One of the most popular types of apps being downloaded right now is the messaging app, and WhatsApp is up there with the best of them. WhatsApp offers something a little different from most messaging apps in that you get a phone number. That means anyone can reach you whenever they want, wherever you are,…
10 Useful Recommendations from the Instagram World
October 8, 2020Instagram is rapidly overtaking Facebook in popularity, especially with Gen Z. Many people have become famous on the site, and it’s the go-to place for influencers, artists, entertainers, musicians, actors, business people, coaches, and anyone hoping to grow an audience. However, the site’s algorithms are stacked in favor of already popular posts and accounts. So…
Information Department Commissioner calls for better use of social media
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Department of Information and Public Relations Commissioner Dr. P.S. Harsha has called upon officials to use popular social media platforms for communicating Government programmes and projects to the people. He was addressing officials at the Department office on Dhanvanthri Road here on Saturday. Pointing out that Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are…
Virus prank goes viral; two arrested
March 14, 2020Spreading rumours about Coronavirus could land you in jail Chamarajanagar / Mysuru: People who circulate rumours or fake news on social media platforms sparking Coronavirus panic among the public may face jail terms. In the first action of its kind in Karnataka in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak, two youth have been arrested for pulling…
‘Social media plays important role in reaching customers’
July 3, 2019Mysuru: A one-day Management Development Programme (MDP) on ‘Managing Difficult Customers,’ was held at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD) here on June 21. The programme was designed for Executives and Managers who manage customers and academicians in the area of marketing. The resource persons were Mousumi Sengupta, Professor of Organisational Behaviour &…
An Adventure for Social Media
June 15, 2019Earlier this month, 11 people died in the Himalayas. But what was even more shocking was the photograph of the ‘traffic jam’ at 27,000 feet above sea level! This height is called the death zone. Among the reasons given for deaths, one was selfies at the summit. One of the climbers who survived said that…
Model code, political ad rules will apply to social media too
March 11, 2019New Delhi: The model code of conduct and its pre-certified political advertisement rules will apply to the social media as well. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said all major social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, Google, WhatsApp and Share Chat — are committed to accepting only pre-certified political advertisements, sharing expenditure on it with…
Social Media is not meant only for fun, info: There is scope to shape life too
November 27, 2018Mysuru: These days, the major topic of discussion is how social media platforms like WhatApp, Facebook and others are creating problems in our day-to-day life. However, a person here is showing us how WhatsApp benefits the people. He is Mysuru’s T.K. Layout resident S. Achyutananda and presently Business Head of Bengaluru’s Insign Equipment Private Limited…
Be alert while using social media: Cyber Crime Inspector
February 9, 2018Mysuru: The reach of social media and the use of internet is increasing and hence one should be very careful and alert in using them, said Mysuru CID Cyber Crime Police Station Inspector Renukaradhaya. He was speaking at a special lecture titled ‘Cyber Law and Cyber Crime’ organised by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Mysuru Maharani…
‘Too much indulgence in Social Media is diminishing human bondage’
November 26, 2017Mysuru: “Social networking sites like facebook, Twitter and too much indulgence in WhatsApp have reduced human bondage thus making youth as a humanoid,” regretted Dr.M.N. Nandish, Assistant Professor, JSS Degree College. He was speaking on ‘Effective Use of Youth Power’ at the seminar organised as part of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall…
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