Tag: WhatsApp

Don’t believe in WhatsApp news sans check: VC
News

Don’t believe in WhatsApp news sans check: VC

December 22, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath said “Most of the news received on WhatsApp are far from truth and nobody should believe in them.” He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Children and Change in Weather’ organised by the Department of Studies in Mass Communication and Journalism, UoM in association with…

<strong>Man arrested for sedating woman, clicking her photos</strong>
News

Man arrested for sedating woman, clicking her photos

March 9, 2023

He was blackmailing her and had uploaded her photos on his WhatsApp status Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime (CEN) Police have arrested a man on charges of clicking private photos of a woman after making her drink sedative-laced juice and then uploading the photo to his WhatsApp status. The accused has been…

Women of Roopanagar show ways to deal with junk
News

Women of Roopanagar show ways to deal with junk

June 14, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Women of Roopanagar, Mysuru, have formed a WhatsApp group called ‘Women Power Roopanagar’ and have been organising various virtual and other programmes for the benefit of the area residents and to strengthen a sense of community. Plastic and other dry waste collection for recycling Awareness messages were posted on various WhatsApp groups within Roopanagar…

Privacy Pirates ?
Columns, In Black & White

Privacy Pirates ?

January 16, 2021

Suddenly “WhatsApp” is the enemy. Google is the “big brother”, Facebook is the propagator of hate and invader of privacy. Well truth is, these big tech companies were always all this and more. Much much more. But why is everyone surprised? Privacy watch dogs and tech journalists have been warning us about this for years….

How To Use 2 WhatsApp Accounts on One iPhone
News

How To Use 2 WhatsApp Accounts on One iPhone

October 19, 2020

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,…

Racing Ahead… Set your own goals
Columns

Racing Ahead… Set your own goals

May 16, 2019

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A beautiful message I saw in my WhatsApp. I thought of sharing it with SOM readers: I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about half-a-km ahead. I could guess he was running a little slower than me and that made me feel good. I said…

A Happy Frivolous New Year!
Columns, In Black & White

A Happy Frivolous New Year!

January 5, 2019

Every passing year, the greetings are getting more and more impersonal as we are assaulted with a barrage of digital greetings. Earlier it was just SMS greetings; now with the smart phone boom we have WhatsApp greetings — usually some banal image wishing you a Happy New Year. This year, some people went a step…

WhatsApp to stop working on some platforms after Dec. 31
News

WhatsApp to stop working on some platforms after Dec. 31

December 26, 2017

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp will stop support for a number of platforms after Dec.31, 2017. The messaging app will drop support for ‘BlackBerry OS’, ‘BlackBerry 10’, ‘Windows Phone 8.0’ and older platforms from Dec. 31, 2017, if one goes by the company’s blog post. WhatsApp says users on these particular platforms will not…

ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]