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Facebook, Napster billionaire Sean Parker fined $2.5 mn for wedding violation

Jun 04, 2013

The California Coastal Commission and Parker said they have reached a $2.5 million settlement to pay for coastal conservation programs after he was caught building a movie-set-like wedding site in a protected coastal area without proper permits. #facebook #BuzzPatrol #the SEBI April bulletin #Napster #The Social Network #Sean Parker #California Coastal Commission #Alexandra Lenas
No arrests for objectionable posts on Facebook without permission: SC

May 17, 2013

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that no person should be arrested for posting objectionable comments on social networking sites without taking prior permission from senior police officials. #facebook #Social Networking #India #Supreme Court #IT Act #Information Technology Act
Delhi HC asks Centre to file fresh affidavit over social networking sites

May 13, 2013

A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Rajeeve Mehra, Centre's counsel, to file by May 22 the affidavit addressing specific queries raised in its earlier order as to how under age children have entered into agreements with social networking sites. #facebook #Google #NewsTracker #social network #Delhi HC

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Eight marketing lessons from Facebook's IPO

Feb 03, 2012

From the dangers of not innovating all the time, to creating ecosystems that others can profit from, the Facebook IPO has a number of valuable lessons for marketing professionals. #facebook #Google #ConnectTheDots #Mark Zuckerberg #the New York Times #Marketing #Online social networking #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion
The joy of writing about the things which dont matter

Jan 20, 2012

#HowThisWorks #Twitter #Facebook Inc #social networks #graphic artist #David Meece #NotJobsButPassion
Can you defame an entire religion? Delhi Courts say 'yes'

Dec 22, 2011

Who determines whether a religion is "hurt"? #Social Networking #ThatsJustWrong #Ethics #religious sentiment

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Youth prefers communicating through social networks: TCS

2013-06-16 07:02:00

New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) Harnessing the power of Internet, about 75 per cent of India''s youth prefers social media over phone calls to communicate, with more students using the Net for school-related tasks, says a TCS survey. The findings, a part of Tata #India #New Delhi #Tata Consultancy Services
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10 Social Marketing No-No's for Modern Marketers

2013-06-17 15:43:00

Marketers contemplating social media are like kids at a candy buffet. With so many luscious and enticing options, how to decide what to consume before reaching gag level? At the Direct Marketing Association's recent Integrated Marketing Week conference, #Jack Macleod #Pantene (brand)
Business Journal of Milwaukee
With brackets set, second round of Social Madness now live

2013-06-18 19:55:00

Mark Kass is the editor-in-chief of The Business Journal. He can be reached at 414-278-7788 or mkass@bizjournals.com. The second round of our Social Madness competition is now underway, as 24 Wisconsin companies have moved on to the bracket phase of our #University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee #Milwaukee School of Engineering #Facebook

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Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.