Yet another arrest, based on tweets, after last week’s imbroglio. This time, it involves a man from Puducherry who had allegedly tweeted that P Chidambaram’s son (Karti Chidambaram) had amassed more wealth than Robert Vadra. Yes, I know precisely what is going on in your mind. Haven’t we seen such tweets all over Twitter, for ages? Just replace Karti Chidambaram… Read more →
The action by cyber-crime cops in case of playback Chinmayi is indeed ground-breaking, at least in India. Globally, there are quite a few cases of this nature. The most famous one was during the London Olympics when a 17 year old tweeted something insensitive to diver Tom Daley. If you see the tweets in question here, they are not abusive… Read more →
Update – October 22, 2012: This is the TVC Acer was advertising for! __ Original post: It happened with SF Sonic car batteries earlier. Now, it’s Acer’s turn. In SF Sonic’s case, the agency behind the campaign seemed to have convinced the client to actually spend money on billboards to merely tease people with the image of Salman Khan, since… Read more →
I recall seeing quite a few tweets on how Olacabs works when you use their GPS-based map service. In short, you look up the map on your GPS-enabled phone, identify an Olacabs car close to your location and click on one to book it. That’s nothing short of brilliant in a country where the details of your booked cab will… Read more →
@CilemaSnob, one of the regular Bollywood rabble-rousers on Twitter tweeted last night, in response to a fan telling him that he thoroughly enjoys reading his tweets for the day: ‘Gonna charge now. Subscribe at Rs 30/month’. There are other people who could very well charge for allowing access to their tweets – Ramesh Srivats comes to my mind, for his… Read more →
I have been a fan of brand Cinthol ever since I remember. It must be my dad, I suppose – he still uses the original Cinthol (the red pack) and I may have been subconsciously indoctrinated into believing that it is a good brand of soap. Dad did that with Forhans toothpaste too, but that isn’t available anymore in India!… Read more →