Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under a cyber attack.
Twitter announced on Monday it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets, implementing a policy announced in May to no longer factor certain add-ons including pictures into a message's length.
A senior Indian politician was widely mocked on Monday after photos showed policemen carrying him through ankle-deep muddy water while inspecting deadly floods in the country's centre.
Twitter has banned an editor at the conservative Breitbart website following a wave of targeted racial slurs that drove "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones to abandon the social media platform in disgust.
Twitter, known for its 140-character limit on tweets, is now allowing users to post longer videos - of up to 140 seconds.
Twitter announced on Tuesday it was easing its 140-character limit for tweets, allowing users to add links, attachments and some other features within the short messages.
Twitter plans to let people fire off links or pictures without eating into the 140-character limit set for posts at the one-to-many messaging service...
A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Kenya Wildlife Service said.
Tycoon Vijay Mallya, under pressure from banks to repay more than $1bn owed by his collapsed airline, refuted claims he had fled India as politicians traded recriminations over how he was able to fly to Britain unhindered.
An alert Public Works Authority (Ashghal) team cordoned off the area surrounding an uncovered manhole on Ahmed Bin Hanbal Street in Matar Qadeem.
Twitter revamped its timeline Wednesday, allowing the "best" tweets to rise to the top, despite warnings of a revolt from members loyal to the real-time flow of the messaging platform.
Qatar Charity (QC) has launched its own social network in cooperation and partnership with different groups of the Qatari society and social media activists.
