New Delhi: The UPA clearly is in a war mode. After a slew of reforms, the government has launched an image revamp exercise. And leading it is the man responsible for India's communications revolution Sam Pitroda who is hoping to do a Narendra Modi for the Congress. Pitroda held a first-of-a-kind Twitter conference, another first for the Congress. Pitroda said, "Through Twitter you reach out to interested people." "The UPA...
08:36 AM, Sep 26, 2012
The government turned to social media on Tuesday as Sam Pitroda fielded questions from journalists on Twitter. ...
11:38 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Following the mouse clicks of tech-savvy Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, the UPA government held its first Twitter conference. Sam Pitroda, the Prime Minister's adviser on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, answered questions from Twitter users on 'democratisation of information' between 3:30 PM and 4:15 PM on Tuesday. Pitroda answered questions from his @pitrodasam Twitter account for the interactive session. Following is the full transcript of the interactive...
07:12 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: After the government faced criticism for so-called censorship of Internet, a key advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sam Pitroda, on Tuesday took to Twitter to answer queries on how information can be "democratised". "I firmly believe that information is the fourth pillar of democracy along with legislature, executive and judiciary," was Pitroda's opening remark during an online conference. Twitter and other social networks are gaining popularity as...
06:15 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Following in the footsteps of the tech savvy Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, the UPA government held a 'press conference' on Twitter. Sam Pitroda, the PM's adviser on public information, addressed a conference on 'democratisation of information' between 3:30 and 4:15 pm. Pitroda used his Twitter handle @pitrodasam for the interactive session. During the 45-minutes session, Pitroda answered several questions from the Twitter users. Modi had recently interacted...
03:11 PM, Sep 25, 2012
San Francisco: Twitter will soon roll out a free tool for users to handpick and publish selections of tweets, reflecting the company's commitment to remain a neutral, interactive platform rather than become a media company, CEO Dick Costolo said on Friday. The new tool will allow users, including journalists, to manually curate and display tweets to accompany breaking news events. "We've known for a long time that for events in...
11:35 AM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday threw an open challenge to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking that he resign first before accepting the resignations of TMC ministers on Friday. TMC member Kunal Ghosh tweeted saying party chief Mamata Banerjee was that "tigress of India" who had proven that she was with the people of the country and would remain so. She is the "one and only voice of...
10:33 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Apparently inspired by the cover image on the Facebook timeline, Twitter has also introduced an header photo to Twitter user profiles. The new header photo will be visible on profiles on the Twitter website as well as the iPad, iPhone and Android apps. On the iPhone, Android and iPad, Twitter has also added the photo stream below the user's most recent tweets. The microblogging leader has also announced...
07:03 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New York: Twitter is expected to hand over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of unsuccessfully fighting a subpoena from prosecutors, the protester's lawyer said on Thursday. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino ordered Twitter earlier this week to comply with the subpoena by Friday or face contempt and a substantial fine. The protester, Malcolm Harris, was one of...
01:55 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: You can now upload images directly from your mobile browser to Twitter. The social networking site has begun integrating image uploads into its mobile website. This new feature will allow users accessing Twitter via its mobile website to attach images to their tweets. Clicking on the image button allows you to capture an image using the camera or select a file from your gallery. It seems the new...
03:39 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Citing technical problems, telecom operators have refused to adhere to an order of Home Ministry for blocking Twitter traffic from specific states including Gujarat, Kerala, Assam and Uttar Pradesh in the backdrop of social media being used to fan communal trouble. The Department of Telecom was requested to consider technical feasibility of a request from the Home Ministry for monitoring Twitter traffic. "Twitter Inc may be directed to...
05:44 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of panic among people from North East in various parts of the country last month, the government was planning to block micro-blogging site Twitter in eight states as the content on it was thought to be one of the main reasons for triggering exodus. The Department of Electronics and IT wanted to block Twitter and asked experts how and whether it could be done, sources...
04:52 PM, Sep 09, 2012
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04:47 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Los Angeles: President Barack Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night drew the largest television audience of this year's political conventions and ranked as the biggest political moment ever on social media site Twitter. More than 35.7 million people tuned in on three broadcast and 10 cable networks to watch Obama accept the Democrats' nomination for president, according to Nielsen ratings data. While TV audiences for political conventions have dropped sharply...
06:40 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: A Turkish couple has shown that they need far less than 140 characters to express eternal love for each other, after exchanging wedding vows via Twitter on their iPads. Cengizhan Celik, the Groom, and his bride Candan Canik got married by tweeting the Turkish word "Evet," or "Yes," on their iPads. Their officiant Mustafa Kara, a local mayor, had prompted them before to say "I do" with a...
03:35 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Monza: Lewis Hamilton felt no need to seek out Jenson Button to apologise for his Belgian GP Twitter gaffe on Thursday and said he had learned from the experience, would not be repeating the error and had moved on. The 2008 Formula One world champion caused a furore in Spa last weekend when he tweeted confidential qualifying data to nearly a million followers - including members of rival teams grateful...
09:30 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: If anyone told me four years ago I'd be writing about Sherlyn Chopra, I'd have asked "Sherlyn Chopra, who?" The odd child of a booming Indian social media scene, Chopra arrived blazing across the horizon, riding a popularity wave in the wake of a tremendous publicity coup she pulled over contemporaries, many of whom with little or no access to the magical world of influential Hindi film stars....
10:57 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Beijing: Asian countries should have their own version of Facebook and Twitter to expand the region's influence, a Chinese official said on Tuesday. Asian media groups should use technical innovation to enrich their communication channels and have their own versions of Facebook and Twitter to expand the region's influence, Cui Yuying, deputy director of the State Council Information Office said. "Compared with Asia's increasingly vital role in the world economy,...
03:10 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Indore: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that the BJP is maintaining "fictitious" accounts on social media and manipulating online surveys to project that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has an edge over Rahul Gandhi as future prime minister. "You know that there are a lot of fictitious accounts on social networking sites and the BJP is managing voting on such sites to show results in its favour,"...
08:01 PM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: It seems there is a tug of war going between Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey. Both the girls, who have become celebrities in their own spheres, have probably vowed to flood the micro blogging site Twitter with their raunchy photos. In fact, raunchy appears to be a decent word for Sherlyn Chopras photos. With just one click, she has brought herself among the most daring Twitter celebs. Her...
04:00 PM, Sep 02, 2012
