How Facebook - the Walmart of the internet - dismantled online subcultures. Before the internet, people interested in body modification – not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn to more unusual practices like ear pointing, tongue splitting, suspension, scarification and the voluntary amputation of limbs and organs – had a difficult time meeting others who shared their interests. The internet, of course, changed everything: You can chat and connect with anyone from your computer. And in 1994 – more than a decade before Facebook launched – body modification enthusiasts started their own social media platform: the Body Modification E-zine, or BME. First operating as a bulletin board service (an early form of online message boards), BME eventually added features and functions that were forerunners before now-familiar online tools: blogging, wikis, online dating and podcasts. But as sites like Facebook and Myspace emerged, BME found itself competing for attention with these new “global communities.”
A commitment to authenticity Trying to keep pace. How WhatsApp encryption works - and why there shouldn't be a backdoor. A battle between national security and privacy is brewing. Governments and secret services are asking encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp to allow them access to users’ data. Most recently, in the wake of the March attack at Westminster, Amber Rudd, the UK home secretary, said it was unacceptable that the government couldn’t read the encrypted messages of suspected terrorists. The main argument behind this request is that access to messages will allow authorities to thwart future terror attacks.
On the other hand, there are many ordinary people who use messaging apps for daily communication and this request would be a direct breach of their privacy. But this isn’t the only problem – creating a way for the authorities to read encrypted messages would also make the system vulnerable to cyber attacks from criminals and other hackers, removing what makes it a secure way to communicate in the first place. How does encryption work? What government wants. Apple to start making iPhone 6 and 6S models in India over next two months. Apple Inc. will soon start assembling iPhones in India for the first time, say government officials familiar with its plans, boosting the company's chances of gaining a foothold in the fast-growing market. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron Corp. will likely start making iPhone 6 and 6S models here in the next four-to-six weeks at its plant in Bangalore, said an official of the southern state of Karnataka where the tech hub is located.
It will add Apple's cheapest iPhone model, the SE, to its assembly line in about three months, the official said. "Almost all preparations have been done for launching Apple's first phase project in Bangalore through Wistron," the official told The Wall Street Journal. "We've been working hard to develop our operations in India," an Apple spokeswoman said. "We appreciate the constructive and open dialogue we've had with government about further expanding our local operations. " Source: The Wall Street Journal. Facebook Live feature available to desktop users now. Apple releases red iPhones, cuts prices on lower-end iPads. Apple is refreshing and cutting prices on two of its iPads, but held back on updating its higher-end tablets. A much-speculated 10.5-inch iPad didn't materialise, nor did new versions of iPad Pros aimed at businesses and creative professionals.
Apple unveiled the new iPads through a press release rather than a staged event, the opposite of the process reserved for bigger product releases, which typically are unveiled in September or October, in time for the holiday shopping season. The tablet market is in an extended decline after a few years of rapid growth. According to IDC, tablet shipments fell 20 percent, to 53 million in the final three months of 2016, compared with the same period in 2015.
The iPad Air 2 is replaced by a new model simply called the iPad. The smaller, 7.9-inch iPad Mini 4 now comes with 128 gigabytes of storage starting at $399, down from $499. The new iPad Mini 4 is available right away, while the standard-size iPad comes out next week, with orders to begin Friday. Latest News: 'Baahubali 2' in IMAX will enhance hugeness, spirit: Rajamouli. Latest News: Before Bahubali 2, makers to release Bahubali 1 again. Rajamouli today said they are planning to show the first part a week before the second edition hits theatres on April 28. "We are planning to release part one maybe one or two weeks before the release of part two in southern states so people can get back into the narrative," Rajamouli said at the trailer launch of the Hindi version here. Both Rana Daggubati and Prabhas are overwhelmed with the response to the trailer.
