When I was 4-5 years old, I distinctly remember listening to “likhe jo khat tujhe” playing on the radio, me standing near the window, enjoying the song, and my mom in the kitchen, cooking my favourite dish. Growing up in Mumbai, at least in my household, listening to the radio was as important as having […]...Read More
Social media giants rose as one Wednesday to collectively bar U.S President Donald Trump’s incendiary speech on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in the wake of the armed ‘supporter’ riots that stunned the country as lawmakers moved ahead to affirm President-elect Biden’s electoral win at the country’s Capitol. Hundreds of pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set […]...Read More
Twitter has officially joined the bandwagon that call out U.S. President Donald Trump on his misleading and faux election win claims. “Election officials have certified Joe Biden as the winner of the U.S. Presidential election”, it says reeling the incumbent in check even as he refuses to do so himself. In this latest update to […]...Read More
YouTube suffered a major a outage Monday as users took to Twitter alerting the platform, who instantly responded with: Citing a “problem with the server” the app refused to load with users complaining that all Google services were down, including the Drive and Gmail. The hashtag #YouTubeDOWN is now trending on Twitter with some 102K […]...Read More
The bitter plight of Syrian refugees continues to be shadowed by the pandemic-tainted pitfalls of the year, but fantasy storyteller Niel Gaiman has sought to remind people that their misery should not be forgotten as the weather takes a biting turn. The award-winning author on Tuesday helped launch the UN refugee programme’s cold weather appeal, […]...Read More
Facebook Gaming announced a new initiative this week to empower the Black communities on the platform with the inclusive ‘Black Gaming Creator Program.’ The company says it plans to pour in $10 million over the next two years to empower the streamers, who if selected, receive incentives such as the Facebook Gaming partnership, early product […]...Read More
The coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement topped the list of conversation topics on Twitter in a tumultuous year, the social platform said Monday. In a summary of trends, Twitter said the hashtag #COVID19 and other variations were tweeted nearly 400 million times, while #StayHome was the third biggest hashtag of the year. […]...Read More
“Why don’t you wear a bra and bangles also?”“You need to come out of the closet.”“Gay.”“Start behaving like a man, try playing football.” These are just some of the (more decent) comments that India’s male influencers are bombarded with on a daily basis. Why, you ask? Because they use make-up. And this truly exposes the […]...Read More
Influencers, man. Whether directly or indirectly, we all know one. Heck, you may even be one. To put it simply, influencers are folks with specialised knowledge or insight into a specific field, holding a special sway over their target audiences. And/or wizards (as I always say). In an age of these magical beings, taking to […]...Read More
Kaavan, dubbed the world’s loneliest elephant, finally escaped the meagre confines of a zoo in Islamabad on Monday, and has now taken his first steps to freedom at the wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia. And tagging alongside him at every stage of his journey to long-awaited salvation was pop music icon Cher, her months of effort […]...Read More
YouTube stopped One America News Network, one of US President Donald Trump’s favored channels, from posting new videos for a week for falsely claiming Covid-19 has a cure, the social media network said Tuesday. The popular Google-owned site also temporarily stopped OAN from making money from content already online, spokesperson Ivy Choi said. “After careful […]...Read More
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