Digital media

Turkey on Oct. 3 fined social media giant Facebook 1.6 million Turkish liras (over $281,000) over a data breach exposing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of users in Turkey.

American authorities has fined Google and YouTube for collecting data from children without their parents' consent.

The YouTube music platform is owned by Google. The punishment was imposed by the Federal Trade and Prosecutor's Office of New York.

Yahoo's e-mail crashed yesterday. Thousands of users didn't have access to their emails for hours. It is not clear what the cause of the problem is.

"You may not be able to access some of our services, including email. Our main priority right now is to resolve the issue. We appreciate your patience," a Yahoo customer service team said.

An analysis undertaken by the Yandex Navigator application has suggested that Turkish vacationers who are leaving the city for the Eid al-Adha holiday ("Festival of the Sacrifice") get on the road either early Aug. 9 or Aug. 10 afternoon to avoid traffic entanglements.

BDZ, together with Bulgarian publishers, launched the "Read on the Train" campaign, which aims to stimulate the reading of books in a modern way. All passengers with smart devices can touch new worlds while traveling through the magic of eBooks.

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni alerted Greek police's cyber crime unit on Thursday after she was informed that a fake Twitter account had been created with her name and picture.
The Twitter handle @LinaMendoni, purported to be the minister's official account and was opened on Tuesday.

The principal objective of the public proposal put forward by main shareholder Sazka Group for the acquisition of up to 67 percent of OPAP is the incorporation of the Greek gaming firm's results in those of the company founded by Karel Komarek.

Google's overloaded servers in the eastern US have caused problems for Snapchat, Gmail and YouTube on Sunday. Thousands have complained in social media posts that the popular apps are not available, reported BGNews.

Social media mogul Mark Zuckerberg has posted a photograph on social media posing with his wife, Priscilla Cham, on the Acropolis during a trip to Athens for their wedding anniversary.

A former international swimmer has drawn huge reaction after a video showing him knocking down a young athlete just ahead of the finish line went viral on social media.