Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Internet News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India Gazette.com http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/cat/63e88d54af0cf473/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 03:25:09 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:25:09 -0400 30 Australian Test batsman David Warner was reportedly enraged by a picture linking him to spot-fixing suspect S.Sreesanth in an article by journalist Robert Craddock into corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which led him to insult Craddock and his co-scribe Malcolm Conn on Twitter. An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624463/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624463/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623808/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623808/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 An Australian sports commentator has sparked outrage on Twitter for an Indian impersonation during a news broadcast. Sandy Roberts had put on an Indian accent and made a joke about eating curry following coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) during Channel 7's news broadcast, News.com.au reports. According to the report, Roberts' action caused an instantaneous backlash against him in ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623216/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623216/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi routes, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613298/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613298/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A senior US Senator has posted on Twitter that the country is not working on its foreign policies as of now, remembering that last time when the country had no foreign policies Hitler had started the World War II. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is known for his unusual Twitter feeds referring history, the Huffington Post reports. Grassley has warned that a modern-day Hitler invasion is ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613161/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613161/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A leading senior religious clerics in Saudi Arabia has said that Saudi citizens using Twitter will risk damnation. Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh's declaration comes as a move to attack the US-based microblogging service, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, Saudi leaders fear that Twitter and other social media services are platforms for making the dissidents voice out their ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613159/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214613159/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 You've been preparing for that job interview for weeks. You're wearing your best suit and tie. You walk into your interviewer's office, look the person in the eye and shake hands firmly. The bar is hopping and there's this cute redhead you've been dying to ask out. But you've already had one too many, so you spill some of the drink, fail to apologize and manage to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624902/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:48:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624902/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Though Madison Avenue largely forgets seniors in general, they are now a demographic grossly overlooked on social media. Those 65 years and older are changing: they are living longer, are more active, and becoming increasingly literate online. Not only does this age group have 47x the net worth of households headed by those 35 and older (according to AdAge), but they are now the fastest growing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623852/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:15:19 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623852/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Jim Keenan , the social sales specialist, describes his work today, he'll tell you that he's "ushering salespeople from the old world into the social world" - the cold calling world to the Twitter world, the salespeople who call prospects incessantly to the salespeople who educate their prospects with relevant content. Keenan's argument in ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623856/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:15:18 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623856/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - An Infosys logo is pictured on one of the company's office buildings at their IT campus at Electronics City in Bangalore, February 28, 2012. Picture taken on February 28, 2012. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624350/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:09:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624350/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Augie Grasis Sprint Nextel Corp.s acquisition march continue, this time moving a Kansas City technology company under its umbrella. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) announced Monday that it bought app developer Handmark Inc. and spinoff OneLouder Apps. Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The companies have been negotiating the deal since the summer. It closed on April 4, making Handmark and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624349/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624349/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sprint Nextel Corp. may have acquired Handmark Inc. this spring, but the companies relationship goes back eight years. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) plans to bolster its mobile advertising program, Pinsight Media+, with Handmarks mobile app development and advertising platform through spinoff OneLouder Apps Inc. Heres a timeline of key events that led up to the acquisition: 2000 Handmark ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624348/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214624348/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Recent Augsburg College graduate Kuoth Wiel has a key role in "The Good Lie," which is already being positioned as an Oscar contender for next year. The role was her first attempt at acting. (Photo by Angela Livieri, courtesy of Kuoth Wiel) Kuoth Wiel had a very busy spring. While most of her fellow Minnesotans were busy grousing about the weather, Wiel, 24, spent April and May: ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623452/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:04:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214623452/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 World Day of Communications: English, Wales Bishops Share Scripture Through Social MediaBy Ann SchneibleROME, May 09, 2013 (Zenit.org) - During this Year of Faith, leaders of the Catholic Church of England and Wales are encouraging the faithful to use Twitter to spread the Word of God.For each day of the Holy Year, beginning last October, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214622606/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:12:38 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214622606/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A DETAILED picture of how "Mr and Mrs Average" live has been built up using data from Facebook. The study shows how men and women develop new interests as they mature - and how the genders are often out of sync. While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, for example, the average man waits until his 45th birthday before working hard to get in shape. Women's ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214622133/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:46 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214622133/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Yahoo announced they will acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion this afternoon. The news comes about a year after Facebook snatched up the hot startup Instagram. In a post-Facebook world, that leaves two large independent social networks: Twitter and Pinterest, the oldest and youngest in the group, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214620414/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:58:09 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214620414/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Source: Reuters Sharing your feelings can lead to deeper relationships in the workplace, Facebook's chief operating officer says. Sheryl Sandberg admitted in an interview with India's Mint that she cries at work, adding women are not "one type of person Monday through Friday" and "then a different person in the nights and weekends". "I think we are all of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618414/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:20 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618414/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A youth from Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh was arrested on Sunday for creating a fake Facebook account of a female student and posting her morphed pictures, the police said.The youth, allegedly created a Facebook account of the girl and uploaded her morphed images along with obscene as well as false information, besides her contact number, the police said.The victim lodged a complaint with ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618415/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:45:06 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618415/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A man who says he's the driver of a Jeep involved in a stunt demonstration that killed a 20-year-old woman in Edmonton has apologized, saying the tragedy should never have happened. "I have never been so terrified in my life and I am soooooooooo sorry, I know there will be a ton of hatred and speculation regarding what happened, and I accept that," Craig Supernault wrote on his ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617951/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:01:22 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617951/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Minority shareholders in Clearwire say they will oppose the offer made by Sprint. Minority shareholders of Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) likely will vote against a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) next week. Fox Business reported that they want to force Sprint, the nation's third largest wireless carrier, to sweeten its offer. Sprint owns slightly more than half of Clearwire and it ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618317/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:47 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214618317/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 (Credit: Twitter/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Life becomes more meaningful when someone from a long way away reflects your own thoughts. It makes you feel less alone, less forlorn on your island of one. I was, therefore, lifted to heights previously unimagined on hearing that the head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has declared that Twitter is an appalling waste ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617022/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617022/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests. The public relations company that helped carry out the research says the results are a concern. But a social media consultant says the study simply highlights the fact that many companies have moved on from being afraid of having their "brands ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617427/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214617427/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 To compete successfully in today's new media landscape, simply having an optimized website isn't enough. You must now consider a number of new factors when designing your website. These factors include modern design and content, usability and conversion, and search and social media. Not only has the SEO technological market changed with new on- an off-page SEO considerations, the way ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616885/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:08:33 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616885/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 David Karp, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tumblr Inc., has agreed to sell the blogging site to Yahoo, whose board approved spending $1.1B in cash on the deal. Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616812/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:38:59 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616812/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 A little more than 3 months before Facebook went public, the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, wrote in his SEC Registration letter that his website was not originally created to be a company. The social network went public on May 18, 2012. According to its CEO the original dream was to build a website for which the function would be to accomplish a social mission which is to make the world more open and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616354/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:18:33 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616354/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 WASHINGTON - After a market debut marred by technical glitches and a deep dive in the company’s stock price, Facebook has spent the past year focused on its biggest weaknesses: how to make money and keep its more than 1 billion users tethered to the social network. The results have been mixed. The company’s stock price has recovered some of its worst losses, and Facebook has ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616157/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:15:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214616157/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 SAN FRANCISCO -- Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced today that Facebook, Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer. Facebook confirmed that its members can take pictures with Glass and post them to their Facebook timelines, with an app that allows them to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615807/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:39:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615807/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 CHICAGO – Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook. Prosecutors say 15-year-old Kenneth Brown, Justin Applewhite and Scandale Fritz, both 16, attacked the girl at Fritz' home on Dec. 15. According to court records, Fritz took the girl to the basement of his home and assaulted her. Fritz allegedly brought Brown ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615666/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:24:19 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615666/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615262/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:54:46 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214615262/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 's initial public offering, a retrospective might be in order. A year ago I was so skeptical of all the ballyhoo that I offered readers two rather more conventional stocks which I suggested had better stock appreciation prospects. I am pleased to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614160/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:07:15 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614160/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Social media websites are a modern-day vanity fair. They are a place where many people do all they can to get noticed and to receive a response from their circles of social contacts. The ultimate goal is to present yourself as a successful and happy individual. As a result, the majority ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614195/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51:43 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614195/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday a measure that allows stiffer penalties for people convicted of using social media to organize mob attacks.Social media has made it easier for groups of people to orchestrate violence, including those related to gang activity and some recent problems along Chicago's Magnificent Mile, legislators said."As we know in recent months, we have had a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614380/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214614380/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Australian batsman David Warner is under investigation following comments on his Twitter account directed against two of the country's leading cricket writers. Photo by: Cameron ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214612519/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:42:22 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214612519/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Not so long ago the web was a wild, barren and alien landscape. We knew its potential and we knew we were excited by it, but we weren't sure exactly how to make it look good. There were hindrances of course; slow dial-up modem speeds, and a limited choice of web-safe colours and fonts, were the thorn in the side of the web designer until relatively recently. We now enjoy almost unlimited ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214612719/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:54 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214612719/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 SYDNEY (AFP) - Batsman David Warner was on Sunday reported for an alleged breach of Cricket Australia's code of conduct after a Twitter rant directed at two of the country's leading cricketing writers."Warner is alleged to have breached Rule 6: Unbecoming Behaviour, regarding comments posted on his Twitter account," Cricket Australia said in a statement.CA began investigating ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611592/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:19:48 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611592/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Australia opener Dave Warner has been officially reported for his expletive-laden outburst at two Australian journalists.Warner lashed out at senior journalists Malcolm Conn and Robert Craddock on the social media site at around 4am local time in India, upset that Craddock - a News Limited journalist - wrote a piece on Saturday slamming the shadiness of the Indian Premier League.Cricket Australia ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611595/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:45:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611595/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 After committing to Kansas on Tuesday, mega prospect Andrew Wiggins made a big mistake. He sat down in his coach's office, pulled out his cellphone and checked immediate Twitter reaction to his decision.Wiggins could be seen shaking his head and mumbling in disbelief as he read the ill wishes expressed by some fans of the losing schools in the recruiting race: Florida State, North Carolina ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611020/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214611020/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 CHICAGO – Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas. Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation doubling the maximum prison term for offenders to six years. The legislation ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214610493/scat/63e88d54af0cf473 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:25:22 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214610493/scat/63e88d54af0cf473