Social Media

How Facebook, Instagram, YouTube are driving the buzz for films and uptake at the box office

July 26, 2018

Indian film industry is increasingly using digital platforms like Facebook to build interest among fans about the upcoming movies/projects and to catch more eyeballs Even as filmmakers are spending top dollars on traditional media to market and promote their films among masses, it is the social media, which is fast becoming one of the key sources […]

After 4 years, Orkut founder to launch ‘Hello’ social network app in India

April 12, 2018

With hello, the aim is to create positive, meaningful, authentic connections and sustained social engagement A new social networking platform ‘hello’, set up by the founder of the once-popular Orkut, has announced its entry into the Indian market amid the controversy surrounding user data breach at Facebook. hello has been set up by Orkut Buyukkokten, who was the founder of Orkut that once was a leading social networking […]

Russians Pose as Americans to Steal Data on Social Media

March 10, 2018

Americans were targeted on social media by Russian agents on a mission to harvest personal information, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The agents pretended to work for organizations promoting African-American businesses as a ruse to obtain personal information from black business owners during the 2016 presidential election campaign, according to the report. Using names like “BlackMattersUS” […]