German luxury auto major BMW on Saturday announced that it will give away 2-year 2011 X3 lease in Facebook contest. The contest, dubbed The X3 Matchup, will give viewers the opportunity to guess the configuration of the BMW X3 featured in the advertisement for a chance to win a Grand Prize two-year lease on the vehicle. In addition, the winner will receive a trip for two to BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant to pick up their vehicle, see where it is built and to take a two-day pe...
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 23, 2011
Fans of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger light up the internet with humble tributes on his third death anniversary. 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger playing his penultimate role of Joker is the favorite to watch.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 23, 2011
Qwiki, the information experience platform whose first product will be a web-based reference tool with about 3 million terms, is moving to the next level with funding from some high profile investors.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 22, 2011
Qwiki is hot right now. What exactly is it and why is it the buzz of the digital information consumption industry?
Hao Li
Jan 22, 2011
Notion Ink Adam’s official and the first unboxing was done by Rohan Shravan even before any tech Websites or journalist could do it. But Notion Ink Adam features show promise against Apple iPad
Elias Samuel
Jan 21, 2011
Internet search engine Google plans to launch Google Offers, its own version of online discount-coupon sensation Groupon, to help notify subscribers about deals in their area.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 21, 2011
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim are investing $8 mln in Series A funding into Qwiki, a startup pioneering the information experience via on-the-fly transformation of data into rich media narratives
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 21, 2011
Facebook's global reach has been the envy of many companies, as about 70 percent of its 500 million users are from outside US and now Facebook has launched an app for feature phones to further bolster its march.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 20, 2011
Sophos reported that cyber attacks on social networking sites nearly doubled in 2010, a clear sign that the threat continues to grow at an alarming rate. A study by the IT security and control firm reveals dramatic increase in malware, phishing and spam through social networks, most prominently Facebook.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 20, 2011
World’s most populous nation China is also the largest net savvy population in the world now as more than a third of its population were hooked on to the Internet at the end of 2010, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 20, 2011
Apple plans to take on Facebook with its new social network features.
Elias Samuel
Jan 20, 2011
Games, social networking and entertainment are the most popular apps for iOS.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 19, 2011
Google Inc. has extended its dominance in the worldwide search advertising market amid challenges from Microsoft’s Bing and rising competitive obstacles in fast-growing regions, says a report from IHS iSuppli.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 19, 2011
Goldman Sachs Group Inc's decision to scale back a heavily publicized sale of shares in social network site Facebook shows how the bank risks losing its edge as financial regulation intensifies.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 19, 2011
A male student at Oak Park-River Forest High School in suburban Chicago may face expulsion from school for ranking fifty female classmates by various criteria on a list and circulating it on Facebook.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 18, 2011
After its last high-profile cloud-computing launch, the Office 365, Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, its cloud-based CRM offering, will be available worldwide.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 18, 2011
Again facebook privacy policy is in controversy for its openness.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 18, 2011
A German company is poised to launch software allowing users to have photos uploaded to websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Flickr erased automatically after a certain time.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 18, 2011
Facebook's new modification on its privacy policy has yet again brought up concerns on security the social networking site manages to provide, after it enabled third-party application developers to access users' addresses and cell phone numbers.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 18, 2011
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) said that its American clients will be excluded from buying shares of Facebook through the financial services giant’s private placement mechanism.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 17, 2011
Saudi Arabia has taken in Tunisia's fallen strong man, but the oil wealth of the kingdom and its neighbours should ensure the poverty-driven unrest which ousted Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali does not follow him to the Gulf.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 17, 2011
Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed 26-year-old Tunisian whose self-immolation sparked the riots in that country and ultimately toppled the president, has apparently inspired a series of copycat across North Africa, according to media reports.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 17, 2011