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Twitter tells 330 million users to change their passwords

 Twitter has warned its 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch exposed some in plain text on its internal network.

The man who can't face the internet

 Earlier this month, Facebook announced it would be using facial recognition to let users know every time a photo of them had been uploaded to the site.

In France, Snap's Discover news feature gets 10 million monthly users

Snap Inc, searching for ways to reinvigorate a slowing growth rate and increase advertising revenue for its Snapchat messaging app, said this week it has racked up 10 million users for its Discover news and video feature

Amazon China partner tells users to stop using illegal VPNs

 A Chinese partner of global e-commerce firm Amazon.com Inc has told customers to end the use of illegal virtual private networks (VPNs), which can allow users to circumvent internet censorship.

Twitter lets users mute notifications from unknown accounts

 Twitter Inc, in its latest step to curb abusive behavior on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from accounts that they want to avoid.

Twitter explores subscription-based option for first time

Twitter Inc is considering whether to build a premium version of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals, raising the possibility that it could collect subscription fees from some users for the first time.

Yahoo says hackers stole data from 500 million accounts in 2014

 Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to be the world's biggest known cyber breach by far.

Twitter warns some users of possible state-sponsored cyber attack

 Twitter Inc issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said, the first such warning by the micro blogging site.

Facebook has a billion users in a single day, says Mark Zuckerberg

 For the first time over a billion people used Facebook on a single day, according to company founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Users frustrated by Apple iOS update

 Apple iPhone and iPad users have taken to social media to express their frustration over installing the company's latest software update.

Facebook emotion experiment sparks criticism

 Facebook is facing criticism after it emerged it had conducted a psychology experiment on nearly 700,000 users.

Android TV Box believed to be the biggest choice for TV users

 VietNamNet Bridge – The reasonable prices of Android TV Box proves to be the great advantage that helps Android TV Box become more favored than smart TVs. Experts believe that this would be the biggest choice for TV users in the near future.

Network operators raise telecom charges on higher number repository fees

 VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom groups have warned that clients would have to pay more for telecom services as the Ministry of Finance has set up higher fees for using the telecom number repository.

Consumers remain unfriendly to friendly plastic bags

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has successfully made friendly plastic bags which can decompose after a short time. However, petty merchants and consumers still turn their back to the kind of bags.

Vietnam has highest phishing rate in the world

In the latest survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab, in 2012, 37.3 million Internet users worldwide became victims of phishing. Vietnam is among the countries with the highest number of phishing victims.

Free messaging apps boom in Vietnam

The figures announced by Viber, Line, Kakao Talk or Zalo about their numbers of users are unreliable. Experts say these are just the numbers of downloads, not the active users.