Users of Instagram and Snapchat UAE have tripled in the last two years while the globally, the usage has only doubled, a study by Kantar TNS shows.…
Dismantling Popularity: What Makes Social Media Celebrities?
The internet will always have fads that spread like wildfire and eventually fade but what do social media celebrities have that create permanent followers?…
16 Hilarious Arab Instagram Accounts You Need to Follow
From wry humour, parent problems, gaming fanatics and animal owners, we tracked down the most funny Arab Instagram accounts to follow.…
7 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile Really Matters [For Job Hunting & Otherwise]
If you’re currently a working professional, there’s a good chance you’ve been through this experience at least once in your life (if not weekly); it could have been just after graduating from universi…
This, That & Other Nonsense Vol. XXV: Mobiles: Quiet & Dignified | PG Bhaskar
’You’re not on WhatsApp?’ people ask me, looking at me like I was a piece of some pre-historic fossil that had suddenly fallen onto their dinner plate. No, I’m not. ‘Why not?’ Well, I have good reason…
Subway UAE Launches #YoursToMake Campaign On 50th Anniversary
The world’s largest restaurant brand, Subway, (yes, it’s not McDs), is launching “Every day is #YoursToMake”, a region-wide brand campaign across the Middle East to celebrate the brand’s 50th an…
This, That & Other Nonsense: Social Media Dilemmas | PG Bhaskar
By the time Mark Zuckerberg was born, I was already out of my teens. So obviously, by the time I dipped a tentative toe into the world of facebook, I was already well into middle age. I found it a ver…
This, That & Other Nonsense Vol. IX – Tweet Tweet | PG Bhaskar
Few of us took precis-writing seriously in school. Possibly, if we could have foreseen twitter and had an inkling of what a big thing it would become, we might have paid more attention to precis while…
Manipal MCRAW2015: Sexual Selfies, Online Job Portfolios And Dungeons& Dragons
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Give Your Social Media Skills The Upgrade It Needs
B-Change will be partnering with Manipal University Dubai’s School of Media & Communication which is hosting a global research conference, themed “Social Media: Consumption, Impact & Gra…
The Do’s & Don’t’s of Social Media
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5 Signs You Are Addicted To Facebook Likes
You feel a smidgen of insecurity amidst the restlessness residing in your chest. It’s been a while since you posted that status update. No responses. Have you worded it right? Is it too aggressive? Is…
Women Against Feminism: A Meaningless Social Media Trend?
Scrolling through my Twitter timeline, I was on a quest to find something stimulating amidst a pool of rants and cries [the usual stuff that people post on twitter]. As I desperately tried to end my b…
Women Against Feminism: A Meaningless Social Media Trend?
YOUR NAME YOUR FIRST NAME YOUR FAMILY/LAST NAME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YOUR TITLE YOUR BRAND #WomenAgainstFeminism,feminism gone wrong,Safa Yakoob,social media,trend,twitter,victim culture,what do feminists want?,women against feminismScrolling through my Twitter timeline, I was on a quest to find something stimulating amidst a pool of rants and cries [the usual stuff that people post on twitter]. As I desperately tried to end my boredom, my eyes froze at a hashtag. “#WomenAgainstFeminism” beside a raging tweet about how women are “against their own […]