New Delhi: As soon as actor Tusshar Kapoor tweeted a photo of him posing with his butt peeking out of his low waist jeans, Twitter users eagerly rose to the challenge of dissing the actor and cracking jokes at his expense. The pose is similar to that of John Abraham's in the film 'Dostana'. Tusshar clicked this one for his upcoming film 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'. He said in...
01:23 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: In a faux pas by the government managers, Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee missed the MPs photo opportunity to commemorate 60 years of Parliament after he was not informed. "There was some miscommunication. I didn't get the invite," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said. Reacting to the faux pas, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said, "We also noticed that he was not there. He should have been...
11:45 AM, May 16, 2012
The biggest success of 'Mallusingh' was that it proved to be a relaunch for its title star Unni Mukundan. The actor who is looked upon as a promising lead actor in the making, has also turned a hot property with the release of this movie. The latest news is that Unni has grabbed a hot role in Babu Janardhanan's new movie 'Samuelinte Makkal'. The movie which will be the comeback...
12:10 PM, May 15, 2012
London: A hitherto unknown collection of photographs capturing life and times of 1912 Calcutta has been discovered in a shoebox in Edinburgh. The century-old collection of the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), includes rare and fragile glass plate negatives, which show life at the high point of the British Raj. The 178 negatives were found in a shoebox for a pair of grey, size 9,...
03:57 PM, May 08, 2012
London: An American woman was banned from Facebook after she posted photos of her son affected with Down's syndrome. The social network, which termed the pictures "inappropriate", has now apologised. Down's syndrome is a condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is associated with a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, and a particular set of facial characteristics. Diana Cornwell -...
12:19 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Lebanon: I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having. I've been hooked on taking photos on my iPhone and sharing them using Instagram since I bought my first iPhone last fall. With Instagram, I...
08:12 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New York: Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers. Adobe Systems Inc. unveiled Creative Suite 6 on Monday at an event in San Francisco. CS6 includes Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs. Unlike previous versions, which came shrink-wrapped in a box, Creative Suite 6 will be available on a monthly subscription basis as part of Adobe's Creative Cloud offering. Subscriptions will start at...
10:57 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned photographs of US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of three suicide bombers as "disgusting" and said on Thursday that only a quicker exit of international forces can prevent such missteps. Karzai joined top American officials in denouncing that two-year-old photos, the latest in a string of embarrassing controversies that have jeopardised relations between the two countries in the midst of negotiations over the...
11:03 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: French photographer Robert Doisneau would have turned 100 on Saturday. To commemorate his birth centenary, Google has come up with a collage of four of his most famous photographs in the form of a Google doodle. Doisneau (born April 14, 1912) was noted for his lyrical approach to street photography. His most famous photograph Le baiser de l'hotel de ville (Kiss by the Hotel de Ville) shot in...
02:34 AM, Apr 14, 2012
New York: I was skeptical, even horrified, when I first heard about the photo-sharing craze Instagram more than a year ago. As a journalist trained to reject alterations in words and pictures, I didn't get the concept of a social network built around modifying photos. I quickly warmed up once I gave Instagram a try this week, after Facebook announced plans to buy the free service for $1 billion. I...
10:24 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Mumbai: An exhibition of photographs capturing moments from the daily life of Anna Hazare will be held at the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh from April 8-14. The photographs were clicked by Mumbai resident Vishal Yadav who works for a Hindi news channel as a driver of Outdoor Broadcasting (OB) van. Hazare himself will inaugurate the exhibition on Sunday. "Before he started his protest at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi (over Lokpal...
02:42 AM, Apr 08, 2012
New York: iPhone-less hipsters rejoice: The popular photo-taking and photo-sharing app Instagram is now on Android. The app has already been available on the iPhone and iPod Touch, where it's been downloaded more than 30 million times. Free to use, Instagram lets people apply various filters to the photos they snap with their mobile devices. Some of these make the photos look as if they've been taken in the 1970s...
11:04 AM, Apr 04, 2012
pLos Angeles: A man pleaded guilty to hacking into the email accounts of such celebrities as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet. Christopher Chaney, 35, entered his plea in federal court to nine counts, including unauthorised access to a computer and wiretapping. He was immediately taken into custody. Sentencing was scheduled for July 23. Chaney was arrested in October as part...
05:20 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Shillong: A Congress MLA in Meghalaya allegedly brutally assaulted a journalist in the state Assembly on Monday. The photo journalist Walton Lytan is reportedly seriously injured, after he was beaten up by the MLA Founder Strong Cajee in the Assembly corridor. Cajee was upset after a local newspaper published a photo taken by Lytan showing him sleeping while the Assembly proceedings were on. Opposition leader Conrad Sangma visited him at...
09:23 AM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Docomo has announced the launch of its new Photon Max service in Bangalore. The new Tata Docomo Photon Max offers speeds up to 6.2 Mbps through its CDMA network. Tata Photo Plus on the other hand offers 3.1 Mbps speed only. This service also brings the max speed closer to what the GSM 3G services offer. While max 3G speed currently being offered is 21 Mbps, most...
06:37 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Deepika Padukone strikes a pose for the cover of an Indian edition of Architectural Digest which hit stands over the weekend. ...
04:03 PM, Mar 13, 2012
London: Are you on Facebook? Then, make sure you post a nice, impressive photograph, as users on the social networking sites appear to form judgements on profiles without even reading words, researchers say. The researchers at the Ohio State University in the US also found that people pay closer attention to information that could be viewed as negative or not normal on such sites. It seems a profile photo on...
10:36 AM, Mar 12, 2012
In this episode, we tell you how to make your life more exciting and up your style quotient with out-of-the-world gadgets, that do not burn a hole in your pocket at the same time. ...
12:59 PM, Feb 26, 2012
