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SAN FRANCISCO: As US President Joe Biden took office on Wednesday (Jan 20), Twitter handed him the reins of an official @POTUS account as part of the transfer of power. The one-to-many messaging service gave Biden's team control of all the official White House accounts, and activated a new @SecondGentleman handle for the husband of the country's first female vice president Kamala Harris. Accounts for the White House, President, Vice President, First Lady and White House Press Secretary "have now inherited their new institutional usernames", according to Twitter. READ: Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States READ: Trump leaves White House for the last time as US president Tweets posted at the accounts prior to Biden being sworn in as the 46th US president will be archived, and the accounts will not automatically retain followers who signed on during the Trump administration. Outgoing president Donald Trump was an obsessive Twitter user from his … [Read more...] about Twitter shifts US presidential accounts from Trump to Biden

Day 340 of the social distancing measures and I am ready to announce a clear winner of my award for the Most Annoying Zoom Background of Lockdown . A roll on the drums, please, for that bumptious self-promoter Grant Shapps , whose survival in ministerial office is one of the enduring mysteries of modern politics. (He’s now the Transport Secretary, if you’re wondering, entrusted with the nation’s hopes of regaining the right to a foreign holiday sometime before the crack of doom.) Heaven knows, I try to be charitable in this column. But I defy even the kindest-hearted among us to look at the elaborately staged background to Mr Shapps’s Zoom appearances from his home without thinking: ‘Goodness, what a twerp!’ Grant Shapps, pictured, appeared on Robert Peston's ITV show with the British Civil Air Ensign emblazoned with the Union Flag, draped as usual from a floor-standing flagpole Take Wednesday night, when he appeared via Zoom on Robert Peston’s ITV show. There he … [Read more...] about TOM UTLEY: My plea for the future? We see the back of hideously vain Zoom poseurs like Grant Shapps

Are you fed up with WhatsApp and thinking of deleting it from your phone? You can do that but first of all, know about how you can restore your data. When you delete a WhatsApp account, all the photos, videos, chats, and other data will be permanently removed from the platform. Over the years, WhatsApp has revealed several features which include the ability to archive chats, mute groups, and even star important messages. How to download WhatsApp data Before deleting the WhatsApp account, a user can download all the data to keep a backup of all his chats. You can export your personal WhatsApp chats and for this, you just need to visit Settings > Chats > Chat History > Export Chat. Choose the chat you want to export. Tap on “Include media” if you also want to include all the files, photos, videos and other media you exchanged with the individual. Choose the app you want to export chat to. WhatsApp displays apps like Google Drive and Gmail. WhatsApp … [Read more...] about Planning to delete your WhatsApp account? Here’s how to download all the data

EXCLUSIVE: The Telluride Film Festival was expected to start next week on September 3 and play, as usual, all through the Labor Day weekend. Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic curtailed those plans and the festival was forced to cancel this year’s edition . However, Telluride did put out the schedule of films that had been selected, and on September 11 will host a “drive-in” screening at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena of the new Fox Searchlight film, Nomadland starring Frances McDormand directed by Chloe Zhao. And they actively hope that some of the other films on their list find an audience, and in some cases even distribution in order to find that audience. I caught one of those films, the fascinating new documentary Dear Mr. Brody , which was to have had its world premiere at Telluride and was planning to use that showcase to entice buyers. Cinetic is selling it and is just beginning to show it to prospective distributors this week. The hope is one will bite and … [Read more...] about Remarkable Docu ‘Dear Mr. Brody’ Hopes For New Cinematic Life Past Cancellation Of Telluride Film Festival World Premiere

JOHANNESBURG - From political posters to bottles of wine and kitchen aprons, the face and name of Nelson Mandela are a potent commercial and political brand in South Africa. Little wonder it's so sought after - and the source of occasional squabbles. Following his death on Thursday at the age of 95, the scramble for control of the Mandela legacy - both financial and moral - will involve his family, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), and the Nelson Mandela Foundation he set up to protect his broader message. At stake is the inheritance that will go to Mandela's more than 30 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, some of whom already use the Mandela name and image to market everything from clothing to reality TV. There are also the Mandela brands and trademarks that help fund the Foundation. And for the ANC, Mandela's reputation as an anti-apartheid hero is worth votes for years to come. There are no available public figures of Mandela's wealth, making it … [Read more...] about Family, politicians battle over ‘Brand Mandela’