"All of these maps, when combined with information from health systems, can improve the way organisations deliver supplies and respond to outbreaks," Laura McGorman and Alex Pompe, Data for Good, Facebook, wrote in a blog on Monday.
May 20, 2019Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said he will “get the entire facts” about social networking site Facebook reportedly demanding new users’ Aadhaar and revert to Parliament. “I have also seen the news (about Facebook) in media. They have also given a reply that it was not mandatory. But I will …
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December 29, 2017Facebook follows a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment to keep the workplace safe, the social network’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has announced. “We have a zero tolerance policy, and that means that when we are able to determine that harassment has occurred, those responsible are fired,” Sandberg said while making the company’s policy …
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December 9, 2017Do you know the common point between Kobe Bryant’s retirement announcement, CBS’s revival plan for Star Trek and the recent announcements from the White House and President Donald Trump’s office? All of them were made not on conventional news or sports networks but on various social media platforms. The exponential rise of social media in …
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November 3, 2017In today’s digital age, it is nearly impossible to keep away from social networking or the Internet —which has become the backbone of competitive, technology-driven world. The advent of which, though with its own benefits, has let loose a network of horrific events. And unfortunately, it is the young innocence of our homes that are …
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October 10, 2017The lethal online game Blue Whale Challenge has allegedly reached Himachal Pradesh after a case of Class 5 student carving the image of a blue whale on his wrist with a blade surfaced in Solan district. The incident came to light on 6 September when the minor boy’s parents noticed a injury mark on his …
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September 8, 2017