In order to control the content posted on Social Media websites by alcohol brands, the European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD) and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) joined hands to create a common set of rules.

Yesterday, Facebook announced the latest upgrade on its social network; the ‘Subscribe’ Button. With the new option, users can receive news feeds of their friends as well as others outside their list.This new feature allows for more flexibility in managing such feeds.

E-shopping, a concept that had seen sparse growth in India since the last couple of years has seen a sudden growth in figures. According to a recent study, there has been an estimated 125% growth in the Online Commerce Industry.

In a bid to attract more users to download applications on their cellphones, Research in Motion (RIM) has started phasing out the latest version of the BlackBerry App World.

A few months after its latest acquisition of  Vudu‘s digital video streaming service, Walmart has decided to go live enabling users to stream movies online as well as on other supported devices.

The recent integration that was about to take place in the U.S. between Netflix and Facebook has been called off. On grounds of a law known as The Video Piracy Protection Act, rental information must be safeguarded and kept private and is the reason why Netflix has reconsidered its intention to launch social networking site [...]

Beware Amazon! You’ve got competition coming up! Sony has a plan up their sleeve to bring in a list of upgraded E-readers that are bound to give Amazon’s Kindle a run for their money. A tentative date for Sony’s new offering has been scheduled  for next month, according to reports.

A brand new p2p application for payment has been introduced by PayPal which would facilitate Android users to make payments via NFC (Near Field Communication). This is the latest offing by PayPal in the mobile genre.

Mergers and acquisitions or company shifts have been the latest trend in online media. The latest being Indranil Sengupta, Asst. Vice-President of Brand Management & Marketing for Zee Enterprises move to Hugama Digital media Entertainment as General Manager for the same profile.

Just as Google is ready to go all guns with their latest offering and first-ever social networking site, Google+, competitor Facebook already has something up its sleeve.

Google+ is currently atop the mind of every individual around the world. This is where it is all happening. With people all over rapidly building up their own Google+ accounts, users would probably want to know who would be leading the favourite list on the new social networking website.

Today, almost every individual owns an account on www.gmail.com. Although Gmail proves to be one of the most reliable email accounts available, its developer, Google plans to enroll some additional new features.

Ad networking company, Specific Media announced on Wednesday their acquisition of  social networking site, MySpace. The intriguing part in this story is music artist-cum-actor Justin Timberlake’s stake ownership in MySpace.

All those Facebook subscribers in India, here is some splendid news. The social networking site will now introduce a new payment system known as ‘Facebook Credits’ next month. Facebook currently has over 31 million subscribers in India and its new virtual payment system will enable transactions  within the website’s games and apps.

Search engine moghul, Google unveiled its very own version of a social networking service in a bid to take on Facebook. Known as Google + (Google Plus), it vows to introduce the aspects of ‘real-life sharing’ and real-world interaction’ online to users. People will be allowed to post messages, comments, photos and other forms of [...]