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With technological stars aligned, and decentralization the only option for future media, are the Network States the only reality? A detailed take.
Those who hate the Hindus deeply and intend to mock them have a specific lingo. It focuses on cows and plays up the Hindu reverence for cows. Its a dog whistle really. For those who are steeped in deep hatred for the Hindu way of life. Mechanics of Hindu-hate narrative
Google searches are the world’s window to knowledge and information. If that window is tinted in a certain color and prejudice then the world will be judged and seen differently. Khilji example – Biased Google Searches or outright bigotry? I recently wrote an article on Alauddin Khilji [https://www.drishtikone.
We have discussed this practice of shadow-banning by Twitter of not just ONLY Modi followers in India but even tampering with the engagement of Prime Minister Modi’s tweets himself earlier. (Read Twitter Directly Targets India’s PM Modi and his Supporters as Dorsey Attempts a Putin in India [https:
In a path-breaking action, California’s GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has slapped a lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter. It is because he accuses Twitter of “shadow-banning conservatives” in the run up to the 2018 elections as it was done to
A lot of Modi supporters in India are finding out that Twitter is playing dirty games. Twitter is placing its fingers on the election scale in India. Twitter, in effect, is doing a Putin + Wikileaks for the Indian elections. Twitter Directly Targets India's PM Modi and his Supporters as Dorsey
If you are on the lookout for starting your own shop in a community that lets you interact with many like minded people around, then Community based online marketplace ezebee [http://www.ezebee.com/] is the place to be. What is ezebee? It is Ebay, Craigslist, and Facebook rolled into
Between WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest – any normal human seems to be bombarded with wisdom, “truths”, half-truths, moral statements and idioms that seem set to make every sender seem like God itself. But are all those Aunts, Cousins, Uncles and Siblings who send you those sometimes wonderfully worded messages, really
A strange situation has occurred. While the Indian Government sent help to the Nepalese promptly after the earthquake, the Indian media coverage went so overboard about it and so insensitive that the public sentiment in Nepal has suddenly turned negative about Indian Media. For last two days now, #gobackIndianmedia has
Manoj Sebastian was livid on twitter because of Anushka Sharma! Why? Because she happened to be in Sydney watching her boy friend Virat’s semi final game against Australia. A game where India lost and Virat – the star Indian batsman – scored just 1 run. As per this guy Manoj [https:
Researchers at LWL-University Hospital in Bochum, Germany took 22 male volunteers – all single and all between the ages of 21 and 52 – to do an interesting study. They were asked to view photographs showing just the eyes of a person, while undergoing an MRI scan. Each photograph showed an emotion
Twitter is a great resource, if used well. There are times, ways and structures of tweets which beget more retweeting and promotion of the tweets. What are they? Here is a useful infographic. Click here for a larger image [http://www.fuseworkstudios.com/maximizing-your-tweets-infographic/].
India’s internet use is undergoing a change as the Smartphone revolution takes over. Every urban youth is using a smartphone today and with it is coming the access to the social media. This infographic discusses the various aspects of the use of Social media in India.
