Facebook, Twitter, Youtube blocked in Iraq As tensions grow in Iraq, the country's Ministry of Communications decided to block access to popular social media websites on Friday.
While Group E is the undisputed Group of Opportunity, Group F offers a different kind of opportunity in this year's World Cup. One team is looked upon the clear-cut favorite to win it all while the battle for second place could very well go to either one of the other three games.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to appear in an Iranian court by a conservative judge in South Iran over individual complaints by people who claim that Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy.
This week in social media, Facebook added a Shazam-like feature that can automatically tag music, TV or movies in status updates, just by listening in to your life. Speaking of listening in, Facebook also changed some of its privacy settings for the better with a reminder for users what privacy level their status updates are set to. Also, Twitter's having a bad week on Wall Street (again) while both it and rival Instagram are meeting resistance abroad.
On Sunday, Iran claimed to have replicated a U.S. drone that the country captured in 2011. Iran said Sunday that it created a replica of a United States drone that the country captured in December 2011, and that it will soon take a test flight.
"Homeland's" third season ended with a real cliffhanger. Homeland's third season ended with a real cliffhanger. After Nicholas Brody was ripped from lover Carrie Mathison's arms and hung off of a crane at a Tehran, Iran construction site, everything about the show changed.
Spoiler alert for all you non-cable people: Nicholas Brody is dead. Spoiler alert for all you non-cable people: Nicholas Brody is dead. The star of Homeland was appropriately killed off in the season 3 finale.
What can Homeland fans expect for season 4 of the hit Showtime original series?
What can Homeland fans expect for Season Four of the hit Showtime original series? With star Damian Lewis on the way out after his character Nicholas Brody was killed off in grotesque fashion in Season Three finale "The Star," what happens to Homeland going forward? Well, with an upcoming pregnancy and pending cast changes, the show's writers have plenty of work cut out for them.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani "congratulated Iranian scientists and experts on successfully sending a second living creature into space," the state news agency, IRNA, said. The president further said the monkey's name was Fargam.
