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BHUBANESWAR: In a case of breach of privacy on cyberspace, the Commissionerate Police here on Saturday received a complaint from students of Ramadevi Womens University that the photographs of at least 50 girls were used on a Facebook account with derogatory comments and captions.

The students alleged that one Aaroshi Creations, which had organised a virtual contest titled 'Best Display Picture on Facebook, used personal photographs of the girls without their consent. So far, six girls from the varsity have lodged complaints with the Saheed Nagar police. The police have registered a case under the Information Technology Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The students came to know about the contest through a message on WhatsApp which was widely circulated in the university. However, one of the complainants said that none of the girls whose photographs were posted on the social networking page, had participated in the contest which was held on March 4.

We suspect that one of our acquaintances, who also figures in the Facebook friend list of Aarohi Creations, has shared our pictures with the miscreant. Several photos of the 'contest' and its winners were also posted on the same page later, but none of my friends had participated in it," a post-graduate student of Ramadevi University said.

The complainants charged the owner of Aarohi Creations and another woman of misutilising their personal photographs on the Internet. Inspector in charge of Sahid Nagar police station, Kishore Chandra Mund, said that the matter was being investigated and the police were trying to ascertain whether it was the owner of Aarohi Creations who committed the offence or the social networking page was hacked.

The police refused to divulge details about Aarohi Creations or its owner. Earlier this month, there was a post on the same page which reported that the organisation was running a sex racket in the city. There is a possibility that the account was hacked, Mund added.

Soon after the matter was reported to the police, the social networking account was blocked.On Sunday, the police will be writing to Facebook authorities to verify who accessed the account and the IP address of the system from whichthe pictures were posted.

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In the age of social media, Mayor Gary Resnick wants more residents to participate in old-fashioned face to face social networking.

To that end, the mayor announced a potluck event so neighbors can meet each other again. Its scheduled for Thursday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. at Coral Gardens Park, Northeast 27 Drive and Coral Gardens Drive, in the eastern portion of the city. Resnick said organizing the event was the fulfillment of a promise he said he made during his re-election campaign.

Resnick asked those who attend to bring food and to leave their smartphones. He added that there will also be games, activities and refreshments.

City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson said the first neighborhood block party will serve as a test and that the city hopes to do one every couple of months. Were looking for neighbors who want to host one, said Henderson.

That desire for face to face social interaction isnt only shared by the mayor.

The Circle of Friends is a group formed last year by residents Janice Fromal and Benjamin Little. But while the group is filled with members who want face to face socialization, Little said the members dont really think about the reasons why. Its just something they do.

Were an older group and Im not sure how much any of us are really happy using social media. This is an older crowd. Were all over 60. I dont think social media enters into our thinking at all.

The group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 4 to 6 p.m., usually at Hagen Park, and does a different activity each time. On April 12, members will be meeting in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea for dinner. Those interested must sign up before the event. The last event scheduled so far is on July 12.

Weve had card games. Weve had board games. Weve had bingo. Weve had somebody come and talk to us about the challenges of exercise [at an older age], Little said. We get together as a group and have a good time.

For more information on hosting a city block party, call 954-390-2120. To sign up for the Circle of Friends April dinner, call 954 390-2130.

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If there was an appropriate way to express our love for Apple, wed build a chapel and worship everything the geeks in California do.

But alas, thats not happening anytime soon. In the meanwhile, Apple brings good news in April. The newly-announced app, Clips will make social networking and image sharing even more fun. Users can combine video clips, photos and music into great-looking videos to share with friends through the Messages app, or on Instagram, Facebook and other popular social networks.

Is this going to be the newest app on the block?

Clips will have something fun in store to ensure it doesnt get lost in the hordes of apps out there, but we can be hopeful, coz its Apple, after all. We can definitely expect something exceptional from the makers of those drool-worthy gadgets that we love. For those who document every moment of their lives on social network will be able to do so better.

Clips is designed to give iPad and iPhone users a completely new way of expressing themselves through video. A few taps and the user would make for a great editor. The app is user-friendly and the Live Titles feature helps create animated captions and titles using voice command.

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Come April and Apple brings Clips for the expressive, social networking soul - Stuff

Facebook is bringing reactions and mentions, two key features of its flagship social media platform, to the Messenger app.

Designed for use in group chats, reactions will work much the same way they currently do in your Facebook News Feed. Tapping and holding any message in a chat will bring up a selection of emoji similar to those that appear when you hover your mouse over the "like" button on a post on Facebook.

Messenger reactions will also include the thumbs up and thumbs down emoji, which might come in handy to accept or reject the restaurant that someone in the chat suggests for dinner, for example. Reactions also work in one-on-one conversations, and they'll show up on any message, including text, stickers, videos, and GIFs. They can even be used on other emoji (in other words, if your group texts are anything like ours, you'll need to get ready for even more emoji overload).

The other classic Facebook feature arriving on Messenger is the ability to directly notify someone when they've been mentioned in a conversation. As you would when you're composing a Facebook post or status update, mention someone in a Messages conversation by typing the "@" symbol or the first few letters of his or her name.

Everyone in the group chat will get a notification when you send the message, but the person you mention will get a different notification that tells them they were called out.

Facebook says the new mention and reaction features will be rolling out to Messenger users worldwide in the next few days, as well as users of the Chat app for Facebook Workplace.

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Reactions, Mentions Arrive on Facebook Messenger - PCMag India

Snap (SNAP) received a buy rating and is said to have replaced Twitter (TWTR) as the No. 2 social networking platform among advertisers, but it faces a formidable rival in Facebook (FB), according to two analyst reports released Wednesday.

The buy rating came from Drexel Hamilton, while the viewpoint that Snap has moved above Twitter came from a report by Needham analyst Laura Martin.

Martin says she met with and quoted the CEO of a company that represents large brands that want to spend ad dollars on social media platforms. Though unnamed in the report, Martin said he's an expert who's worked with all social ad platforms and has spent "hundreds of millions of dollars" on social networking sites.

In the battle for dominance in social networking platforms, it's Facebook's game to lose, Martin's report said.

"Their data superiority, targeting capability, and myriad ad inventory options across four sites makes Facebook the go-to scale player for brands," she said.Martin maintained an underperform rating on Snap.

Snap is the operator of Snapchat, a mobile messaging platform used for sending photos and videos to other Snapchat users. The images disappear in under 10 seconds or can last for 24 hours, depending on user discretion. Facebook has copied many of the most popular features of Snapchat.

Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White put a buy rating on Snap in a report Wednesday, with a price target of 30.

Snap completed its initial public offering on March 2 but has been hit mostly with a series of sell ratings. White was the second to issue a buy rating.

Snap stock was up 7.1% to close at 21.82 on the stock market today.

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White referred to Snap as a company with "high risk" but also with "explosive growth potential." But the company, which startedcommercial operations in 2011, did not start to monetize the site until 2015.

"The company's new business model is still unproven and Snap operates at a significant loss," White wrote. "As such, the company is still a little rough around the edges in its development and business model. However, this is one of the reasons we like Snap as an investment as we see the potential but it is not yet reflected in the stock price."

Snap competes against a number of companies. These include Facebook, with its Messenger and WhatsApp platform, the Google and YouTube outfits of Alphabet (GOOGL), Line Corp. (LN) and Twitter.

"Although other social messaging platforms enjoy a much higher user base, we believe Snapchat has a cachet with millennials that will be difficult for other platforms to garner," White wrote.

Snap ended 2016 with 158 million Snapchat users. Snapchat is one of the most popular mobile applications with millennials, a group highly sought after by advertisers.

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