Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use. Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Instagram are known to cause stress in users, known as technostress from social media. However, when faced with such stress, instead of switching off or using them less, people are moving from one aspect of the social media platforms to another – escaping the causes of their stress without leaving the medium on which it originated. Research into the habits of 444 Facebook users revealed they would switch between activities such…
Author: Loknath Das
Close to 96 per cent of Nokia smartphones sold since since Q3 2018 are running on Android Pie. HMD Global has upgraded its entire portfolio of Nokia smartphones to Android Pie already and recently announced its roadmap for Android 10 update as well. The company’s efforts in delivering software and security updates quickly is why it is currently leading the global rankings in smartphone software update, according to the latest findings by Counterpoint Research. “Among the top 10 smartphone makers, nearly 96 per cent of Nokia smartphones, sold cumulatively since Q3 2018, are already running on Android Pie or have had…
To what extent are democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation? The fractured state of research and evidence on this most important question facing democracy is reflected in the range of disagreement among experts. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly called on the U.S. government to regulate election manipulation through social media. But we cannot manage what we do not measure. Without an organized research agenda that informs policy, democracies will remain vulnerable to foreign and domestic attacks. Thankfully, social media’s effects are, in our view, eminently measurable. Here, we advocate a research agenda for measuring social media…
Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has released a new software update for its iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook and Apple TV users. The key highlight among all these updates is the iOS 12.4.1 for the iPhones, iPad and iPod touch. This operating system update fixes a vulnerability using which “a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.” Apple says that “after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.” The WatchOS 5.3.1 includes “important security updates.” Apple has not published CVE entries for this update. For MacBook users, macOS Mojave 10.14.6 supplemental update has been rolled…
The hit video game World of Warcraft (WoW) is going back to basics with the launch of WoW Classic this evening. First released in 2004, the online multi-player game has evolved and changed dramatically over the years. Many players had asked developer Blizzard Entertainment to revive the original version of the game, known as “classic” or “vanilla” WoW. While not identical to the original, WoW Classic will replicate a majority of the features from the first game. World of Warcraft is a fantasy game in which players roam the virtual world, fighting monsters and completing quests. Blizzard said some players…
Mukherjee said, while medium of disseminating information has evolved — from scribbling notes to typewriters and now mobile phones — objectivity should not be compromised with. Affirming that print journalism has the maximum impact among readers, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday cautioned people about sharing information on social media, while underlining the importance of checking facts. Speaking at a media awards function here, Mukherjee said people should be careful while sharing information on the social media. “Several social and communal tensions have traced their roots to rumours shared over social media by mischievous persons. Even people who innocently share…
Graduate Reading Room in the Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington in Seattle. Getty Images. GETTY Social media platforms prioritize talking over listening, global over local, individual over community, speed over accuracy, sharing over understanding. Libraries prioritize reading, emphasize a globally aware local grounding, foster community, prioritize evidence-based understanding and trace their roots to quiet contemplation. What if social media platforms adapted to be more like libraries with their emphasis on learning and less like today’s schoolyard screaming matches? The Web has long been described as the Library 2.0, a digital reincarnation of the knowledge centers that have long…
MIAMI, FL – JULY 6: All-Star Youth Classic participants take batting practice during the Opening Ceremony for Play Ball Park on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Skipper/MLB via Getty Images) MLB VIA GETTY IMAGES On the start of Players’ Weekend, Major League Baseball says that its efforts to bring new kids into the sport are paying off. After writing how the Aspen Institute’s Don’t Retire, Kid campaign potentially highlighted baseball’s participation problems, MLB reached out to assure fans that there is a strong undercurrent to carry baseball well into the 21st century. MLB is leaning heavily on its…
Samsung Electronics vice chairman JY Lee has called for active recruitment of software talent in a rare visit to one of the company’s education centres. Lee, the de facto leader of Samsung Group, visited the Samsung S/W Academy for Youth (SSAFY) at the city of Gwangju, one of four such institutions, to meet students and promote software development. The South Korean tech giant set up the SSAFY institutes last year which offers free software education to unemployed university graduates under the age of 30. Students also get a monthly allowance of 1 million won ($830) and those with good grades get opportunities…
New Delhi: MahindraNSE 0.58 % & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance) on Tuesday said it has entered into a joint venture deal with Sri Lanka’s Ideal Financeto acquire up to 58.2 per cent stake in the company for LKR 2 billion (nearly Rs 80 crore). Mahindra Finance will invest LKR 2 billion until March 2021 for up to 58.2 per cent stake in Ideal Finance, it said in a release. The rural and semi-urban focused non-banking financial company (NBFC) said the joint venture (JV) will capitalise on Mahindra Finance’s 25-year expertise in the financial services domain and Ideal Finance’s domestic market knowledge to…