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SEHWAG TOP NAME FOR INDIA

Jun 7, 2017 - 7:30 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Former cricketer Virender Sehwag on Friday became the most notable applicant for the Indian cricket team’s chief coach’s post, which would be technically vacant when Anil Kumble’s term comes to an end after the Champions Trophy. While Kumble […]

Twitter ‘bots’ may help drive social movements: Study

Jun 7, 2017 - 5:58 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Twitter “bots” may help drive social movements the world over, say scientists who suggest that automated tweets can be used to make an issue trend, grab public attention and trigger policy change. Bots–short for robots–are simple […]

His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj of BAPS to arrive in North America

Jun 5, 2017 - 12:45 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The spiritual legacy of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj continues in North America with the pending arrival of His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj in Atlanta, GA on June 22, 2017. Over the next three months, […]

CELEBRITIES PAY TRIBUTE TO ROGER MOORE

May 27, 2017 - 1:34 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Tributes are pouring in from celebrities across the globe for former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore, who died after a short but brave battle with cancer, his family said. Moore died on Tuesday in Switzerland, his family announced on […]

CAT S60 SMARTPHONE: YOUR RUGGED COMPANION THAT CAN ‘SEE IN THE DARK’

May 19, 2017 - 10:21 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): If you have Rs 65,000 to splurge on a smartphone, which one will you buy: Apple or Samsung? What if you can get a military-grade, rugged smartphone with thermal imaging that can help you see […]

The Threat from Problematic Organizations and Cults

May 19, 2017 - 9:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“I remain hopeful that proper actions can be undertaken to help preserve a welcoming, ethical, tolerant, and legal religious environment in the USA. We are a religious nation, yet also a nation of laws. Religious freedom […]

Facebook blocks 85% ‘blasphemous’ content in Pakistan, Islamabad high court still unhappy

Mar 31, 2017 - 5:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Facebook has removed 85 percent of content considered insulting to Islam, but the high court in Pakistan’s capital is unhappy because there’s still “carpet bombing and drone attacks going on at our ideological […]

WhatsApp, Telegram patch flaws in instant messaging apps

Mar 17, 2017 - 7:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): WhatsApp and Telegram patched flaws in their popular instant messaging applications after security researchers showed that they could seize control of user accounts. Researchers with Check Point Software Technologies Inc discovered problems […]

Twitter adds more safety tools, will curb abusive accounts

Mar 3, 2017 - 3:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Twitter is adding more tools to curb abuse on its service as part of its ongoing effort to protect users from hate and harassment. Among other things, the service will attempt to identify offenders on […]

INSTAGRAM GOES LIVE WITH FULL SCREEN ADS ON ITS STORIES FEATURE

Mar 3, 2017 - 3:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Thursday said that it was launching full screen advertisements on Instagram’s stories feature globally. “Ads in stories let your business use targeting and reach capabilities that make your ads personally […]

WHATSAPP TO SOON ROLL OUT SNAPCHAT LIKE STORIES FEATURE IN IOS

Feb 18, 2017 - 9:32 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Facebook-owned WhatsApp might be planning to soon add a new feature that might be very similar to Snapchar’s Stories feature. However, the feature will come to iOS (for iPhones) first and then later might be […]

Buckingham Palace offers £30,000- a-year to run Queen’s Twitter

Feb 17, 2017 - 8:24 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Buckingham Palace is offering a 30,000 pounds annual package for a job to run Queen Elizabeth’s personal Twitter account, having 2.77 million followers. A job advertisement has been placed on the Queen’s official website seeking […]

150-yr-old wedding dress found after social media appeal

Feb 17, 2017 - 8:22 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): A 150-year-old hand-made antique wedding gown has been retrieved following a social media plea by a distressed bride in Scotland, months after it was lost. The dress was a family heirloom from the […]

TWITTER REPLACES MOMENTS WITH EXPLORE TAB

Feb 4, 2017 - 1:01 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

You do not have to wander around on Twitter to find its multiple features, as the micro-blogging site has rolled out a new tab called Explore that consolidates Moments, search, trending hashtags and live video […]

Is live video the next big thing?

Nov 26, 2016 - 1:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

If you spend hours navigating various social media platforms —and that’s all of us, really — you may have noticed something oddly familiar. All of them — Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram — have been […]

Racist Post calls Michelle Obama ‘ape in heels’

Nov 21, 2016 - 5:58 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

The director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about first lady Michelle Obama attracted a backlash and prompted calls on social media for both women […]

US Army calls ‘Trump a liar’ on Twitter; apologizes and deletes tweet later

Sep 30, 2016 - 11:34 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Washington (TIP): The US Army issued an apology Wednesday after its official Twitter account posted a tweet saying Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “lies once every 3 minutes, 15 seconds.” The post, which included a […]

A cafe that charges you more!!! for being RUDE (Trump to stay away)

Sep 11, 2016 - 11:40 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

LONDON: Pays to be polite! A Spanish cafe owner has put in place a novel policy to promote good manners under which rude customers are charged more while prices are cut for those who say […]

US daily calls Sushma Swaraj ‘supermom’, praises her social media presence

Aug 19, 2016 - 8:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): We all have appreciated our external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj‘s timely interventions and speedy responses on social media. She’s one of the most active foreign ministers in the world on Twitter with […]

Wild animals evacuated because of fire return home in LA

Jul 29, 2016 - 10:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SYLMAR, UNITED STATES (TIP) : Kuba the tiger paces in his cage, pawing at the metal floor and growling. He’s in a bad mood. A huge wildfire in suburban Los Angeles forced his evacuation Friday […]

Sikh Charity Praised For Helping Stranded UK Travellers

Jul 26, 2016 - 8:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (Wire Services) A UK-based Sikh charity has won widespread praise for taking proactive action in distributing bottles of water to passengers stranded at a UK border crossing over the weekend. Khalsa Aid volunteers swung […]

TURKISH MILITARY COUP LATEST: 60 dead and 150 injured as plot to overthrow Erdogan ‘FAILS’

Jul 16, 2016 - 12:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The attempted coup by the armed forces in Turkey has been foiled. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan communicated via social media to address the country. President Erdogan, an avowed enemy of social media who […]

INDIAN MUSLIM GROUPS SAY #ISIS IS ‘UN-ISLAMIC’; TOOL OF #ISLAM’S ENEMIES

Jul 10, 2016 - 5:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HYDERABAD (TIP): Terming IS as a tool in the hands of anti-Islam forces, Muslim organizations representing all schools of Islamic thought, July 8, condemned the terror attack in the holy city of Madinah, resenting it […]

White cop kills black man, girlfriend streams it live

Jul 9, 2016 - 8:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): America’s shame was live broadcast to the world on a chilling July 7 evening with yet another shooting involving a white cop targeting a black male. The 9 minutes and 30 seconds video […]

Qandeel Baloch took social media by storm when she posted three selfies of herself with Mufti Abdul Qavi on her Facebook page. (Facebook)

Cleric suspended after selfies with Pakistan’s ‘Kim Kardashian’

Jun 24, 2016 - 8:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): A high-profile Pakistani cleric who posed for selfies with a controversial model famed for her suggestive photos has been suspended from a senior government committee, the country’s religious affairs ministry said, rebuking him […]

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