"The fans are happy with it. It's overwhelming to be a part of the film," Rana said. The Tamil version of the trailer had leaked online hours before its official release and the makers called it "technical glitch". A guide to creating a retirement budget -Business Standard. Retirement means taking things easy. But in order to have a happy one it is never a good idea to be complacent about the planning. Finance institutions like HDFC Life offer tailor-made innovative pension plans to provide financial security for a happy retired life without compromising on living standards. Experts, in fact, recommend that retirement planning should start from the day you start earning. Presenting six steps to help retire in comfort. 1. Budget for retirement Knowing post-retirement expenses is crucial to retirement planning.
Two ways to do it: a. Every individual needs roughly about 70% to 80% of pre-retirement gross income. It’s a good idea to consult a financial advisor on how to create a monthly budget. B. Some expenses, such as those on clothing and entertainment, come down. How to come up with an estimate? Start with your current spending pattern: Use your monthly take-home pay as a starting point, and then ask a few questions. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Fashion lovers can buy look-alike runway lines through Facebook, Instragram.
The much awaited Amazon India Fashion Week autumn/winter 2017 has begun for fashionistas. This year, Amazon has innovatively decided to move runway merchandise in real time through platforms like Instagram and Facebook. According to The Economics Times, Amazon is betting heavily on Facebook and Instagram for ramping up the focus on Amazon India Fashion Week Autumn Winter 17 (AIFWAW17). This year, consumers will be able to buy look-alike runway AIFWAW17 merchandise through Facebook and Instagram in real time. Even though this is a first for India, globally, fashion brands have been leveraging the reach of social media. “For the first time ever, the campaign also makes it more accessible to the online fashion shopper as we curate Amazon Fashion selection real-time in line with the latest trends and highlights from the runway,” said Arun Sirdeshmukh, head, Amazon Fashion to ET.
This year Amazon India plans to target 25 million consumers through the social media platform. How does it work? Crop loan waiver in UP could cost BJP govt less than Rs 8,000 cr. With agriculture contributing over 27 per cent to Uttar Pradesh’s net state domestic product, the incoming Bharatiya Janata Party government’s promise to waive loans taken by small and marginal farmers, an assurance Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated several times during his campaign, looks impressive on paper and could go a long way in reducing farm indebtedness. But experts feel a waiver of crop loans can have a negative impact on credit quality in farming.
Also, state governments can only waive crop loans taken from cooperative banks and primary agricultural cooperative societies (PACS), which extend a small part of total farm loans. Most farmers take loans from nationalised banks and a big waiver can only be done by the Centre. The share of farm loans taken from state-level financial institutions is barely a third of the total. Over 70 per cent of all farm credit in a financial year is disbursed by scheduled commercial banks. BJP win in UP to trigger war on cash; banks to benefit: BofA-ML. Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) landslide victory in the key state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is likely to intensify the government's war against black money / cash, suggests the latest Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) equity strategy report co-authored by Sanjay Mookim and Anand Kumar. The crackdown, the report suggests, could entail more transaction disclosure, increased tax on cash, restrict cash holdings (remaining un-implemented proposal of SIT on black money).
This war on cash, BofA-ML feels, will be beneficial for banks as it would result in more financial inclusion, more fees and potential lending. Better reporting can allow private banks to compete with the public sector units (PSUs) for SME (small and medium enterprises) business, it says. Also Read: UP poll result has made a mockery of the criticism that demonetisation got: Chris Wood "Loan waivers (if large enough and if replicated outside of UP) can be taken negatively, especially for the PSU banks. Nifty hits record closing high to end above 9,050 for first time ever.
The benchmark Nifty50 index on Tuesday closed above its crucial 9050-mark for the first time ever as investors saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh as an indication of him winning a second term in office in Lok Sabha elections 2019. In intraday trade, the Nifty50 rose as much as 2% to hit its record high of 9,122 points surpassing its previous peak of 9,119 hit on March 4, 2015. The S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, gained 615 points to 29562 during the day, 463 points shy of its lifetime high of 30,025-mark.
