Social Media - Electronic Gurudev

Snapchat, the next-big-thing in social media after Facebook and Instagram, had gotten itself into trouble after the alleged comment by CEO Evan Spiegel who said that the ‘app is for rich people’ and hence, they don’t want to expand to poor countries such as India and Spain. This comment has outraged users in India resulting in them not only uninstalling the app but also giving it a single-star rating both on Apple app store and Google play store. However, latest rating stats from both Apple app store and Google play store for Snapchat indicates that negative reviews/ratings might have been removed by respective stores. Although at the moment reason behind the action is not yet confirmed. However, it definitely raises questions on sanctity of existing ratings, users post on these stores. ...

The nation seems to have been divided over Akshay Kumar’s national award win. While some people expressed their happiness on social media, there were others who thought that he didn’t deserve it over actors such as Manoj Bajpayee (Aligrah) and Aamir Khan (Dangal). Some even trolled him brutally in the same regard. Now filmmaker Priyadarshan, who has collaborated with Akshay Kumar for various films including Hera Pheri, Bhagam Bhag, Garam Masala and Bhool Bhulaiyaa amongst others, has taken a stand against those questioning the actor’s win, after many attributed it to his closeness with Priyadarshan, who is the Jury Chairperson in Feature Films category. Defending his stance, the filmmaker said, “I have heard of all that and I will answer it in a simple way. When Ramesh Sippy was ju...