New Delhi: On Wednesday night, Twitter was flooded with actor Ayushmann Khurrana's death news. A website called Global Associated News reported that the actor had died after a snowboard accident. The report with great details explained how the actor was on a holiday with friends and family in Switzerland and met with an accident at Zermatt ski resort. The news created much confusion among the Twitter users as they questioned...
11:48 AM, Apr 18, 2013
San Francisco: Twitter Inc on Wednesday unveiled a new tool that allows marketers to disseminate targeted messages based on the content of users' tweets, a technology that could help elevate Twitter's effectiveness as an advertiser to a rarefied level demonstrated only by digital advertising leaders like Google Inc. Twitter's advertising business is relatively modest and is likely to generate 2013 global revenue of under $600 million, according to the consultancy...
10:34 AM, Apr 18, 2013
London: Singer Justin Bieber took to micro-blogging site Twitter to post a seemingly naked cartoon of himself in bed with a nude female fan. The singer is depicted cuddling a young admirer in the image. She's seen lying on top of Bieber with her eyes closed. The artwork is titled Justin Belieber, reports the sun.co.uk. The 19-year-old posted the artwork to his Twitter account without a message. His fans were...
10:00 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Hours after his tweet on the blast outside the BJP office in Bangalore created furore, Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed clarified his position saying he only meant the public will now sympathies with the BJP and that will benefit them in elections. "BJP should understand my statement first and then may be we can talk," he added. ...
07:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from party leader Shakeel Ahmed's remarks that the blast near BJP office in Bangalore will help the Opposition party politically and said it does not view the problem of terrorism in terms of political benefit or loss. "We all know terrorism is a national issue or problem. And not only that to some extent an international problem. We do not view the problem...
06:33 PM, Apr 17, 2013
After his party colleague Shakeel Ahmed's controversial tweet on Bangalore blast came under fire, Congress leader and Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh said Ahmed's tweet was his personal opinion and that Congress party does not politicise terror attacks. ...
05:28 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday found itself in a spot after party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad posted a controversial tweet on the Bangalore blast. Ahmad tweeted, "If the blast near BJP's office in Banglore is a terror attack,it will certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election." Reacting to the tweet, BJP Spokesperson Shahnawaaz Husain said, "This is an unfortunate comment. Congress takes benefits from blasts, we don't."...
01:59 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi:Paceman S Sreesanth has been warned by the BCCI for raking up the 2008 'Slapgate' issue through a social networking website. The Rajasthan Royals paceman has been told that if he repeats it again, he will be issued a show cause notice, according to an IPL source. Sreesanth made revelation through his tweets that Harbhajan Singh was a backstabber and that the spinner had not slapped him as had...
05:18 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Bangalore: In the battle for Karnataka, a lot is playing out on the social media, especially Twitter. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress and BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Paksha have all joined the bandwagon. The question is whether the Election Commission will be able to regulate online campaigns. Sanjay Gowdar Sidappa leads the team of silent warriors for Yeddyurappa's KJP. He is a part of the social media strategy cell...
09:33 AM, Apr 11, 2013
New York: Bill Clinton is now on Twitter, albeit without a very presidential name. Comedian Stephen Colbert lured the former president to the social networking site on "The Colbert Report" on Monday, signing him up with the handle PrezBillyJeff. Clinton dictated his first message to Colbert, who typed: "Just spent an amazing time with Colbert! Is he sane? He is cool!" Whether Clinton would continue to use the account remained...
08:54 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Twitter was split in the middle in its reaction to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Monday at the annual general meeting of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on the status of women in India. ...
11:31 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Kolkata: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday taunted the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with a claim that it comes out with official response to issues raised by him during any speech even before he concludes it. "I have been observing off late. Wherever I make any speech, even before my speech gets over, the PMO tweets answers to it. From the PMO!" he told a programme organised by state...
10:56 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Dubai: A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a man to 10 months in jail on Monday after he tweeted details of the trial of his father and 93 other people accused of plotting to seize power in the Gulf Arab state, an Emirati activist said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said last week that Abdulla al-Hadidi was arrested on March 21 on charges of publishing "in bad faith" false...
10:17 AM, Apr 09, 2013
With both the Congress and the BJP gearing up for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the battle has now spilled onto Twitter. After Narendra Modi's speech on Monday, the Congress used the hashtag "feku" while referring to the Gujarat Chief Minister, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP. ...
08:28 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Twitter was split in the middle in its reaction to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Monday at the annual general meeting of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on the status of women in India. Soon after Modi began his speech addressing the women present at the venue as his 'beheno' (sisters), the two hash tags, diametrically divided in their praise and mockery of the leader, started trending...
01:30 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Melbourne: Your popularity on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn may help you bag a job as companies are increasingly looking for well-connected and influential people, experts say. Digital experts say social media and recruitment now largely go hand in hand. While at the most basic level, companies check up on prospective employees to see if they make unsavoury postings online, they are also using LinkedIn, Twitter...
09:06 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Seoul: Hackers have apparently disrupted North Korea's government-run Twitter account. The disruption comes at a time of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The North's Uriminzokkiri's Twitter account on Thursday displayed four tweets saying "hacked." A fifth tweet said "Tango Down" and was followed by a link to Uriminzokkiri's Flickr page. Both sites were running on Thursday but carrying content that differed sharply from content typically posted by the regime...
03:40 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Rahul Gandhi's pitch to India Inc at the CII conference has received mixed reactions from the 'aam admi'. Here are a few reactions from people on Twitter. You can have your say too, by leaving your comments below. ...
12:54 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Twitter has joined hands with the IPL to provide a variety of applications and features to make the Twenty20 tournament beginning Wednesday an interactive experience for the fans. ...
10:32 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Sajid Khan's latest film 'Himmatwala' has opened to generally negative critics' rating. ...
04:42 PM, Mar 30, 2013
