Once the Canadian investigation runs its course, Ottawa may put on the public domain further accusations passing for "evidence" -- and that could happen at some point closer to our general election. All in all, the big question is, what is it that the US is really up to, asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Or it could lose you one, says Samali Basu Guha.
'Facebook's act is a gross violation of its own policy'
India Inc's investment in all aspects of social networks, mobile computing, analytics and cloud computing (SMAC) is consistently surpassing its global counterparts.
Peeved over reports that quoted his remarks out of context, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the media not to 'misquote' his tweets.
Twitter's India-born CEO Parag Agrawal has told worried employees that he doesn't know "what direction this company will go in" once the whopping $44 billion deal, which will take the social media giant private, closes with new owner billionaire Elon Musk.
'The digital age has forced diplomats to be less formal and more accessible, reaching out to ordinary people both within and outside their countries, combining statecraft with streetcraft,' says former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.
The PM is also the second most followed politician in the world, right after US President Barack Obama.
As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Citing China's travails with mushrooming social media, a state-run newspaper in Beijing has said the panic among people from India's northeast caused by rumours emanating from foreign networking sites showed how unchecked websites could foment social instability.
'The 2019 election and the run-up to it will certainly see bots being deployed in large numbers on all sides.'
Intelligent tools are being deployed to detect content pirated from OTT platforms.
Norton report says Indians putting themselves at risk over Wi-Fi usage
US-based Citigroup attracted the attention of hundreds of people within minutes of it posting messages on social networking platforms, Twitter and Facebook, last night about banking services on Facebook.
Cyber laws and communications experts feel that Union Minister Kapil Sibal's suggestion of pre-monitoring content of social media websites is a flawed argument, which completely ignores the pre-existing IT-Act in the country, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Leverage technology and the power of social networks to make your CV stand out from the clutter.
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An increasing number of IT companies find the idea of using social media making a lot of sense.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Friday reeled out statistics to show how India has turned into an exporter of mobile phones from being an importer and how big tech companies -- from Apple to Google -- are lining up to become manufacturers in the country. He said after the fastest rollout of 5G mobile telephony services, India will lead the world on 6G. Recalling the launch of 5G technology in the country on October 1, 2022, he remarked that within a year there are about 5 lakh 5G base stations across the country.
The university will analyse every public tweet since the microblogging site came into existence.
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With different political parties trying to reach out to netizens, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has outstripped them all as her official Facebook page on Wednesday crossed one lakh followers.
Recently, several Twitter users began migrating to the social networking platform after a protest that began with Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde's Twitter account suspension, and moved on to a larger conversation about Twitter's policies being allegedly anti-Dalit and certain castes and religion.
A 15-year-old South African girl was deboarded from a flight to Turkey moments before she was allegedly trying to flee the country to join the dreaded Islamic State militant group.
Standing atop the roof of Houston's NRG Stadium with drones illuminating an American flag in the night sky behind her, Lady Gaga kicked off her Super Bowl halftime set on Sunday by singing "God Bless America" as a subtle message of inclusion and unity in a deeply divided United States.
Askiitm.com allows anyone to ask a question related to the institute, which will be answered within 48 hours by a group of alumni and student-volunteers.
Social media is the new advertising tool for today's politicians and political parties, says Viveat Susan Pinto
Pilot said the government propagated the issue of freedom of speech and airing of the views, whether negative or positive.
The fears arise from Facebook's handling of user data and potential privacy violations, more specifically the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
With all due respect to its wide range of extraordinary benefits, social media like any new technology or innovation, comes with its own potential problems. More so, if the consumer is a teenager.
Facebook has exceeded one billion active users, an "amazing" milestone for the social networking site that now reaches one out of every seven people on the Earth.
A lot of Indian cricketers have been doing their bit, ranging from making financial donations to helping people procure essential medical care.
The WWE says that India is its biggest market globally in terms of television viewership -- around 350 million unique viewers annually -- social media engagement and YouTube consumption, even claiming that it is the second-most watched sport in the country behind cricket.
Within days of its debut on the Twitter, the Prime Minister's Office is exploring ways to best utilise the social networking site by addressing grievances of common people apart from looking at the possibility of having a Facebook account.
Social networking giant Facebook, which plans to raise USD five billion through an IPO, has said India is a key source for its future growth and its user base in the country has more than doubled in the past one year.
The man said that he was under severe financial distress for a few months because of lockdown and decided to end his life.
Will the warning shots from giants like Unilever and P&G break digital growth?
Think about what new skill you have picked up that you can add to your resume to make it stronger.
"Twitter has acquired TweetDeck," technology blog 'TechCruch' reported citing a source with knowledge of the deal. The purchase price includes both cash and Twitter stock, the report said adding the transaction will be announced in the next few days.
Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday said it will now allow users on its platform as well as those on Instagram to hide their public 'like' counts. This is part of the company's efforts to give people control over their experience, a statement said.
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