So, what’s on UP’s mind?Modi hasn’t lost much ground. Yogi’s impact is visible. What’s new is murmurs for a ‘stronger opposition’, as INDIA makes its presence felt...
03 Jun, 2024, 12.56 PM IST
So what do we call Twitter now anyway?With a simple name change, Elon Musk has created confusion in social media.
03 Aug, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Elon Musk wants to turn tweets into ''X's". But changing language is not quite so simpleWith "tweets," Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted its...
27 Jul, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Thinking of quitting Twitter? Here's the right way to do itAside from the site going dark, there are also risks user data could be breached in a cyberattack while the usual defences are down. Twitte...
23 Nov, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
57,000 tweets later, it's farewell for @realDonaldTrumpThe provocative handle was given birth by a New York real estate tycoon who used it to help him become the 45th U.S. president.
09 Jan, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweetsIt began with a May 4, 2009, tweet promoting Donald Trump's upcoming appearance on David Letterman's show. It died more than 57,000 tweets ...
09 Jan, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
View: First Scindia, now Pilot, the impending demise of the Indian National CongressThe form and function analogy could aptly be applied to what is often referred to as ‘India’s First Family’, the Indian National Congress. ...
26 Jul, 2020, 10.56 PM IST
Why brands increasingly need ideas that are powerful, resonant and resilientIn the chaotic, competitively Darwinian, undifferentiated market, the role of marketing is more powerful than ever before, provided that it...
22 Feb, 2020, 11.08 AM IST
How Facebook fights fake news in the world's largest electionFact checking firms are at the heart of Facebook's efforts to rebuild its credibility during India's elections.
22 Apr, 2019, 06.06 PM IST
BSP-SP alliance: Can Mayawati outsmart opponents with her latest move?Here's the tale of how Mayawati, out of power for quite a while, didn't let her political ambition gather dust.
13 Jan, 2019, 09.44 AM IST
Are young Indians ‘swiping right’ on bumble’s ads?Some Indians might also know Bumble for its famous Bollywood investor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Her maiden venture as an investor.
12 Jan, 2019, 02.19 PM IST
Here's how people in different countries use emojisArabic speakers love flowers while Malaysians are the funniest. A recent survey offers some regional insights into the use of the social me...
23 Apr, 2015, 08.59 AM IST
Swachh Bharat: PM Narendra Modi targets many political goals with one campaignThe mere suggestion that he can rise above politics for national good is PM Narendra Modi’s political masterstroke.
05 Oct, 2014, 06.46 AM IST
Will Narendra Modi let his personal inclinations get the better of him?In a parliamentary system that puts party before personality, Modi has become the first candidate whose personal brand trumped party affili...
14 May, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
Congress gets internet savvy and social media aggressive in a bid to connect to its supportersTwitter hashtag #FailureModi, which trended on the day Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was in Delhi for his annual meeting with the Planning Commi...
03 Jul, 2013, 08.31 AM IST
Economic success has made us a nation of boors and bullies where the rich know no rulesTime was when politicians showed humility, even if fake and contrived, to the public, fully conscious of the optics of the folded hands.
23 May, 2012, 10.01 AM IST
Ensuring empowerment & enrichmentEvolution in technology, more investment in R&D and social research, will help unlock potential of mobiles in India.
08 Oct, 2010, 05.17 AM IST