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Loknath Das - August 31, 2017
- Social Media
Social media helps save lives during Harvey
Thousands of lives were saved this week in Southeast Texas. Some of those are thanks to social media. People used the internet to broadcast their need for help. A…
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Loknath Das
- July 31, 2017
- Social Media
In Costly Silicon Valley, Case of Facebook Contractor Who Lives in a Car
Unable to afford an apartment in Silicon Valley, a contractor working for Facebook is being forced to live out of her car. According to a report in Daily Mail, Parsha, who has earned a sobriquet…
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Loknath Das
- July 12, 2017
- Technology
Technology can save lives, not just improve them
Bristol Braille Technology, which won the accessibility award, created an affordable braille electronic reader, designed with, by and for blind people. Photograph: AbilityNet With so much coverage about the dark underbelly…
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Loknath Das
- July 9, 2017
- Social Media
We are curating our lives for social media, it is not who we really are
The Facebook post is a reflection of what we project but what we search on Google is a testament to what we are at our most insecure (and honest) (File…
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Loknath Das
- June 8, 2017
- Social Media
The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers
Earlier this week, Harvard University revealed that it had rescinded admissions offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images within what they thought was a private Facebook group…
