YouTube passes billion users each month

According to reports more than a billion people use YouTube every month, with viewing on handsets helping drive growth. 

In a blog post, the team of YouTube revealed that nearly one out of every two people on the Internet visits the YouTube website, which has grown into a global hit since launching in 2005.

Further team revealed "If YouTube were a country, we'd be the third largest in the world after China and India."

Facebook to use Twitter hashtag style: Report

The Wall Street Journal reported, social giant Facebook is preparing to take on Twitter by taking on the messaging service's iconic hashtag (#) symbol. 

According to Facebook a hashtag search feature to make it easy for users to find messages focused on themes or happenings of interest.

The report without revealing any names said Facebook is testing use of the symbol but that the feature was not likely to be introduced immediately.

Maruti Suzuki appoints Kenichi Ayukawa as new MD & CEO

Maruti Suzuki India has appointed Kenichi Ayukawa as the next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in place of Shinzo Nakanishi.

Kenichi Ayukawa would take charge from 1st April 2013 as Mr Nakanishi has attained the age of retirement.

This was decided in a Board meeting of the company, which was also attended by Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman Osamu Suzuki, which owns 54.4% in the Indian company.

Kenichi Ayukawa has been associated with the European operations of Suzuki Motor Corporation and would take over the Indian operations from April 1.

Hackers target major Czech banks

Banks revealed that hackers targeted the websites of the Czech central bank and major commercial banks. They block their servers with massive numbers of requests.

The central bank CNB revealed on its Facebook page that the attack "targeted an external web server hosting the www.cnb.cz website."

Hackers attacked Ceska sporitelna owned by Austria's Erste Bank, Komercni banka owned by France's Societe Generale, CSOB and Austria’s Raiffeisenbank.

However, banks said that these attacks causing network overloads did not threaten client accounts or data.

Moreover, the website of the Prague Stock Exchange was affected too.

This week on Monday, hackers targeted several top Czech news websites in the same way.