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According to the guy, if you carry bag to college, it would play a crucial role in winning you brownie points. (Photo: Screengrab)

After #JCBKiKhudayi, 'Mature Bag' memes take over the internet

Few days ago, a video went viral on social media where a young guy explained how to look attractive in college.

14 Jul 2019 11:00 AM

BJP leaders Hema Malini and Anurag Thakur taking part in Clean India Campaign. (Photo: Videograb/ANI)

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Hema Malini endeavors to sweep Parliament premises; trolled

The Twitter users, however, were not impressed by the Mathura MP's efforts and criticised her for not doing the task well.

13 Jul 2019 2:13 PM

If someone wants to see or engage with the hidden reply, they can tap on a grey icon that will appear above the replies section. (Photo: Pixabay)

This new Twitter feature will come in very handy

Twitter is testing a new feature that will allow users to hide replies to their tweets.

13 Jul 2019 11:35 AM

Qureshi was attending a press conference on ‘Defend Media Freedom’ here on Thursday when the incident took place, days after Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) suspended transmission of three private TV channels for airing an interview of jailed former President Asif Ali Zardari. (Photo: File)

Pakistan Foreign Minister heckled in London over media freedom: Report

The move came as the Pakistan government decided to curtail the space given by press to jailed politicians like Nawaz Sharif and Zardari.

12 Jul 2019 2:42 PM

Outage tracking website Downdetector.com earlier showed that there were nearly 70,000 people across the globe reporting issues with Twitter.

Twitter back up partially after worldwide outage

The interruption was due to an internal system change, the company said, adding that it was working to fully fix the problem.

12 Jul 2019 8:04 AM

At the time, other social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram seemed to be functioning normally.

It’s not just you; Twitter is down worldwide

The firm said it is looking into the matter and will "have things back to normal soon."

12 Jul 2019 7:28 AM

A three-member panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals made the unanimous decision and also upheld a lower court's ruling that had stated that the US President cannot legally block people on Twitter. (Photo: File)

Trump's tweets 'official statements', can't block people on Twitter: US court

The American Constitution does not allow other Twitter users to block each other, which is a violation of the First Amendment

10 Jul 2019 10:20 AM

The name of a man accused of the killing has been suppressed by a court but it appeared in Google Trends emails listing top search terms in New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

New Zealand 'trending' emails suspended by Google after suspect's name released

The murder last year shocked New Zealand, where serious crimes are relatively rare.

06 Jul 2019 12:07 PM

This unfortunate but hilarious incident has caused the anchor to get trolled on social media. (Photo: Twitter)

Watch: Pakistani news anchor hilariously confuses Apple Inc with fruit

A Pakistani news anchor made a forgivable gaffe when she mistakenly confused Apple Inc business with the fruit.

06 Jul 2019 12:02 PM

The cow had recently lost her newborn calf. It was hit by a vehicle on the road a few days back and the calf eventually succumbed to its injuries. (Photo: Screengrab)

Heart-breaking story behind the viral cow’s ‘football skills’

The video that went viral of the cow in Goa playing football has a heart-wrenching story behind it.

05 Jul 2019 6:58 PM

It shows the mother rhino lying on the ground, lifeless, while her baby tries to wake her up desperately - at one point even trying to suckle her. (Photo: Screengrab)

Baby rhino tries to wake its dead mother killed by poachers, see video

The video has been widely shared online and received over 35,000 views.

03 Jul 2019 1:07 PM

Virat Kohli was seen having a conversation with her after India's victory. (Photo: Virat Kohli | Twitter)

Match-winning lady: Anand Mahindra offers to sponsor tickets of 87-yr-old cricket fan

Charulata Patel, 87, won the Internet as she cheered for Team India from the stands.

03 Jul 2019 12:43 PM

The probe is examining whether Apple has complied with the relevant provisions of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law in relation to an access request from a customer.

Irish regulator opens third privacy investigation into Apple

The Irish DPC has 20 investigations open into multinational technology companies.

03 Jul 2019 12:40 PM

Facebook fined 2 million euros by German authorities

Germany’s Federal Office of Justice said that by tallying only certain categories of complaints.

03 Jul 2019 12:27 PM

The video of the cow has left twitterverse in splits, with some even calling it a reincarnation of a football legend in the likes of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo! (Photo: Screengrab)

Video of cow playing football goes viral

Twitterverse is left in splits after seeing video of cow playing football in Goa

03 Jul 2019 10:54 AM

Mohan Bhagwat leads RSS brass in Twitter debut

The account of another joint general secretary of the Sangh, Dattatreya Hosabale, who has been on Twitter for quite some time, was verified recently.

02 Jul 2019 1:58 AM

The RSS' official Twitter handle has over 1.3 million followers and has, till now, been the organisation's platform for releasing statements and dissemination information. (Photo: File)

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, 6 other functionaries join Twitter

Bhagwat has followed RSS after joining and amassed over 4,000 followers at the time of filing this report.

01 Jul 2019 10:45 AM

Swaraj, a veteran BJP leader, who didn’t contest the Lok Sabha polls and is not a minister in the NDA 2.0 government. (Photo: FIle)

Sushma Swaraj vacates govt house; Twitter praises her for setting example

Dr S Jaishankar, her successor in the Foreign Ministry, had said he was 'proud to follow on the footsteps' of Swaraj.

29 Jun 2019 1:10 PM

Critics have said the social media platform has not done enough to police tweets from politicians that would be removed if a typical user posted them.

Twitter to deemphasize, label politician tweets that break rules

Twitter said the new rules would apply to politicians and government officials with more than 100,000 followers.

28 Jun 2019 8:23 AM

The second initiative is a youth conference on countering violent extremism online. (Pic credit: ANI)

To fight extremist content online Canada teams up with tech giants

The initiatives follow the Christchurch Call to Action, a non-binding agreement formed after the Christchurch shooting in March.

27 Jun 2019 12:11 PM

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