Social networking giant Facebook has been ordered by an Austrian court that it must control the issue of ‘trolling’ on its platform following a case which was brought forward by a political party in the country. Austria’s Green party where outraged at the vitriol directed at its leader – and demanded that Facebook take responsibility for the platform being used to spread hate. However, the ruling is now set to have international ramifications as the ruling said that ‘hate postings’…

Adding to a string of recent negative press for ride-hailing app Uber, a report by the New York Times recently revealed that the email de-cluttering service Unroll.me had been selling user data to Uber to help it gain insight on when its customers were switching between using Uber and its competitor, Lyft. The Times report said Unroll.me did this by collecting Lyft receipts from user's inboxes and sharing the information with Uber for an undisclosed fee. Responding to the outrage…

Californian tech giant Apple is set to launch an App Accelerator in Bangalore, India, to provide more support to Indian developers and assist them in transforming the design performance of their apps on Apple’s mobile operating system iOS. Bangalore is the center of India’s technology startup scene, and it’s been said that the App Accelerator will inspire the next generation of Indian developers to get involved with tech. Apple experts will lead briefings each week to provide one-on-one app reviews…

NBC Olympics and Snap Inc. will partner to bring unique Olympic Winter Games coverage from PyeongChang, South Korea, to Snapchatters in the United States next February, including NBC Olympic coverage via daily "Our Stories" and "Publisher Stories" available in Snapchat Discover. NBC Olympics will work with BuzzFeed to co-produce the Publisher Stories. Through this partnership, sales packages will include not only the Snap Ad slots that will run within Our Stories and Publisher Stories, but also opportunities to purchase national…

Social networking giants Facebook have revealed that they have engaged in scanning behavioral patterns of suspicious accounts in order to clamp down and weed out bogus accounts. The security measure is part of a broader effort from Facebook to rid the popular networking site of hoaxes, misinformation and fake news by authenticating users who are what they claim to be. In a blog post, Shabnam Shaik, who is part of Facebook’s protect and care team suggested that people represent themselves…