group Lizard Squad has claimed it hacked Facebook and Instagram. But Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook says it was just a technical glitch. In other news: Mark Zuckerber More...
WhatsApp Finally Available on Web Browsers, but Not for iPhone Users
The world’s most popular chatting application, WhatsApp, is now available on desktop computers as well as phones, the Daily Mail said. The firm launched a much-rumored web version of its service More...
Israeli Startup Rounds Raises $12 Million from Samsung, Verizon
Israeli startup Rounds, which offers users a live social platform that combines live communication and social activities and hopes to take down WhatsApp, has just raised $12 million in a series B round of More...
China to fine Internet firms Tencent, Baidu for porn: Xinhua
– China’s ministry of culture said it would fine 11 Internet companies including Tencent Holdings and Baidu for spreading pornography and violence, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday. China More...
WhatsApp Has 600 Million Users Now
– – WhatsApp has reached 600, 000, 000 active users according to Jan Koum, founder of the mobile messenger. This means that WhatsApp has doubled its user base over the past year and gained More...
Tango Luring Game Developers with $25 Million Fund
– Game developers require incentives. For Tango, games are serious business, and it is setting up a $25 million global games fund to prove it. Tango is making Jim Ying, who raised funds More...