Bijendra Singh, a soldier-turned-ATM guard in Dehradun took initiative to teach underprivileged children from the nearby slums every day under the street light, outside the ATM where he guards. On the pavement in front on the ATM, Bijendra teaches 24 children everyday using the street light and the filtered blue[Read More…]
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Girl loses NASA internship after Twitter tiff with space council member Hickam
A woman identified as Naomi H was recently granted with NASA internship offer, however, got fired after her Twitter posts that used slang language and even abused Former NASA engineer Homer Hickam. The entire story started when Naomi took to the twitter to flaunt her NASA internship offer. Naomi however[Read More…]
Ahead of Independence Day, did Swara Bhasker abuse Indian Army?
Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker, who is no stranger to trolls and controversies for her opinions on social media, is yet against garlanding attacks from twitter users, for alleging abuse to Indian Army. While India is in a bid to celebrate Independence Day, Swara Bhasker had been trolled for her comments[Read More…]
Kerala floods: Here’s how Twitter can save you from fake news
If you are in Kerala and are affected by the devastating floods, using Twitter may help you steer clear of fake news. When communication services are limited and internet connectivity is poor, using the data-friendly “Twitter Lite” can help you connect easily with government agencies, relief organisations, media and volunteers.[Read More…]
New York Times defends tech writer Sarah Jeong accused of being racist for old tweets
San Francisco: The New York Times has defended its new hire, Sarah Jeong, who was dragged into a racism controversy for tweets she wrote from 2013 to early 2015. The paper announced this week that it had hired Jeong as the lead technology writer for its editorial board. But soon[Read More…]
Twitter users unable to auto post and retweet to Facebook
With Facebook cutting off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of apps, Twitter users are no longer able to tweet and retweet automatically on their connected Facebook accounts. Facebook has deprecated its Publish actions permissions from its API – a feature that allowed apps to publish posts[Read More…]
Your life is precious, say no to Kiki: Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi
Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi has urged everyone to not do the ‘Kiki challenge‘ as it can claim innocent lives. The ‘Kiki challenge’ shows a video of people inspired by rapper Drake’s number In my feelings, stepping out of moving cars and dancing. “The video I had shared earlier turned out[Read More…]
Social media sensation ‘Kiki challenge’ claiming lives
Social media has recently been flooded with videos of the viral Kiki challenge that involves the participant to dance on a song, ‘In My Feelings’, by rapper Drake, while walking beside a moving car. The challenge has led to many teens and youngsters across the world trying it, many of[Read More…]
What is Twitter Shadow Banning?
Donald Trump slammed Twitter of silencing Republicans on the social media platform. Coining a new term for it, he tweeted, “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints”. Few Republican leaders had been complaining that their accounts could[Read More…]
While Priyanka enjoys ‘Nick of time’, Katrina boards for Salman’s ‘Bharat’
Days after Priyanka Chopra’s departure, Director Ali Abbas Zafar has found new heroine – Katrina Kaif – opposite Salman Khan for the film ‘Bharat’ Director Ali Abbas Zafar, who has previously worked with Kaif in his directorial debut ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, confirmed in a statement[Read More…]
Twitter implements new method for combating cryptocurrency scammers
To combat cryptocurrency scammers dropping deceptive links, Twitter will now automatically lock the unverified accounts that change their display name to Elon Musk. The measure is designed to combat the innumerable bots on Twitter that are imitating Musk’s (very active) Twitter profile to scam unknowing users in replies to his[Read More…]
Twitter Clean-up Drive: Kills 143,000 apps, charts new rules for developers
Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps between April and June which violated its policies, the company has announced, saying it is further investing in building improved tools and processes to stop malicious apps faster. As part of its clean-up process, the micro-blogging platform also introduced a new way for all[Read More…]
Facebook suspends Crimson Hexagon analytics firm over policy violation
After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook has now suspended Boston-based data analytics company Crimson Hexagon over concerns that it harvested users’ data. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal late on Friday, the social media giant was investigating whether the analytics firm’s contracts with the US government,[Read More…]
