By Anita Iyer
All good things come to an end, they say. And we’re sad to see Swedes give up the official @Sweden handle on Twitter.
‘Curators of Sweden’, a project that started in December 2011 as an experiment which allowed a Swede to tweet for a week, came to an end on September 30.
Continue reading What if you were in charge of tweets for @OfficiallyDubai?
By Anamika Chatterjee
A part-hilarious-part-awkward moment on the job came for me way back in 2009. I had been working for a leading news magazine in Delhi then and was asked to edit a story on cervical cancer. The references made in the article led me to an achingly beautiful blog of a cancer survivor that kept me glued to my computer screen. I was seated close to a conference room where a meeting of senior editors had been going on. Taking a break, the seniormost editor stepped out of the meeting room, talking to someone on his cellphone who seemed important. He lurked behind me for a bit — I was too absorbed to take note of his presence. Soon, the never-ending phone call came to an end and he headed back to the conference room.
Continue reading Dear Twitter, high time you granted me that blue tick
By Keith Pereña
A couple of years ago, I deleted (not deactivated) my Facebook account. Deleting a Facebook account is complicated. Unlike deactivating, deleting removes your account and erases your FB information. It even offers users the ability to get a copy of everything they have ever posted online. I used this feature to retrieve five years’ worth of personal information. Now, those five years of my life are not in FB’s hands but in a thumb drive in my keyring.
Continue reading If a hacker got to your account, what secrets would be exposed?
By Sushmita Bose
This week, WKND magazine is running a story on those who’ve opted to live in a sphere of life called “social (media) boondocks”; they are not holding the reins of the most-vaunted threads of the new millennium: social media accounts/handles… or if they did, they’ve chosen to — bucking social (media) pressure — let go. Continue reading When a big, successful brand today exits social media
By Harveena Herr
The sharp suit is a nod to power. Being grilled by Congress is a different sandpit clearly — the rules of play change, and over the last week, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that in his dressing, demeanour and indeed, drama. Continue reading How Mark Zuckerberg showed us that image is everything
By Mary Paulose
What is the collective noun for a group of chefs? A brigade, apparently. So, it was a brigade of top-ranked chefs in the world — all of who have restaurants in Dubai — who got together for a discussion on the present scenario and future of food. Continue reading Chefs get talking about Dubai’s food scene and media trends
By Kelly Clarke
I’m fairly inept when it comes to all things social media. I realise that claim may be a form of social suicide as far as my status as a journalist in the digital era goes, but I’m not averse to taking risks. So here it is, in plain sight; printed for all to see. Continue reading Noor Naem: Catching up with one of ’em ‘social media influencers’
