The weather is sultry and tempers are fraying during tense negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme - one particularly testy exchange sparked a rash of social media messages and memes.

Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.

Two Argentinian pilots have been fired for inviting model Victoria Xipolitakis into the cockpit, and letting her fly the plane, reports Mashable.

In solidarity with the gay pride, social media users especially of Facebook have been found updating their profile photos with a bright splash of colours over the last few days.

A Europe-wide police team is being formed to track and block social media accounts linked to Islamic State (IS).

Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards government strongholds.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new app has been greeted with excitement and humour on Twitter.

Can you touch your belly button by reaching behind your back and around your waist?

Priyanka Chopra shares a video where she is wrapped in nothing but a flag bearing the emblem of the FBI to promote her latest American TV series Quantico.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces flak on social media website Twitter for his remark on his Bangladesh counter part Sheikh Hasina.

In tweets both in Bangla and English, Indian PM Narendra Modi greeted Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as he starts his 34-hour trip.

It may be possible to estimate the size of a large crowd based on geographical data from mobile phones and Twitter, according to a new study.

Filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss, who is busy shooting for his next film Akira starring Sonakshi Sinha, has named the actress as Lady Rajini of Mumbai.

US President Barack Obama breaks a Guinness record by becoming the fastest person to garner one million followers on Twitter, a feat he accomplished in less than five hours with his new account @POTUS, Efe news agency reported.

Cannes Film Festival organisers denied a report that they were enforcing a strict high-heel rule for women on the event's legendary red carpet after a storm of protest on social media.

The backlash against Facebook's "free mobile data" Internet.org scheme has spread across the globe.

US President Barack Obama has just launched his own Twitter feed, the White House has confirmed.

There is an ongoing debate about the "success" rate of digital activism, given that success means different things to different people.

Where do you get your online news? For millions, the answer is Facebook, and now the social media giant is moving to make it even easier to access news articles.

Marsh re-started her long-running feud with Price by claiming in an interview with Zoo magazine that Price is only famous "for having loads of different kids with different dads".