With Facebook’s highly-publicised acquisition of Instagram, photo-sharing apps are back in focus. Here’s taking a look at some of the most downloaded apps It’s all over the news —Facebook buys Instagram, the photo-sharing company for a whopping $1 billion. Why Mark Zuckerberg would pay twice the evaluated value for the 17-month old company is a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Monday announced that it has bought mobile blogging startup Posterous and will put engineers behind the popular “lifestreaming” service to work on special projects. “This team has built an innovative product that makes sharing across the Web and mobile devices simple — a goal we share,” San Francisco-based Twitter said in [...]
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook in a California court on Monday accusing the social networking giant of infringing on 10 patents held by the Internet pioneer. Yahoo!, in a 19-page lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accused Facebook of infringing on patents in several areas including advertising, [...]
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With the recent privacy issues where governments of the world are trying to curb Internet freedom, most souls dread the unthinkable – what if Facebook were to go away? Where will these people go? We record some reactions VATSAL CHINTALAPATI I still remember those days when switching on the computer meant either to learn [...]
Online file-sharing giant Megaupload.com was recently embroiled in a controversy for copyright infringement. But the larger sphere of users who indulge in piracy use torrents, and though illegal, it doesn’t deter them from using it. But there are mixed reactions among users about the future of torrents. Nakul Gupta, founder of The Filmery, and an [...]
San Fransisco: Twitter said on Thursday that it now has the ability to block tweets from appearing in a specific country if legally required to do so. “As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression,” Twitter said in a blog post. “Some [...]
Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON: US congressional support for legislation targeting online piracy was eroding on Wednesday as Wikipedia and Google led an online onslaught and branded the bills a danger to Internet freedom. Hundreds of other websites joined the Web titans in denouncing the bills introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate aimed at [...]
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Women’s ill-health is cause for big concern
The Anonymous Alien A friend of mine was having severe pain. She refused to go to the doctor. I couldn’t figure out why, and insisted that she go. She refused. I basically said you are going whether you like it or not, then called around and got a referral to a gynaecologist at a top [...]
But… Seriously Ajay Hotchandani The theory of the Black Hole states that in the Hole, time and space don’t exist. So if you’ve entered this hole, you can take as long as you want to get ready, and you can store as many suitcases, with clothes you will never wear, above the cupboard (don’t deny [...]
BJP must survive the battle within
The second innings of UPA has been nothing short of tumultuous, marred by massive scams in every sector from rural job schemes to military purchases. When allies themselves are eyeing the jugular of the Centre, relief comes from an unexpected quarters — a divided BJP that is struggling to keep its house in order. The [...]
HR speaks Deepak Karamungikar Workplace politics is a harsh reality in India. When you take up a new role at a well-established organisation, the first few days seem fine. The smiles on everyone’s faces deceive you into believing that all is well. But a few days later, the cracks appear and a few months into [...]
Can England retain their crown?
England’s credibility is on the line as they take on West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The heavy defeats in the Middle East and the Sub-Continent over the last few months have raised a lot of questions over whether England can sustain their No 1 ranking in the long run. They [...]
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