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Facebook outages cost the social network giant about $22K a minute.

Social media giant Facebook has restored service after a brief outage. Users had reported that facebook was down in the U.S. as well as in other parts of the world. The outage affected both the Web and mobile versions of


Twitter releases Analytics dashboard for everyone

Twitter has made its analytics dashboard available to all users, providing details about how much exposure and engagement each of their 140-character Tweets receive. The tool was launched in July for advertisers and verified users, but now is available for


Twitter Opens Its Nifty Analytics Dashboard To Everyone

Twitter has launched a really nifty analytics dashboard. It looks like Google Analytics for tweets, allows you to view the performance of each and every tweet you sent. How many people saw it and how many of those actually clicked


Google and Linkedin turn their office spaces into happy zones for employees

Companies like Google, Linkedin turns their office spaces into happy zones for employees. Linkedin even tried to import London telephone booths to be used as phone enclosures, but when it couldn’t, it used wallpaper to mimic the design. LinkedIn India


WhatsApp Reaches 600 Million Active Users

WhatsApp leads the rest of the mobile messaging field when it comes to popularity, and now the Facebook-owned service has passed 600 million monthly active users, according to the tweet by the CEO and founder Jan Koum today. The app


Twitter will remove images of deceased on request of families.

Twitter will now remove images or videos of the deceased at the request of family members, according to a tweet from the company’s spokeperson. The decision comes following bullying of Zelda Williams on the social networking site after the death


Skype gets chat notifications only on the device currently you are logged in

Skype announced a new feature called active endpoint which ensures you only receive chat notifications on the device that currently you are logged in. The company says the new functionality is rolling out “over the next few weeks,” and all you


Facebook begins tagging fake-news sites as ‘satire’

Facebook is testing a new feature that warns users of satirical content posted from sites like the Onion. Stories posted in users’ feeds are being tagged as “[Satire]” in an apparent move to prevent them being mistaken for real news


How to Create Facebook Like page

Go to this create Facebook page link and select the type of business you are having. Selecting proper category, will help your brand to reach the right audience. For example, you need a Fan page for your Website or Blog,


Facebook Tests Stickers in Comments

A few Facebook users are now able to add stickers when posting comments on the social network. When contacted Facebook, they confirmed it is currently testing the new feature. “We are running a test which allows you to add a