
Praveen is on verge of losing his job as he couldn’t wish his manager on his birthday today. Praveen was the only one in the office who had no idea why a cake had been ordered in the office, and he happened to ask the question to Ankit, his boss and the birthday boy of the day. A curious Praveen was left crestfallen when he realized the faux pas he had committed.
January 3, 2012 | Filed under
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Millions of peace loving people around world were outraged when Rovio Mobile, the developers of the video game Angry Birds, announced the arrival of a new angry bird – the white dove. The white dove, with an olive branch in its beak, is the life time ambassador of peace, but the latest version of the game will see the docile bird fighting it out with greedy pigs.
December 8, 2011 | Filed under
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Facebook has agreed to the demands of union minister Kapil Sibal to screen content before they go live on the website. The social networking website has announced that it will hire a team of young men and women to censor content being posted by millions of users from India. The team will only allow “acceptable” content to be published online, all of which will be identified by a “Kapil Sibal likes this” sign below it.
December 6, 2011 | Filed under
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Many Facebook users were shocked to see their faces morphed on to the poster of the upcoming movie The Dirty Picture as a result of a new virus that seems to attack Indian users of the social networking website. The victims, mostly males aged between 18 and 35 years, were embarrassed no end when they saw themselves being kissed by Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi.
November 17, 2011 | Filed under
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Government has decided to add activities such as writing status updates on Facebook and Twitter to the list of jobs allowed under NREGA. Though this has been ostensibly done to empower the rural youth and bridge the “digital divide” between the urban and rural India, experts believe that the central government is trying to counter anti-government activists on social networking websites through this initiative.
October 12, 2011 | Filed under
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After Planning Commission’s benchmarks for identifying poor people based on economic criteria drew flak, the government has come up with new set up benchmarks that will identify poor people based on “social” criteria. The government has claimed that critics should hold their horses for now, as the definition of “socially poor” would include those who were left out by Planning Commission as being “economically poor” and help those in need.
September 21, 2011 | Filed under
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Suraj, who had successfully added a good looking Karishma to his Facebook friend list last month, was shocked to see a “Karishma is now sister of Suraj” update on his news feed this morning. Suraj had not confirmed this relationship status change, probably initiated by Karishma, but a new feature on Facebook bypassed this requirement to celebrate Rakshabandhan – the festival celebrating relationship between brothers and sisters.
August 13, 2011 | Filed under
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Supriya, who uploaded her recent Honeymoon pictures on Facebook for her friends to ‘like’ and comment upon, was left a bit confused as one of her Facebook friends commented on a picture with a message calling for immediate execution of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru. The incident has left Supriya deeply upset even as experts and commentators debate the possible reasons that led to this development.
August 3, 2011 | Filed under
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In what appears to be a serious violation of the Equal Opportunities Act, Google Inc. has been found meting out unfair treatment to those internet users who were hyperactive on Orkut, Google’s original social networking website that got trumped by Facebook. The users, usually referred as Orkutiyas in India, are finding it hugely challenging to join Google Plus, the latest social networking initiative from Google aimed at trumping Facebook.
July 17, 2011 | Filed under
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While the internet is abuzz with debates on whether Google+ will be able to finish Facebook, trusted sources inform us that Facebook is planning a much bigger coup. The social networking website, which has over 600 million active users, is all set to launch its own modern republic next week. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would head an interim government in the new republic till inaugural elections are held.
July 1, 2011 | Filed under
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