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Koo is a Twitter-like micro-blogging platform which allows users to post multimedia content, including audio clips. (by arrangement)

Explainer: The Indian Twitter rival staging a Koo

Twitter has locked horns with New Delhi this month over the order to remove more than 1,100 accounts and posts on farmer protests

11 Feb 2021 10:03 AM

Twitter's Public Policy Director for India and South Asia Mahima Kaul has quit, fuelling speculations about her departure amid the ongoing situation. (AP)

Twitter seeks dialogue with IT Minister after order to block 1,178 accounts

The microblogging platform also noted that safety of its employees is a 'top priority'

09 Feb 2021 12:39 PM

Avneet Singh Puri, Bharti Airtel CEO for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, demonstrates the country’s first Live 5G service over a commercial network, at an outlet in Hyderabad. (Photo:PTI)

Airtel says network 5G ready; demonstrates live 5G service in Hyderabad

The company said Airtel 5G is capable of delivering 10x speeds, 10x latency and 100x concurrency when compared to existing technologies

29 Jan 2021 12:38 AM

Around 92 per cent people in the survey said they will not use Whatsapp payment features if the app shares information with Facebook and third parties. (Photo: AFP)

Majority of WhatsApp users may not use pay features if it shares info with FB: Survey

The survey conducted around Whatsapp new proposed policy across the country covering over 17,000 respondents

28 Jan 2021 11:51 PM

Facebook is also working on ways to reduce the amount of political content served up in users' news feeds by its automated systems. (AP)

Facebook to 'turn down the temperature' by reducing political talk on the platform

The move comes as Facebook wrangles with whether Trump's suspension from the network for 'fomenting insurrection' should stand

28 Jan 2021 5:03 PM

Sophia interacts with IIT-B students. (Photo: Shripad Naik/file)

Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic

Hanson believes robotic solutions to the pandemic are not limited to healthcare, but could assist customers in other industries too

25 Jan 2021 1:06 PM

During the hearing, Sharma told the court that by not giving Indian users the option to opt out of sharing their data with other companies of Facebook, WhatsApp prima facie appears to be treating users with an "all or nothing approach". (AFP)

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC

The central government told that Indian users were being 'unilaterally' subjected to the change in privacy policy by WhatsApp

25 Jan 2021 12:34 PM

A picture of the internet-beaming balloons by Google's parent Company, Loon (Imge Source: Loon website)

Google's parent deflates internet-beaming balloon company

The goal at that time was to launch thousands of massive balloons 20 kilometers into the stratosphere

23 Jan 2021 2:45 PM

Facebook had collected certificates from both the firms in 2016-17 that data collected by them using "thisisyourdigitallife" was accounted for and destroyed. However, the CBI enquiry did not find any evidence of any such destruction, according to the officials. (AFP)

CBI registers case against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegal data harvesting

Preliminary enquiry showed that GSR had created an app, authorised by Facebook to collect specific user datasets for research in 2014

22 Jan 2021 12:48 PM

Whatsapp said it was moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. (AFP)

WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months amid severe criticism

The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said

16 Jan 2021 1:45 PM

A copy of the petition, seen by Reuters, said Whatsapp was jeopardizing national security by sharing, transmitting and storing user data in another country with the information thus governed by foreign laws. (Representative Photo:AFP)

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

WhatsApp has made a mockery out of our fundamental right to privacy, the petition said

16 Jan 2021 12:22 AM

Brian Acton said Signal was working to improve its video and group chat functions, allowing it to compete better with WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, and other conferencing apps that have become vital to day-to-day life over the past year. (Representational Photo: twitter @signalapp)

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download surge

Signal was downloaded by 17.8 million users over the past 7 days, a 62-fold rise from the prior week, according to data from Sensor Tower

14 Jan 2021 12:21 AM

Google said on January 8, 2021 that it had pulled the Parler app from its mobile store for allowing "egregious content" that could incite deadly violence like that seen at the US Capitol. (AFP)

US Capitol Hill siege: Google pulls Parler from app shop for 'egregious content'

Facebook and Twitter banned Trump accounts Friday due to fear he would use them to instigate another attack such as the one on Wednesday

09 Jan 2021 1:41 PM

The robotic device disinfecting seats in an aircraft (Photo: ANI)

Robotic technology deployed by Air India to disinfect aircraft interiors

Air India Express said there are plans to extend this technology for its aircraft operating from other airports in its network in India

08 Jan 2021 1:16 PM

ISRO successfully launches Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C49

The international satellites — one from Lithuania, four each from Luxembourg and the USA

08 Nov 2020 3:33 AM

In June this year, WhatsApp had launched 'WhatsApp Pay' in Brazil - making it the first country where the service was widely rolled out. (ANI)

As easy as sending a message: WhatsApp Pay starts service in India

In 2018, the Facebook-owned company had started testing its UPI-based payments service in India

06 Nov 2020 4:26 PM

Since the launch of the Digital Silk Road, as part of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2015, Chinese tech giants’ global reach has grown across a range of sectors. Representational Image

China’s new data security initiative has implications for India

Chinese foreing minister Wang Yi’s announcement came a month after the United States launched its new Clean Network program in early August

10 Oct 2020 5:26 PM

The VingaJoy SP-6560 Wireless Bluetooth speaker fits in your fist and can be carried anywhere.

Dhamakedaar like a firecracker — the VingaJoy SP-6560 wireless speaker

It’s astonishing how the little pocket speaker packs such a big punch, like the 'Diwali atom bomb' it seems to resemble.

05 Oct 2020 10:13 PM

Weaken/remove encryption, and Facebook will instantly be branded Orwellian. Enforce encryption, and it becomes a lot harder to deal with bad actors on the platform. There are no winners here.

Tech This Week | Facebook services integration comes with trade-offs

Once WhatsApp and Instagram (and Oculus) became sufficiently big, it was time to integrate these properties into the larger Facebook machine

04 Oct 2020 10:32 PM

Google has also begun insisting that apps must sell digital content only through its Play Store will have to use the Google Play billing system and pay 30 per cent of in-app purchases’ revenue as a fee. Many Indian startups have raised concerns around this Google move, which copies Apple’s App Store policy for which the iPhone-maker is facing many antitrust cases.

Google sends notices to Zomato, Swiggy, on IPL promos ‘violating’ Play Store norms

Zomato spokesperson said that the company will be replacing Zomato Premier League with another promotion by the weekend.

01 Oct 2020 12:01 AM

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