20 year old Yahoo Messenger shuts down today
Instant messaging service Yahoo Messenger shut down on Tuesday after a 20-year run. The iconic messaging application from late 90s struggled to keep up with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. “We know we have many loyal fans who have used Yahoo Messenger since its beginning as one of the first chat[Read More…]
Bihar: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar slams Congress for delaying Bansagar Dam for 20 years
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi slams Congress for not taking interest in Bansagar project which could have completed 20 years ago. Sushil Kumar wrote a Twitter post, thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the completion of the Bansagar project. The tweet posted by Sushil Kumar read, “Prime Minister[Read More…]
Here’s why your Twitter follower count might go down this week
New Delhi: In a bid to encourage healthy conversation and fight fake accounts on Twitter, the micro-blogging website on Wednesday announced to remove locked accounts – which are disabled owing to suspicious activity – from follower counts across profiles globally. This will result in some high-profile users seeing a big[Read More…]
IAS officer Shah Faesal faces criticism from Centre for his ‘Rapistan’ tweet
Jammu and Kashmir IAS topper Shah Faesal went public on Tuesday, questioning the government’s disciplinary action against his ‘Rapistan’ tweet, which was trolled by some people in April this year. Bureaucrat Faesal seemed to question the government’s gag order for bureaucrats as well. In a tweet and Facebook poston Tuesday,[Read More…]
Serena’s emotional tweet of her daughter’s first step: “I was training and missed it. I cried”
Serena Williams, aiming for an eighth Wimbledon title, tweeted that she missed baby daughter Olympia’s first steps due to training. Williams has travelled to the All England Club with Olympia, but her parental duties have to be put on hold while she prepares for her matches. Williams, who gave birth[Read More…]
A railway passenger’s tweet saves 25 minor girls from being trafficked
As many as 25 minor girls were rescued by the Railway police from Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express near Gorakhpur on Thursday after a passenger used Twitter to alert them. A passenger, with the twitter handle Adarsh Shrivastava, was on board when he noticed suspicious activity in his coach. The passenger tweeted that[Read More…]
Actress Sonali Bendre diagnosed with cancer
Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre revealed through a Twitter post that she has been diagnosed with cancer. The stunning Sonali, who is known for her epic movies, remarked with deep sorrow, “Sometimes when you least expect it, life throws you a curveball. I have recently been diagnosed with high-grade cancer that[Read More…]
Why I am resigning from the BJP
Political discourse is at it’s lowest point in the country, at least in my lifetime. The partisanship bias is unbelievable and people continue to support their side no matter what the evidence, there is no remorse even when they’re proved to have been spreading fake news. This is something that[Read More…]
Twitter saw over 30 lakh tweets related to Karnataka polls
The micro-blogging platform registered over 30 lakh tweets related to Karnataka assembly polls in the past three weeks, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) garnering 51 per cent of the share of voice, Twitter announced on Wednesday. Congress registered 42 per cent and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) seven per cent of mentions on Twitter in the April 25-May 15 period.[Read More…]
The bigotry of Indians and social media
A tweet by a man, Abhishek Mishra went viral on Twitter for all the wrong reasons. He claimed to have cancelled an Ola cab booking because the driver was a Muslim. In his tweet, he announced that he doesn’t want to give money to “Jihadi people”. As people raged against[Read More…]
Twitter bans Russia-based Kaspersky Lab from buying ads
Moscow/New Delhi: Twitter has banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform, stating that the company “operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads business practices.” In an open letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Kaspersky Lab’s Founder Eugene Kaspersky has termed the[Read More…]
Twitter replaces ‘pistol’ emoji with ‘water gun’
San Francisco: In a bid to fight the prevailing gun culture, Twitter has changed its “pistol” emoji to a bright green “water gun”, following Apple, which launched a similar one in its iOS 10 update. The change is part of Twitter’s emoji update “Twemoji 2.6,” Tech Crunch reported late on Wednesday.[Read More…]