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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services down globally
Several users, including those in India, were unable to access WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook on both Android and iOS platforms
Google removes 93,550 content pieces in August in India, shows compliance report
Google had received 36,934 complaints from users
Apple to avoid 600 MT of plastic by eliminating plastic wrap on iPhone 13 range
Apple aims to have its entire business carbon neutral by 2030
Google Meet can now turn live speech into translated captions
Google announced the rollout of live translated captions in Meet on Monday
Amazon, Disney collaborate to bring custom voice assistant for Echo devices in 2022
'Hey Disney' is ultimately used for customer service inquiries, helping visitors find answers to park-specific questions
Facebook halts plans for 'Instagram Kids' app after criticism
In the blog post and series of accompanying tweets, Mosseri blamed the critics for misunderstanding the purpose of the app
Google celebrates 23rd birthday with a special doodle
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in September 1998, as part of a PhD project
Twitter says new videos will be less pixelated for better experience
Twitter has removed a pre-processing step in its video pipeline when you upload
Twitter to add Topics to Spaces, but with a limited start
According to The Verge, it's a small addition to start
Google introducing new search filter in Gmail for Android
The company added the feature to the web version of Gmail last year and has now extended it to the Android app