Sophie Morgan has been paralyzed waist down in 2003 at age 18. Now, she is 28. She thought that she will live a life of celibacy and will not have any experience or joy of sex. But things are different now. She not only has had the experience, but she
Facebook is achanging. It is doing a redesign. So that the content is properly displayed. Mark Zuckerberg says – “What we’re trying to do is give everyone in the world the best personalized newspaper,” The Verge rightly puts it as being the Social Network of Record [http://www.theverge.com/
Posterous – a blogging platform – when started, was one of the most revolutionary. It offered a lot of new features. The best being that you could create a blog for yourself, just by sending a blog by email. The email to blogging interface was probably best explored by Posterous! The company
While trying to enter Asia to spread the “Christian Good News”, a euphemism for converting the local populations – while decimating the local cultures and myriad of belief systems and rituals as new “Walmartization” of culture happens – Pope now wants to enter a new territory. Social Media. He has a new
Many blog owners would die to be featured on sites like top blogs such as Techcrunch, Mashable etc. Here is some great insights from an expert! Read Quote of Robert Scoble’s answer to Social Media: What are some tips for getting your startup featured on TechCrunch, Mashable, and other
The Brits are in a bit of trouble. Their Beef burger patties had Horsemeat in it as well. > Many of Britain’s biggest retailers were forced to pull products from their shelves yesterday as their suppliers were found to be selling beefburgers laced with horse meat. Tesco’s were found
Are the Bollywood just being holier-than-thou when it comes to issues, while in their films they themselves showcase women as sex objects? People like Mahesh Bhatt, whose heart probably beats for every social ill, which he blames on Religion, is probably the shallowest of them all. No one has used
StumbleUpon has been my most important discovery in the last year. It opened up a new world for me as a blogger to share my writings. And it has brought in new readers who are interested in the content they come for. Since SU show content based on your liking
Remember this article I had written sometime back about how even people who are dead long back were “clicking on” Like button on Facebook for some sites peddling products, that while alive they wouldn’t have touched with a 100 ft long pole? (Now even the Dead Can’t Keep
At the end of a very serious and precisely written and equally abidingly delivered speech, one which had not a word here or there, Dr. Manmohan Singh was relieved that his script was over. The sock puppet looked up asked the photographer if all went fine – “Theek hai”? Photographer was
Dr. Manmohan Singh finally spoke. And when he ended his listless speech, he ended it with “Theek Hai”, probably asking the camera man if the take was fine. And for some reason it was played at the end of the whole video! And now it is trending high on Twitter
First Instagram – which is anyways in a mess due to its Twitter disengagement decision – made another blunder – saying that it can sell your images. > Instagram said [http://blog.instagram.com/post/38143346554/privacy-and-terms-of-service-changes-on-instagram] today that it has the perpetual right to sell users’ photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic
IBM is predicting something extremely interesting. It says that in the next five years, the computers could get all the five senses and will be able to interact with humans in totally different ways! > “This new generation of machines will learn, adapt, sense and begin to experience the world as
The social media is sharing the year in review views of all kinds. Personal – for your own – and the platform in general. Facebook has the Facebook 2012 in Review [http://www.facebookstories.com/2012] view. Twitter has a video on it as well as a whole series of tweets * Golden
We often make random decisions, that look very ordinary things and even mundane. Yet some of those simple decisions can change our lives unprecedentedly. When we take an action or say something we may never know what ramifications it can have on us and those who are these in our
JC Kendall makes an interesting point [http://socialmediatoday.com/jc-kendall/1047376/facebook-waste-time-most-advertisers] in his article on the impact of Social Media on sales of the businesses. He says the impact is negligible. > On this recent 2012 Black Friday, Online Sales grew 20.7% from last year. Online Sales on Cyber
Eloqua has created an Infographic series – Modern Marketing Insights [http://www.eloqua.com/resources/marketing-insights/] – which looks closely at the Social media impact on marketing using Big Data Analysis. You can also download a free e-book from here [http://demand.eloqua.com/40-charts?elqoffer=40charts&elqchannel=blog]. * Some of the
Came across this extremely insightful video on the state of the Online world – the Social media. Some very interesting facts from the Social Media Video 2013: * Babies in Egypt have been named Facebook and Twitter * New York Residents received tweets about the Earthquake on East coast 30 seconds before they
Data Scientists are using Twitter data and Super-computer power to understand [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/sgi-twitter-heat-map_n_2138726.html?utm_hp_ref=technology] where positive and negative emotions and responses are being generated. > Silicon Graphics International, or SGI, has partnered with researchers from the University of Illinois
> India has more citizens with IQ’s over 120 than the total population of the U.S. — Funny Facts (@FunnyFacts) October 28, 2012 [https://twitter.com/FunnyFacts/status/262690345274466304] Mumbai Smog and pollution> Breathing the air in Mumbai, India for just ONE DAY, is equivalent to smoking 2.5 packs
Singer Chinmayi SripadaThis is an interesting case [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cops-clip-tweeters-wings-for-harassing-singer/article4023339.ece] from India where the harassment on Social Media by some people culminated in their arrest on complaint from the victim. So, moral of the story is that you better be careful while passing
Christopher Stone, Twitter's co-founderAfter some debate about the utility of sharing in only 140 characters, Twitter has emerged as one of most powerful social platforms. According to some studies, people stay logged on for 12 hours addicted to the stuff being shared. But is that healthy? The co-founder of Twitter
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