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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Most of us rely on popular social media platforms for our social connectivity and well-being. These platforms do a great job in connecting us with our friends, relatives, and acquaintances. In fact, the level of connectivity they provide is so high that many of us unknowingly attain a level of hyper-connectivity that blinds us from interacting with everyone else who's not already in our social network.

People in our immediate surroundings share common experiences with us. Whether its those that are waiting for the same train as you, the thousands of fellow spectators that are watching the same football game at a stadium with you, or everyone staying in the same hotel as you you have more in common, and thus more reasons to interact, with people in your immediate vicinity than you realize. Unfortunately, most of these people are not already in your social network and therefore, opportunities to interact with them are usually lost.

Social media platforms must evolve to become context-aware. Letting you interact with people sharing common experiences near your current physical location is one form of context-aware social networking.

Locye, a fast growing social media platform that formally launched at last week's LaunchCMU an event showcasing Carnegie Mellon University startups held at the Oracle Conference Center, offers just that. It lets you post content that's visible to people near your current physical location and see posts made by others near you. You can post anonymously or with your identity as well as like, dislike, comment, and report posts. It also gives you the option of posting your content forever or having it disappear after a day.

Locye goes a step further by letting users observe social activity at real-time hotspots and places of interest worldwide. It computes hotspots by scanning the entire planet once every couple of minutes and applying artificial intelligence to identify areas that are likely to contain newsworthy content minus the typical chatter that accompanies trending hashtags. As a result, thousands of Locye users across four continents are quickly recognizing it as an authentic source of eyewitness accounts and even breaking news.

Strong interest of the venture capital community in context-aware social networking further signifies its growing importance. For example, bootstrapped startup Locye has already received offers to invest from investors like Jaguar Land Rover, The Cove Fund, Furuya & Co., and several Silicon Valley angels.

Travelers, citizen journalists, college students, professionals, community residents, and spectators among others are fast realizing the importance of context-aware social media platforms and this trend is expected to grow exponentially in the future.

Locye on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/locye/id1181176026

Locye on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.locye.android

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BHOPAL: State toppers of the CBSE Class 12, results of which were announced on Sunday, firmly believe that social networking is a great distration and students should keep away from them. For example, state topper Bhavesh has kept himself aloof from such sites and has not even opened an account on Facebook.

Talking about social networking, the toppers feel that it is a waste of time. "What is the use of Facebook I have failed to understand? I have no FB account and still I have a lot of friends and social life is like any other student," said Bhavesh. He prefers to spend time talking with friends on phone and playing different sports.

Bhavesh admits that keeping away from social networking is one of the main reasons for scoring good marks in the CBSE . "I do not know how others can maintain a balance between social networking and studies. Personally, I think social networking is just a distraction," said Bhavesh.

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SRINAGAR:The Jammu and Kashmir Government has lifted ban on social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, in Kashmir valley.

Official sources here today said that the ban on social networking sites has not been extended in Kashmir.

The ban on social media sites in Kashmir was imposed for a month in view of sprung in protests by students, triggered by a security force raid on Degree College Pulwama on April 15, when over 50 students, including girls, were injured in the clashes in educational institute.

The Home department, headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had imposed the ban till May 26, citing that these social networking sites were being misused by anti-national and anti-social elements to create law and order disturbances in Kashmir.

However, the ban drew criticism from intellectuals within the country, besides global organisations, including the United Nations.

The UN had on May 11 urged the Centre to withdraw the ban on internet services and reinstate freedom of speech in the valley.

The State Government last month banned 22 social networking sites, including Facebook and WhatsApp.

However, the banned sites were accessible on all mobile networks through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and on state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) broadband service. (AGENCIES)

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Singer Sonu Nigam has deleted his Twitter account. In a series of tweets, he announced that he would quit the social networking site and advised his fans to take a screenshot of his 24 tweets before they got deleted.

This comes after his fellow singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's Twitter account was suspended.

Twitter has no credibility left, said actor Paresh Rawal coming out in support of Sonu Nigam.

Nigam maintains that Twitter is one-sided and he had to leave it because of its lack of respect for freedom of speech.

His comments on the morning azaan recently triggered a major controversy.

Anupam Kher too backed the singer, calling Nigam "a self-made and courageous man" and adding that he should not allow the "negativity of a few to win".

Lyricist Javed Akhtar said, "Twitter must be used for cultural exchanges. But I see most comments are hate messages and aggressive statements."

Sandese Aate Hain from Border and tracks from Kal Ho Naa Ho and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham have been some of Sonu Nigam's most famous numbers.

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