Taliban posing as girls on Facebook to befriend soldiers
September 10th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) The Taliban are "posing as pretty girls" on social networking website Facebook in an attempt to befriend soldiers on the web and gather crucial information, ... Read more...
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Government wants mechanism to prevent social websites’ misuse
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The government is working with social networking websites to create an institutional mechanism to prevent their misuse, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.He was ... Read more...
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Punctual Big B says ’sorry’ for coming late
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan is one of the few stars who is always punctual but he got late for a "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC) event Wednesday and ... Read more...
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Working with government to remove hateful content: Facebook
August 21st, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook Tuesday said it is working with the government to remove "hateful content" that is widely being perceived as likely to ... Read more...
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90 percent jilted lovers spy on ex on Facebook
August 2nd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Around 90 of lovers spy on photos and status messages of their former boyfriends or girlfriends on popular social networking website Facebook, a study has ... Read more...
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Facebook to host live science lesson
July 24th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 24 (IANS) School pupils are set to be taught a science lesson live on Facebook from the Royal Albert Hall, The Independent reported Tuesday.Dallas Campbell and Yan ... Read more...
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Six jailed for offending Oman sultan on Facebook
July 18th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Muscat, July 18 (IANS/AKI) Six people, including a woman, have been sentenced to a year in prison for offending Oman's monarch Sultan Qaboos Bin Said on social networking website ... Read more...
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Rains bring respite, problems for Delhi residents (Second Lead)
July 13th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Delhi residents ended Friday on a cool note with heavy rains - 15.2 mm in a span of three hours - washing away ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Use Facebook to know people, officials told
July 7th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) Civil servants in Britain have been told to use social networking website Facebook at work to find out what the public is thinking.Bob Kerslake, head ... Read more...
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Italian teacher held for giving passing grades for sex
June 28th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, June 28 (IANS/AKI) A teacher in northern Italy has been arrested for giving students passing grades in exchange for sex.The teacher in Piacenza city is accused of using ... Read more...
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US woman jailed for shooting sex tape with son
June 24th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 24 (IANS) A 32-year-old woman from California has been sentenced to over four years in jail for being involved in a sex tape with her son with ... Read more...
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Donations pour in after video of bullied NY bus monitor goes viral
June 23rd, 2012 - 3:36 am ICT by BNO News
GREECE, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Donations continued to pour in from around the world on Friday after a 10-minute video showing the relentless bullying of an elderly New York school bus ... Read more...
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Bug causes Twitter outage on Thursday
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The popular social networking and micro blogging site Twitter was hit by a bug on Thursday and a major outage happened.The Twitter users felt the aftereffects ... Read more...
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LinkedIn probes theft of 6.5 mn passwords
June 6th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Professional networking website LinkedIn said it was investigating claims that 6.5 million of its users' passwords have been stolen and published on a Russian computer hacking ... Read more...
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Jakarta concert cancelled, Gaga disappointed
May 28th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 28 (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga is upset because her concert in Jakarta has been cancelled.The pop superstar was to perform in the Indonesian capital June 3, but ... Read more...
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‘Cinema all about human experiences’ (With Images)
May 25th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Ridhima Sud was trained under Lary Moss, who also mentored Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, and now the model-turned-actress is making her debut with the international ... Read more...
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Briton makes hit-list of 1,000 girls for sex
May 19th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) A 19-year-old man in Britain had sex with four girls whom he met on social networking website Facebook and prepared a hit-list of 1,000 potential ... Read more...
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Cops go undercover to help women in Shanghai metro
May 19th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Undercover police officers are now patrolling metro trains in Chinese business hub Shanghai to protect women passengers from sexual harassment.Authorities said such harassment usually increases with ... Read more...
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Facebook to launch own app store
May 10th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 10 (IANS) Facebook has created its own App Centre, in which the social networking website will showcase the best apps across internet and on all mobile platforms.The ... Read more...
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Nothing more creative than being bitchy: RGV
April 30th, 2012 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Director-producer Ram Gopal Varma, known for bold comments on Twitter, expresses himself candidly on the social networking website and feels negativity has more creativity."Whenever you ... Read more...
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Nicki Minaj quits Twitter
April 20th, 2012 - 7:37 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 20 (IANS) Rapper Nicki Minaj has deleted her account on social networking website Twitter after she became angry about her music being leaked online.The superstar became enraged ... Read more...
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Facebook, Apple may be balkanising the web
April 16th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) Google co-founder Sergey Brin has accused social networking website Facebook and computer giant Apple of being the biggest threat to online freedom, even as he ... Read more...
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PMO now on Youtube
March 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Having successfully ventured into social media to connect with on-the-go generation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's office has now forayed into video website YouTube.Manmohan Singh's ... Read more...
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Court accepts Yahoo plea, fines complainant (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday accepted Yahoo India's application to remove its name from the list of websites dragged to court for allegedly posting defamatory ... Read more...
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Facebook in row over moderation process
March 3rd, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 3 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook has been criticized for employing content moderators in the developing world and allowing them to access people's personal information, The Telegraph ... Read more...
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Case filed with ulterior motive, says Facebook
February 28th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook, facing trial for hosting allegedly objectionable content, has told a Delhi court that the case has been filed against it ... Read more...
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Suit on objectionable content motivated, says Yahoo India (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Yahoo India, facing trial for hosting allegedly objectionable material on its website, has told a Delhi court that the suit against it was "motivated" ... Read more...
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Finnair advance bookings surge by 25 percent
February 18th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Nordic carrier Finnair, whose cabin crew performed an inflight dance, as a treat for Indian guests on Jan 26 (Indian Republic Day), reported a surge ... Read more...
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US stocks fall amid Greece uncertainties (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) US stocks closed lower Friday as uncertainties about the Greek debt crisis and poor economic data weighed the market.The Dow Jones industrial average lost 89.23 ... Read more...
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Twitter users post more than 12,000 tweets per second during Super Bowl
February 6th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by BNO News
SAN FRANCISCO (BNO NEWS) -- Users of the social networking website Twitter posted more than 12,000 tweets per second during the last moments of the Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, the company ... Read more...
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Thai government welcomes Twitter censorship announcement
January 30th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- The Thai government on Monday welcomed an announcement from the social networking website Twitter that it will start censoring controversial content on a country-specific level, local media reported.Jeerawan ... Read more...
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Facebook use, less socialising could make people sadder
January 18th, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 18 (IANS) While logging into Facebook account many times a day in office or at home may have turned an irresistible habit for a lot of people, ... Read more...
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Lily Allen names daughter Ethel Mary
January 5th, 2012 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Singer Lily Allen and her husband Sam Cooper have named their baby daughter Ethel Mary.Allen, who gave birth in November has maintained a low profile ... Read more...
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Chinese student extracts gold from scrap CPUs
January 4th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) A Chinese student has extracted pure gold from scrap CPUs, earning him the title "modern alchemist".Li Dianwu, a chemistry senior at Nankai University in Tianjin in ... Read more...
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Fake account of Murdoch’s wife Wendi Deng fools Twitter
January 4th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- An account on the social networking website Twitter which claimed to be Wendi Deng Murdoch, the wife of News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, was revealed to ... Read more...
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