Attacked poverty by using tech power: Modi

      San Jose (California) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government “attacked poverty by using power of networks and mobile phones”.

Speaking at the Digital India Dinner here, Modi said: “Since my government came to office we attacked poverty by using power of networks and mobile phones to launch a new era of empowerment.”

“I see technology as a means to empower and as a tool that bridges the distance between hope and opportunity,” he said, adding: “In this digital age, we have an opportunity to transform lives of people in ways that was hard to imagine just a couple of decades ago.”read more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/international/attacked-poverty-by-using-tech-power-modi/

Top Indian American executive quits Twitter

   
   A top-level Indian American executive has quit micro-blogging site Twitter to pursue some exciting new projects, the latest in a string of high-profile departures.

The exit of Rishi Garg, Twitter’s head of mergers and acquisitions, comes weeks after Twitter said it is replacing its CEO Dick Costolo with co-founder Jack Dorsey as an interim CEO, USA Today reported.read  more  http://www.vishwagujarat.com/nri-corner/top-indian-american-executive-quits-twitter-2/

Google Plus starts using a Twitter account after 4 years

Finally, Google’s social network “Google Plus” started using a Twitter account which they opened in 2011 almost after four years. With an announcement made on their own Google Plus page, the question was posed if you tweet because they do too. After first tweet, Twitter account of Google plus very quickly picked up over 19,000 followers and that number is...
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Don’t believe everything written in media: Emma Watson

London : “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has urged fans not to go with every report that the media publishes. It was reported last week that Watson and Prince Harry are dating each other but the 24-year-old took to Twitter Sunday to express her feeling on such rumours, reports dailymail.co.uk.s “World. Remember that little talk we had about not believing everything written in the media ... Read More

Don’t believe everything written in media: Emma Watson

London : “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has urged fans not to go with every report that the media publishes. It was reported last week that Watson and Prince Harry are dating each other but the 24-year-old took to Twitter Sunday to express her feeling on such rumours, reports dailymail.co.uk.s “World. Remember that little talk we had about not believing everything written in the media ... Read More