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After PM, CEC logs on to Twitter

After PM, CEC logs on to Twitter​

NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner has finally 'surrendered' to the social media website Twitter.

CEC SY Quraishi on Wednesday thanked the youth of the country and his son for it. Posting his maiden tweet, Quraishi, the head of the Election Commission, wrote, "At last, I have surrendered to twitter! Thanks to my son @mustafaquraishi and the youth of India for inspiring me."

In opening a Twitter account, Quraishi has followed in the footsteps of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose office now makes it a point to keep the followers posted of all major happenings in the PMO. When asked about the reasons behind his opening an account on the website, Quraishi said, "It is part of our efforts to reach out to voters and create awareness."

He said, "We need to reach out to voters of all ages and classes. Social media is the latest media. This was earlier left out. We are trying to fill up that gap now."

Quraishi added that voter education is imperative in making elections successful and meaningful.


-TOI

 

[Gagan]

Why can’t Facebook and Twitter say the A-word?

What's the most uncool word in social media?

Advertising.

Just look at the pains the top social networking companies take to avoid uttering the dreaded term.

Twitter started the trend when it rolled out its advertising products in 2010, which it dubbed "promoted Tweets." Chief Executive d*ck Costolo (who was COO at the time) insisted that the marketing pitches coming to Twitter were not ads at all - they were simply standard Twitter messages that companies could pay to promote.

Now Facebook, which derived 85 per cent of its revenue from advertising last year, has developed a similar aversion to the A word.

At a splashy marketing event in New York on Wednesday, the company introduced a new ad format that will allow big brand marketers to push information directly into users' newsfeeds and onto other prominent on-screen real-estate. The word "advertising" was conspicuously absent from the somewhat vague name of the new ad format: "Premium on Facebook."

Facebook executive Mike Hoefflinger (pictured, right) even delivered a whole on-stage spiel about why Facebook's new ads were in fact not ads, but "stories."

"Ads come from anyone at anytime, stories come from people and things you're connected to," he said. "Ads get shared once a year at the Super Bowl. Lots and lots of little stories get shared on Facebook all the time."

Is this penchant for euphemisms a sign that the Web's new businesses are in denial about their actual businesses? Or is it indication that these companies are once again ahead of the cultural zeitgeist?

Perhaps other industries will soon follow the lead of Facebook and Twitter.

For example landlords could start charging tenants monthly mortgage supplementary enhancements while gasoline companies could offer drivers "transportation narratives" at the pump.

_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Why-cant-Facebook-and-Twitter-say-the-A-word/articleshow/12124154.cms

 

[Kamlesh Barjati]

Twitter diplomacy: Russia rebukes U.S. envoy

Russia rebuked the U.S. ambassador via Twitter on Tuesday after he tweeted his concern at the detention of protesters who challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory.

The ministry responded by saying the United States had used much less humane methods when dispersing anti-Wall Street protesters.

Russian riot police detained more than 500 people on Monday who either attended unsanctioned protests in Moscow and St Petersburg or refused to disperse after a peaceful rally that had been permitted on Pushkin Square in central Moscow.

Within hours, President Barack Obama's new ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, wrote on Twitter that he was troubled to see protesters detained in Pushkin Square, often used by dissidents as a rallying point in Soviet times.

"Troubling to watch arrests of peaceful demonstrators at Pushkin Square," McFaul, Obama's former White House adviser on Russia, tweeted.

"Freedom of assembly and freedom of speech are universal values," wrote McFaul, who presented his credentials to President Dmitry Medvedev, on February 22.

Russia's Foreign Ministry, which is trying to project a more modern image by embracing social media, replied to McFaul with criticism of U.S. and European handling of protests against Wall Street and global capitalism.

"The police on Pushkin (Square) were several times more humane than what we saw in the break up of the Occupy Wall Street protests or the tent camps in Europe," the ministry replied to McFaul's tweet.

Russia and the United States say they are committed to the so-called "reset" of ties which Obama forged with Medvedev, but they still differ over issues including the Syrian crisis and U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in Europe.

At a briefing on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia hoped to build on the improvements in the U.S.-Russian relationship under Obama and Medvedev.

"Moscow without hesitation confirms its dedication to this work. There will be no review of these intentions," Ryabkov said, warning the relationship would face a "test of its durability" during the U.S. election campaign.

Putin accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in December of stirring protests against his 12-year rule by encouraging "mercenary " Kremlin foes. Washington has dismissed the accusations.

McFaul, a Stanford University professor who specialised in analysing the development of democracy in Russia and the former Soviet Union, was criticised by Russian state television when he arrived to take up his new post in January.

Following a meeting with opposition leaders shortly after his arrival, a commentator on state television said McFaul was not an expert on Russia but simply a specialist in the promotion of democracy.

(C) Thomson Reuters 2012

 

[Biswajit.HD]

Twitter announces acquisition of Posterous to diversify platform

Twitter has announced it will be acquiring Posterous, a blogging and content sharing platform with 15 million users that is a direct competitor to the more popular Tumblr. The Posterous Spaces, the socially connected sharing service, will “remain up and running without disruption,” and will be accessible via the web, e-mail, or its mobile app.

Posterous had stood apart from its competition, by offering such features as email posting and tagging, autopost, and group blogging. Announcing the acquisition on a company blog post, Twitter said:

“[Posterous] has built an innovative product that makes sharing across the web and mobile devices simple--a goal we share. Posterous engineers, product managers and others will join our teams working on several key initiatives that will make Twitter even better.”

Users who would want to move away from the Posterous platform, will be provided with “clear instructions” for migrating or backing up their content in the next few weeks. Twitter is likely to rebrand Posterous as well, and so far, only Posterous Spaces will probably survive the deal, with Twitter users using it to share and display tweets and social content, or even group tweet in a defined space.

Posterous CEO and co-founder, Sachin Agarwal, had spoken last year about bringing paid services to the platform. Those plans do not seem likely any longer however, under Twitter’s wings.

Source : Digit

 

[iS THAT ME]

RE: Twitter announces acquisition of Posterous to diversify platform

twitter is on fire these days...going very aggressive !

-Via Forum Runner on Android

 

[ssparikshya]

Twitter followers vs FB Friends

 

[ssparikshya]

Microsoft updates Skydrive, with ODF and Twitter support

Microsoft has added new features to Skydrive, such as support for ODF (Open Document Format), a popular XML-based format for both documents and spreadsheets.

Other features Microsoft has added to Skydrive include a larger browser upload cap limit, now at 300MB. Users will also now be able to share to Twitter, as well as be able create short URLs (sdrv.ms) for Windows Phone images shared to Twitter.

Microsoft, in the brief announcement, informed readers that larger updates will be coming soon:

“We have some really big things coming soon, but for now, enjoy these updates!”

Source: Skydrive

 

[ssparikshya]

How To Change Your Twitter Account Username

If you want to change your Twitter Username for any reason follow the given below simple steps and you are done.


1.Log in to your Twitter Account.
2.Now go to Twitter Settings Page.
3.Click on Account button and than add your new Twitter Account Username in "Username" field box.



4.Finally save your settings and you are done.

 

[Anurag M]

RE: How To Change Your Twitter Account Username

Knew this one before, Anyway thanks for sharing the method here.

 

[Vikram]

RE: How To Change Your Twitter Account Username

But When User name Not Available.....?