Jul 15, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – the final movie of the popular movie franchise – was released today in most countries. Without doubt the fans will ensure it gets a spectacular opening, but more than that the frenzied fan following of Harry Potter has ensured immense activity in the world of online social media. The Facebook page for...

May 2, 2011

In news that has led to celebrations in most of the world and despair in some, Osama Bin Laden, the dreaded “chief death eater” was killed on Sunday by US forces in the Pakistani town of Abbotabad, which is about 90 Km from the capital Islamabad. Meanwhile, the popular spoof twitter handle of Lord Voldemort @Lord_Voldemort7 tweeted this: If...

The Harry Potter series may finally be available in digital ebook format for devices like Kindle and iPad, according to a report. Harry Potter might finally be getting around to entering the 21st century. The Scotsman newspaper reports that after years ignoring the format, JK Rowling is considering e-book versions of all seven installments of the series that...

Oh God. So now what? What should I tell them? Tell me what should I tell them?” —BARKHA DUTT What kind of story do you want? Because this will go as Counterpoint, so it will be like most-most read…” —VIR SANGHVI Saw TV last week? Or read the papers? Did you hear or read of India’s latest scandal, as it unfolded with Outlook and Open Magazine’s...

As more and more Americans get disilussioned with President Barack Obama, criticism of some of his ways have been unleashed on the internet. Many of the current ones pertain to his use of the teleprompter. Obama is perhaps the only world leader in history who uses a teleprompter to deliver speeches. Critics say that without a teleprompter Obama becomes...

i-level, a prominent UK based digital marketing company, has gone into administration after losing a government contract for advertising followed by severe cash flow problems. The 10-year-old agency lost the Government’s multi-million-pound digital media account to Sir Martin Sorrell’s GroupM in February, which accounted for some £40m of billings,...