Social Networking Sites What’s common between your best school friend, your cousin and your college roommate or may be some of your relatives – it’s your very own social networking sites which help us to stay connected with our loved ones and cherish our bonds with them. In modern times when we don’t have time to write long mails, call up or text our friends, relatives or former colleagues... 

Anti Social Networking Newton’s third law states “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. I am sure when Newton formed this law; he did not anticipate its application would be valid even in networking sites. Everyone today has at least one or more networking accounts – Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and so on. But there are many people, who consciously avoid... 

The Japanese Wife In the age of Facebook, Orkut and other such social networking sites, where we make friends from all over the world, but are never really in touch with them, release of Aparna Sen’s new film, The Japanese Wife comes as a breathe of fresh air as it reinforces the importance of pen friendship. The Japanese Wife is a story of pen friendship that evolved into a full-fledged romance... 

Cricket India Two of the top test teams fighting for honour in the series which is unofficially christened as ‘World Championship of Cricket‘. Neo Cricket channel has been given marketing rights for telecasting India – South Africa Tour, which would be played in India. Neo channel has planned up to spend approx. Rs. 2.5 crores for the campaigning for promotion of this series. South Africa... 

After Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta, now Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has joined social networking site Twitter. “Being extremely shy, I never thought I would be here (on Twitter). But my friend Karan Johar insisted that I should learn to share my life,” Shah Rukh posted on his Twitter page. “Thanks everyone, this is really sweet…didn’t expect such... 

Google Inc has revamped its search engine to allow results to be refreshed with up-to-the-second data increasingly churned out by the new crop of real-time Web products. The move to integrate real-time search results directly into Google’s flagship Web search product comes nearly two months after the company announced a partnership to license data from microblogging service Twitter. It also... 

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has joined the fast-growing ‘Twitterati’ club, and to start with the bourse has begun posting live quotes of its benchmark index Nifty on the micro-blogging website Twitter. With this, NSE has become the first Indian bourse — and so far the only one — to have a presence on Twitter, which has become a favoured short-messaging social networking... 

Twitter may have gained immense popularity as a microblogging website but in India majority use it as a source for news.  A survey by a technology site says about 16% of Indian users regularly ‘tweet’ to get news updates. While 11% use it to stay in touch with their friends, 10% use the website for research purpose, according to the survey. The social networking site, launched in 2006... 

Google Inc is working on a new test version of its search engine, which the company claims will be faster and more relevant than ever before. The company has dubbed the new search engine “caffeine”. Look-wise, the new engine doesn’t appear different, but its developers hope that the technology they have used will noticeably index new content faster. Google engineers are said to have... 

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is on cloud nine after scoring a hat-trick with her latest release Kaminey. “Thank you guys (audiences) for your positivity on Kaminey! And yes, it is a hat-trick. Yay,” elated Priyanka posted on her Twitter page. The 27-year-old has delivered three hits in a row – first she wowed the audience with her power-packed performance as an ambitious model... 

Seems a lighter version of Facebook is on the cards. The world’s no. 1 the social-networking site has sent out invitations to select us ers to beta test the site, termed Facebook Lite. According to TechCrunch, it has been inundated with social networkers who have been asked to try out Facebook Lite saying that, surprise, it is more Twitter-like. The message sent out to beta testers reads, “You... 

Bollywood is a strange place when it comes to friendships and enmities. While we are still wondering if there is something more than friendship between Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur, it seems there is a new friendship on the horizon for Piggy Chops. Priyanka, who is an avid Twitter user, has found her tech-soul-sister in none other than fellow actress Gul Panag who has taken to the micro-blogging... 

Desi girl Priyanka Chopra got a cool 27th birthday gift from her proud parents. While the world is showering her with love, her parents, it seems, are showering her with jewellery. The Fashion star revealed her parents’ gift to her on her Twitter page, she said, “My parents got me a diamond belly button ring for my bday.” She may not have a steady boyfriend who is gifting her diamonds,... 

Washington, July 16 (ANI): Don’t expect Brad Pitt to follow in Ashton Kutcher’s footsteps and take picture of his partner’s booty and post it online. In August’s Wired magazine, the star is asked what he thought about Kutcher putting a photo of his wife Demi Moore’s bottom on Twitter. “Don’t take a picture of your wife’s butt. That’s silly. Take... 

London, Jul 13 (ANI): American singer Aubrey O’Day is all set to appear in the Las Vegas revue, Peepshow. O’Day, 25, who had bared all for Playboy earlier this year, will start her session on the show in September. The former Danity Kane member has even posted pictures of herself dressed up as a Peep Diva on Twitter. And Co-CEO of Base Entertainment, Scott Zeiger, agrees that she is fit...