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Posting too many selfies on social media may make you narcissistic: Study
•Apparently, social media users visual displayed an average 25 percent increase in narcissistic traits over 4 months of the study.
Disturbing footage of Amritsar train accident shows people taking selfies from tracks during tragedy
•As scores of Dussehra revellers watching the burning of Ravana effigy were mowed down by a passing train near Amritsar, the disturbing video footage of the accident showed many across the railway tracks filming the celebrations on their mobile phones when the tragedy struck.
Two Tamil Nadu tourists drown in North Goa beaches, both incidents occur near rocky outcrop
Ians •One drowns in Baga beach, while the other in North Goa's Sinquerim beach. Two Tamil Nadu tourists lose their lives in separate incidents, that occurred near a rocky outcrop.
Selfies and citizenship: Examining the idea of nationhood in the era of social media boom
Mk Raghavendra •The excitement generated in the political arena today would not have been possible without the immediacy provided by social media platforms
No selfies please, this is a pension form, govt tells retiring employees
•The ministry has issued the fresh set of guidelines to all central government departments.
Instagram tests Stop Motion tool for its Stories feature
Tech2 News Staff •This new feature is called Stop Motion and it will let you take a long series of photos which will then be stitched into gifs by Instagram.
Researchers develop smartphone app that directs users to take better selfies
Tech2 News Staff •The application does not just enhance the photos you have taken, but provides users with realtime guidance on how to take the selfies.
Scientists have developed a smartphone app that helps people learn how to take a selfie
Ians •If you love taking selfies, but do not know how to take the best shot, there is help at hand.
Two teenage girls swept away in Punjab canal while clicking selfies, divers engaged to recover victims
•A stroll along a canal in Punjab turned into tragedy for two teenage girls as they were swept away in the water while trying to retrieve a phone they were clicking selfies with.
Researchers categorise the nearly two billion userbase of Facebook into four types
Ians •Facebook users can be categorised into four types according to researchers.