An Ohio man wanted on a drunk driving charge was so dissatisfied with the mug shots that police put on their Facebook page, he posted a “better photo” of himself in a car wearing shades. The Lima Police Department posted two photographs of Donald “Chip” Pugh, 45, last week after a warrant was issued for his arrest when he failed to appear in court on a misdemeanour drunk driving charge. “He has not turned himself in,” Lt. Andy Green, spokesman for the police department, said on Tuesday. “We had some communication with him earlier but nothing recently,” Green said. “Here…
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In yet another face-off, Facebook and Trai are sparring over responses to a consultation paper on differential pricing for data services submitted via the social networking giant’s campaign with the regulator saying only a tenth of responses claimed were actually received. Releasing number of responses received through ‘facebookmail.com and @supportfreebasics.in’, Trai said only 1.89 million had responded against Facebook’s January 6 claim of more than 11 million supporting its plan to make parts of the Internet available for free under ‘free basics’. (Also see: Net Neutrality Debate: Trai Gets 80 Percent Replies via Facebook) Facebook’s ‘Free Basics’ gives access to…
Twitter on Tuesday began weaving live Periscope video broadcasts into timelines streamed to its application tailored for Apple mobile devices. “Go LIVE and broadcast straight into Twitter!” the one-to-many messaging service’s chief and co-founder Jack Dorsey proclaimed in a tweet fired off at @Jack. “Huge new distribution for Periscopers around the world!” Twitter early last year bought the maker of the video streaming app Periscope amid surging interest in live video sharing. The mobile application lets people use smartphone cameras and microphones to live-stream what is happening around them, complete with commentary. The rollout to Apple devices that commenced on…
The Facebook Mentions app, which was launched for iOS users back in 2014, has finally made it to Android. The app lets public figures with verified profiles broadcast live videos, interact with followers, track trending stories, and more. The app also lets public figures post public updates without spamming their friends and family members. They can also post Twitter or Instagram updates from within the app as well. The Facebook Mentions app is now available to download from Google Play. It weighs 87MB and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and later OS verisons. In September last year, Facebook updated…
Social media platform Twitter is said to be developing a way to give brands an access to mentions about their products in everyday users’ tweets that they could use into promotional campaigns. According to a Monday report from Digiday, participating advertisers would be able to cut through the online noise and with the help of Twitter they can find positive conversations about their products. Once the advertisers find these “happy” tweets, they can then directly message the authors to request permission to share them in a campaign known as a “brand enthusiast gallery”. After a nod by the authors, the…
Twitter proved to be a major boon for scores of commuters in the national capital on Friday as it provided real-time information on shortest traffic routes and public transport availability, on a day when the Delhi government rolled out its ambitious odd-even scheme. As the number of private cars in the streets of Delhi went down nearly by half, prompting many people to take public transport, this social media provided live information to help people reach their destinations conveniently. Many commuters, not so accustomed to taking public transport and being used to travel in private vehicles, were not at ease…
With a powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale rocking India’s northeastern region early Monday, Facebook has activated its safety check tool to help people in the area let friends and family know they are safe. “A major earthquake just struck northeastern India and we’ve activated Safety Check to help people in the area let friends and family know they’re safe,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote. “Tremors were also felt in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. If you appear to be nearby, we will send you a notification to access Safety Check so you can share that you are safe…
Twitter appears ready to loosen its decade-old restriction on the length of messages in a bid to make its service more appealing to a wider audience accustomed to the greater freedom offered by Facebook and other forums. CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey telegraphed Twitter’s intentions in a tweet posted Tuesday after the technology news site Re/Code reported the company is exploring increasing its limits on text from 140 characters to as many as 10,000. Dorsey didn’t directly address the Re/Code report that cited unnamed people, but he made it clear that Twitter isn’t wedded to the 140-character limit. He illustrated…
For those who love to run, here is another reason to do so in New Year. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new challenge for his 47 million followers on the social networking site: run. “I have a physical challenge for 2016 as well. I am going to run 365 miles (587km) and I’d love for as many people in this community to join me as possible,” the 31-year-old Facebook founder wrote in a blog post. Zuckerberg also shared a photo from a morning run in Delhi with colleagues Chris Daniels and Ime Archibong from Facebook when he visited…
With extremists finding fertile ground for recruitment online, the White House is dispatching top national security officials to Silicon Valley to seek the tech industry’s help in disrupting the Islamic State group and other terrorists. At a high-level session Friday, industry leaders and government officials will discuss ways to use technology to stop terrorists from radicalising people online and spurring them to violence, according to a meeting agenda obtained by The Associated Press. But it’s unclear what will come of the meeting: While tech industry leaders say they want to be good citizens, they don’t want to undercut free speech…