The 30-share Sensex settled the trade at 29,443, up 496 points, while the broader 50-share Nifty ended at 9,087, up 152 points. In the broader market, The BSE Mid-Cap and BSE Smallcap indices underperformed the frontline indices by rising 1.4% and 1.2%, respectively. The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, remained strong. 1,686 shares rose and 1,135 shares fell. Sectors and stocks Inflation edges up BJP's big victory Global markets. WPI Inflation rises to over three year high at 6.5% on food, fuel prices. The wholesale price index-based inflation (WPI) jumped to a 39-month high of 6.55 per cent in February compared to 5.25 per cent in the previous month on the back of expensive food and fuel items, even as manufacturing products saw a decline in inflation. The data justifies the Reserve Bank of India's caution on loose monetary stance amid expected increase in interest rates in the United States in the next few days.
Expectations are that the consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation would also break its six-month declining spree in February on the support of food prices. The data for CPI inflation would come later today. Icra principal economist Aditi Nayar pegged CPI inflation at 3.9 per cent in February against 3.2 per cent in January. With this, the gap between WPI and CPI, which has been widening in the last few months, would narrow down. In fact, food has a higher weight of over 45 per cent in CPI than just 14.3 per cent in WPI. Photo: Shutterstock. 2017 polls: 'Modi wave' is alive and kicking. With gruelling elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, now over, the popular discourse has now shifted to predicting the poll results, which anyhow would be out in the open tomorrow.
While most exit polls have accorded the edge in poll outcome to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), barring Punjab, the results nonetheless would be analysed in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP’s biggest mass leader to date, Modi had crisscrossed the poll-bound states of UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, over the last two months to consolidate the party’s core votes. However, he had invested maximum energies in the crucial state of UP, which returns 403 legislators to the state assembly. Although Modi was not a candidate himself, the polls were largely played on the theme of ‘Modi versus all’ in all these states, especially UP. BJP win in these polls would surely elevate Modi’s aura, yet a few setbacks are unlikely to diminish his stature though.
UP Assembly election: SP call exit polls influenced; confident of victory. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party-Congress (SP-Congress) combine on Friday exuded confidence about victory of their respective party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, a day after exit poll results suggested the saffron party will have an edge over rivals. BJP leaders said they would get a "two-third majority" in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly. The SP sought to pick holes in the surveys, terming these as "nonsensical" and "influenced". Dismissing the exit poll results, the Congress said that the poll outcome on Saturday will be in its favour.
The counting of votes for Assembly polls held in five states, including Uttar Pradesh will take place on Saturday. "The surveys have shown BJP will win. Asked to comment on SP president Akhilesh Yadav's remark hinting at a post-poll tie-up with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), BJP MP from the state Yogi Adityanath said this showed that the SP-Congress combine has "already accepted its defeat". Exit polls 2017 : Get live updates & News on 2017 Assembly Elections Exit polls. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thurday expressed confidence that the BJP would win the high-stakes Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with an "absolute" majority, two days before counting of votes. Asked about his party's prospects in the state, he told reporters, "We will get absolute majority".
He, however, did not answer questions about who will be the party's chief ministerial candidate if it comes to power. The counting of votes for the five-state Assembly polls, including in UP, will be held on March 11 with results expected the same day. UP underwent seven-phase polls spread across almost a month. 5:44 PM Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP allaince heading towards a crushing defeat in Punjab: India Today Awadh: Vote Share SP-Cong: 24.25% Others: 17.93% 5:36 PM INDIA TODAY gives Punjab to Congress with 62-71 seats. 5:33 PM Uttar Pradesh: First phase BJP getting 33-36 seats. Govt asks SBI to reconsider minimum balance penalty. TomTom Spark 3: A fitness tracker that will never let you lose your way. 26/11 Mumbai attack carried out by our own terror groups: Pakistan ex-NSA. Music Broadcast Limited IPO: Should you invest? SBI to charge for breaching monthly average balance in saving accounts.
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