E-commerce giant Flipkart on Thursday announced that it was acquiring online travel aggregator Cleartrip. The Walmart-owned company did not disclose the acquisition amount. Cleartrip has been one of the most popular entities in India’s online travel space, and Twitter put up a befitting farewell to the original minds behind the company founded in 2006. Acknowledging […]
Karan Johar’s production house confirmed that it will be re-casting ‘Dostana 2’ after the exit of Kartik Aaryan due to professional circumstances. A source revealed to ETimes, “There is buzz that Kartik has expressed creative differences over the script of ‘Dostana 2′”. If the reports are to be believed, Karan’s production house will not work […]
New Delhi: Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project, the social media giant’s first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said on Thursday.The 32 megawatt wind power project, located in southern Karnataka state, is part of a larger portfolio of wind […]
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Twitter faced a massive outage earlier today with over 71,000 users reporting the issue on the outage monitoring website DownDetector. During the outage, users were able to access the app with cached posts visible, however, they could not post new tweets, or even like, retweet or comment on the older ones. The issue reportedly mainly affected […]
NEW DELHI. Four members of the Sikh community are among those who killed in the mass shooting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night by a gunman identified as 19-year old Caucasian youth Brandon Scott Hole. US President Joe Biden, who is faced with yet another mass shooting on his watch, called the […]
A parish priest has been named male social media influencer at the 2020 Catholic Social Media Awards (CSMA). Rev. Fr. Joseph Fidel Roura (Facebook) Reverend Father Joseph Fidel Roura, the parish priest of Quasi-Parish of Our Lady of La Salette at the Muzon village of San Jose del Monte, was recognized during the virtual awarding […]
Facebook. New Delhi, (Asian independent) Amid the pandemic, India saw a steep growth in online communities on Facebook and 92 per cent respondents said they received some form of support through online community groups amid the deadly Covid wave last year, a new Facebook-New York University (NYU) report said on Friday. Over 38.8 per cent people […]
YouGov’s latest research reveals two-thirds of urban Indians (67 per cent) plan to increase the use of online shopping or delivery services once the pandemic is over. The ‘International FMCG/CPG report 2021: Consumer goods in a crisis’ provides a high-level analysis of consumers’ attitudes to fast moving/consumer packaged goods across 17 global markets. The white […]
Kolkata: While some have been watching Youtube videos of how people cast vote, others have been taking notes from their parents over the nuances of voting. Also, there are some who are aware of the poll process and are running an awareness campaign, inspiring others to vote — they are all first time voters living […]
Karan Johar’s production house confirmed that it will be re-casting ‘Dostana 2’ after the exit of Kartik Aaryan due to professional circumstances. A source revealed to ETimes, “There is buzz that Kartik has expressed creative differences over the script of ‘Dostana 2′”. If the reports are to be believed, Karan’s production house will not work […]
Despite cheapest data plans and nearly 700 million internet users, India is at a dismal 49th spot globally when it comes to internet inclusion and gender equality in accessing the world wide web, a Facebook-Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study has revealed. India is tied with Thailand in 49th place this year on the scores of […]
If your company has AI as a cornerstone, investors will probably love you. Among such companies in recent funding news are Israel-based language service provider (LSP) BLEND, platform and API integration on a SaaS model; Berlin-based LSP Lengoo, an AI agency; and New York-based tech startup OthersideAI, an email productivity tool built on the world’s […]
Guangzhou’s measures to promote cross-border e-commerce is the first such move in China where special policies have been rolled out to help the local business community benefit from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, when it comes into effect. On March 30, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce published Several Measures for Guangzhou to Grasp the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday temporarily suspended the services of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to stop their use to organise demonstrations following violent protests by a radical religious group that has now been banned by the government. The government banned Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday following three days of violent protest by […]
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Amid the pandemic, India saw a steep growth in online communities on Facebook and 92 percent of respondents said they received some form of support through online community groups amid the deadly COVID-19 wave last year, a new Facebook-New York University (NYU) report said on Friday. Over 38.8 percent of people in India said the […]
Chrissy Teigen rejoined Twitter on Friday after a three-week hiatus. She’s among several celebrities and moguls who have publicly quit and returned to the platform. Research shows that these apps become addicting because they create feelings of “social well-being.” Chrissy Teigen has logged back on. The model, TV personality, and cookbook author tweeted on Friday […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday temporarily suspended the services of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to stop their use to organise demonstrations following violent protests by a radical religious group that has now been banned by the government. The government banned Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday following three days of violent protest by […]
H&M, the globe-trotting purveyor of fast fashion, has in recent times found itself caught in the pincers of rival nationalisms. The source of the latest controversy – the Swedish firm’s supposed position on China’s divisive nine-dash line claim to the South China Sea. H&M has been facing a growing uproar and boycott calls from social […]
Facebook has been caught in another controversy for being accused of showing bias towards the ruling regime. Sophie Zhang, a former employee, says Facebook stopped the checkpoint process after realising one of these networks supports a BJP MP. It’s not the first time Facebook has found itself cornered for its bias towards the BJP. US-based […]
20h | Antony Savvas Facebook has signed a major deal to buy clean wind power from a company in India to help power its offices and data centres in Asia. It is the first such deal that the social media and advertising giant has signed in India. The 32MW wind power project – located in […]
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Facebook Inc’s independent oversight board said on Friday it had extended the timeline for deciding whether to uphold former US President Donald Trump‘s indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram. The board, created by Facebook in response to criticism over its handling of problematic content, wrote in a tweet that it would announce the decision in […]
Reuters U.S. preliminary plan on Afghanistan is to remove at least some contractors -Pentagon The Pentagon said on Friday the preliminary plan on Afghanistan is for at least some contractors to be removed during the United States’ military withdrawal from the country. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan […]
