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The External Affairs Ministry of the Government of India, recently launched an app that brings websites and various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform. The initiative (app) that is aimed at increasing the ministry’s public outreach, has been developed in cooperation with Facebook. The idea is to help people connect with Indian missions abroad and the ministry of external affairs through a range of social media platforms under one roof, instead of accessing multiple websites. “The app is a one stop shop to find...

In an attempt to combat digital terrorism, Twitter has suspended 360,000 accounts linked to terror activities since middle of 2015. The company is its official blog postsaid that it has suspended an additional 235,000 accounts for violating company’s policies related to promotion of terrorism in the six months since February 2016. Twitter said that earlier this year, it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for “violating longtime prohibition on violent threats and the promotion of terrorism and shared a number of steps to combat such content. Since then, the...

To help business owners connect with their potential customers and fans, Twitter has announced the launch of yet another standalone application: Twitter Dashboard. Dashboard is aimed at SME businesses that want to use Twitter to connect with their customers and streamline engagement for business accounts. The app offers a suite of tools, including customized feeds of tweets, tools for scheduling posts, access to tips on what to tweet, analytics and more. Similar to Twitter Engage, the idea with Dashboard is effectively to serve as a more personalized, custom destination and app for...