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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What happened when Rahul Gandhi clicked “Click here to find out how will you look like in 20 years” link on his Facebook wall? And what happened when Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari clicked “leaked video of Osama execution” link? Faking News brings to you three instances of Facebook wall conversations that followed after a celebrity fell for a spam link on his Facebook wall.
May 16, 2011 | Filed under
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Just days after an Egyptian father named his daughter “Facebook” to acknowledge the social networking website’s vital role in overthrowing the dictatorial regime of Hosni Mubarak, a man in India has done the same to his teenaged son to acknowledge the website’s crucial contribution in spoiling the academic performance of his son. Rachit, 13, now renamed “Facebook”, scored below 40% marks in each subject in his 9th grade final exams.
February 25, 2011 | Filed under
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Internal investigations into the hacking of “fan page” of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that the security breach happened after Zuckerberg added a “suggested friend” to his personal profile. Sources indicate that the suggested friend’s profile had a display picture of a rather hot looking girl, which most probably led the Facebook founder to fall into the sinister trap.
January 28, 2011 | Filed under
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Dhiraj Joshi, 19, had to put up with a barrage of insults and ridicule for having logged into his Orkut account in presence of two Facebook users, who also happened to be his batchmates at a local engineering college. They were later joined by a bunch of other students from the same hostel, who made life hell for Dhiraj for a seemingly innocuous act of “scrapping”.
January 22, 2011 | Filed under
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After releasing top status trends of 2010, Facebook has released trends on how users spend their time on the social networking site after logging into their accounts. Not surprisingly, the trends show that men, especially those from India, have been spending maximum time browsing through the pictures uploaded by women users in their network. These included engagement and marriage photo albums.
December 31, 2010 | Filed under
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