Social Media
Twitter red flags Trump's flu tweet playing down COVID-19
United States President Donald Trump played down the COVID-19 pandemic again, comparing it to the flu in a tweet yesterday, and Twitter...
India's smartphone market, the second-largest in the world, gets mobile app innovations boost
India recently surpassed the United States to become the second-largest smartphone market in the world, trailing only China. In fact, there...
How much time do Indians spend online?
Let's look at how much of their free time Indians spend online and why.
Twitter removes Trump campaign ad following copyright complaint by Linkin Park
Microblogging platform Twitter confirmed that it had removed a campaign video United States President Trump had retweeted over a copyright...
Unstoppable on Social Media! David Warner scores big with another hilarious video
Australian cricketer David Warner has been keeping himself, his fans and his teammates entertained during the COVID-19 lockdown with his...
Indian women politicians face higher level of online abuse than US, UK counterparts: Study
According to a study of Twitter traffic, Indian women politicians experienced substantially higher online abuse than their United Kingdom...
Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry, a Hollywood star and a climate change protest make for a viral moment
A video of veteran Hollywood star Martin Sheen reciting Rabindranath Tagore’s Where the Mind is without Fear during his speech at a recent...
Following the shakeup in the British Royal family over the past few days Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to Canada to be with...
Bollywood celebs, Indian politicians react on social media to JNU violence
Sunday’s violence on the campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus drew a storm of responses on social media, with members of...
India’s premier medical institute looking for overseas expertise to redesign campus
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi is looking for overseas expertise to redesign its campus through an open...
Padma Lakshmi’s reply to New Yorker post tagging her as Priyanka Chopra goes viral
Indian-origin celebrity host and model Padma Lakshmi called out The New Yorker magazine for tagging a photo of hers as Priyanka Chopra.
After Singapore, Indian government too plans anti-fake news regulations
Following the promulgation of an anti-fake news law in Singapore, the Indian government too is planning similar regulations for social...
With 30 million followers, Modi most popular world leader on Instagram
The growing popularity and social media savviness of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were further evident after his account crossed 30...
Pinterest’s new Singapore office to operate SE Asia, India hub
Photo-sharing social media firm Pinterest has launched its Singapore office to better operate across South East Asia and India. This is...
Veteran journalist to helm Connected to India’s Editorial operations globally
Shankar Ramakrishnan, until recently the Global News Editor at International Financing Review, Thomson Reuters in New York, will take over...
Suvadugal: Chronicles of great Singaporean Indians who built the Lion City
2019 is a very special year for Singapore, highlighted by year-round bicentennial celebrations. VisualBeatz Pte Ltd has produced a...
WhatsApp launches 'tipline' to counter fake news
To counter circulation of fake news in the time of elections in India scheduled to start from April 11, WhatsApp has launched a 'tipline'...
EC binds social media platforms to report and take down abuse
In a bid to curb abuse of social media during general elections, the Election Commission of India has fixed the onus of reporting and...
Temporary outage of Facebook, Instagram feeds across the world
Millions of Facebook and Instagram users spread across the world were unable to access their feeds for a short period yesterday night...
NRI banker loses his job over controversial ripped flag Facebook post
Even, as the 11th India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue kicked off today in the Lion City, the controversy over an NRI’s Facebook post...
Indian flies to Singapore to buy new iPhone for daughters
Amin Ahmed Dholiya, An Indian businessman flew all the way to Singapore and lined up for 13 hours overnight outside an Apple store to buy...
Five things to do over the weekend of September 23-24
Watching a fighting championship to experiencing the rejoice of meditation, this weekend promises to give a choice to pick your mood.
Wife of murdered techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla gets US work visa
We remember Srinivas Kuchibhotla from Kansas, who was brutally shot dead earlier this year in a suspected hate crime.
Indian diaspora in Texas working tirelessly in clean-up operations, providing relief materials
The Indian diaspora along with different community organisations are working tirelessly in clean-up operations and in providing relief...
SGSAIFF: Celebs sizzle on red carpet; new challenges, events on Day 2
The Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (SGSAIFF) kicked off with a bang yesterday with celebrities strolling down the red...