San Francisco: Taking on Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is now set to officially roll out two smart home speakers in 2018. According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the two models — Aloha and Fiona with 15-inch touchscreens — will be launched around July. “Supply chain sources said that[Read More…]
San Francisco: In a clear message to news publishers, a top Facebook executive has emphasised that it is not their job to recruit people from media organisations for the content on the social media platform. At the “Code Media 2018” conference in California organised by the famous tech portal ReCode, Facebook’s[Read More…]
London: Snapchat’s latest redesign, which was released last week, has not gone down well with many users. This is evident from the fact that an online petition calling for the removal of the new update has attracted more than 6 lakh signatures. The “Remove the new Snapchat update” petition, which is[Read More…]
Dubai: Technology must be used only for development and raising the standard of life of the common man and not for destruction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday. Speaking at the World Government Summit, Modi pointed out that while poverty and malnutrition have not been wiped out from[Read More…]
San Francisco: With a monthly active user base of 330 million, Twitter registered $732 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2017 with a net income of $91 million. Twitter had registered a loss of $167.1 million, or 23 cents a share, for the same period last year. The micro-blogging[Read More…]
New Delhi: Telecom service provider Idea Cellular on Wednesday said it has suspended interconnect services with Aircel due to non-payment of dues. “Despite several reminders for releasing the dues since November 2017, the operator has failed to meet its payment commitments forcing Idea to suspend interconnect services, as per the terms[Read More…]
New Delhi: Nearly three in 10 Indians experienced a sexual risk online, including unwanted sexting, in 2017 with males reporting higher levels of harassment than females, a Microsoft study said on Tuesday. It found that 23 per cent males reported harassment as compared to 16 per cent females, which was driven[Read More…]
New Delhi: Though 89 per cent Indians think that privacy is important in a relationship, 84 per cent people have shared their passwords and PINs with their partners, a McAfee study revealed on Tuesday, calling for vigilance while sharing personal information. According to the study, 77 per cent of Indians think[Read More…]
San Francisco: Facebook has banned ads that promote initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and binary options trading from its platforms, including Instagram, Audience Network and Messenger. The new policy prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, Facebook said[Read More…]
San Francisco: Google removed over seven lakh malicious apps from Play Store in 2017 that violated its policies – 70 per cent more than the apps it took down in 2016 — the company said on Wednesday. “Not only did we remove more bad apps, we were able to identify and[Read More…]
New Delhi: To help businesses communicate better with their customers in India, WhatsApp has officially rolled out “WhatsApp Business” — a free-to-download Android app for small businesses — in the country. The new app, available on Google Play Store, will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, and more[Read More…]
New York: Facebook, which controls a lion’s share of the online advertising business along with Google, should pay a fee to publishers if it wants to promote trustworthy and accurate news on its platform, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said. According to The Verge on Tuesday, Murdoch, in a letter, proposed[Read More…]
San Francisco: After tweaking its News Feed to allow users to see more updates from family and friends than posts from businesses, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now announced to prioritise news that is trustworthy, informative and local. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Zuckerberg said it’s important that News Feed[Read More…]
San Francisco: Indian-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said he does not regret firing James Damore, a former employee who was ousted from the company last year for criticising the tech giant for its diversity policy. When asked about Google’s decision to fire Damore during an interview with MSNBC, Pichai said.[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian telecom regulator on Friday recommended that both Internet and mobile communications on board aircraft (MCA) service should be permitted as In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in the Indian airspace. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said it has arrived at the recommendation after analysing the comments received from[Read More…]
Facebook has introduced a feature called “Watch Party” that will let the members of a group watch videos and interact with each other at the same time. “In a Watch Party, members of a group can watch videos together in the same space at the same time — videos are[Read More…]
Beijing: The Shanghai Consumer Council has sent an inquiry letter to Apple over the slow-down of older iPhones after an iOS update, demanding a reply before Friday. The council demanded the cause of the performance and remedy measures as well as complete information regarding the interests of consumers, Xinhua news agency[Read More…]
New Delhi: Domestic handset maker Micromax is set to launch the first smartphone in India with Google’s Android Oreo (Go Edition) by the end of this month, the company announced on Monday. Named “BHARAT GO”, the smartphone will be the best-in-class mobility device and an optimised entry-level Android smartphone, the company[Read More…]
Shareholders of Facebook and Twitter have asked the social media platforms to disclose more information about sexual harassment, fake news, hate speech and other forms of abuse that take place on their platforms. According to a report in the Washington Post, the shareholder resolution by the New York State Comptroller’s[Read More…]
India is one of the most important markets for Lenovo to not only sell its products but to develop them, a top official of the Fortune 500 company said. Yang Yuanqing, Chief Executive Officer of Lenovo, said that given India’s population, it remains one of the largest and most important[Read More…]
Industries globally, including in India, are going through a seismic change today when it comes to embracing disruptive technologies like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Sensing the future requirements, software giant Adobe India is already reskilling employees who have the right pace to catch up with the next[Read More…]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2018 is to “fix Facebook” when it comes to dealing with abuse and hate, fake news or interference by nation-states on the platform. In a post late Thursday, Zuckerberg said the world feels anxious and divided and Facebook has a lot of work[Read More…]
Facebook is running a small test to let users post their Instagram “Stories” directly to WhatsApp Status. The new feature will let users post decorated photos, videos, and GIFs on WhatsApp which will disappear after 24 hours. “An Instagram Story posted as a WhatsApp Status also becomes encrypted like the[Read More…]
Popular photo-sharing platform Snapchat is working on extending the reach of its “Stories” feature on the web as it also continues to test a major redesign of its Android and iOS apps, reports say. “Snapchat is developing a new product called ‘Stories Everywhere’ with a goal of making ‘Stories’ available[Read More…]
Facebook has begun testing a feature with a set of new users in India where they are being asked to enter names as per their Aadhaar details. The social media giant, however, is not asking new users to give their Aadhaar number but just the name as written on their[Read More…]
