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Amazon announces Alexa program for hospitals, senior care
The program lets senior living facilities use Amazon Echo devices to send announcements or other messages to residents' rooms
27 Oct 2021 9:03 AM
YouTube rolls out personalized 'New to you' feed
The new tab is available on the YouTube homepage across mobile, desktop and TV devices
26 Oct 2021 10:47 AM
Apple updates its App Store guidelines
As always, developers will not pay Apple a commission on any purchases taking place outside of their app or the App Stores
23 Oct 2021 1:53 PM
'Among Us' coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and Xbox Game Pass in December
The announcement comes months after Sony confirmed 'Among Us' was coming to its PlayStation consoles this year
22 Oct 2021 12:07 PM
Facebook plans rebrand with new name, says The Verge
The name change will be announced next week, The Verge reported
20 Oct 2021 12:32 PM
Instagram now allows users to co-author posts, share likes
The new Collabs feature effectively allows two accounts to co-author a post or Reel
20 Oct 2021 11:28 AM
Twitter trying out in-conversation ad format
The Verge reported that users will see ads after the first, third, or eighth reply to a tweet
14 Oct 2021 2:24 PM
Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for October 20
Before the event, an Apple event is scheduled for Monday and Google's Pixel 6 launch on Tuesday
14 Oct 2021 11:02 AM
Microsoft transforms Windows Subsystem for Linux into Windows 11 app
According to The Verge, a preview version of the app is available right now
13 Oct 2021 2:30 PM
Apple Watch Series 7 up for pre-orders
This announcement comes just a few days ahead of the actual launch of the Apple Watch Series 7
11 Oct 2021 10:44 AM
Google to demonetise YouTube videos on climate misinformation
Google will not only demonetise the content, but will also limit monetisation tools to creators
10 Oct 2021 10:24 AM
Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance
Engineers scrambled to fix the problem on site, but this took time because of the extra layers of security, Janardhan said
06 Oct 2021 6:00 PM
Instagram getting rid of IGTV
According to The Verge, on Tuesday, the company will be rebranding IGTV as 'Instagram TV'
06 Oct 2021 1:12 PM
Millions flock to Signal and Telegram after Facebook outage
Signal’s focus on privacy has made it a favorite for secure communications
05 Oct 2021 11:28 AM
Facebook says outage caused because of 'faulty configuration change'
The company apologized and said it is working to understand more about the cause
05 Oct 2021 9:56 AM
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
04 Oct 2021 10:33 PM
Google removes 93,550 content pieces in August in India, shows compliance report
Google had received 36,934 complaints from users
03 Oct 2021 11:57 AM
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
01 Oct 2021 3:17 PM
Google Meet can now turn live speech into translated captions
Google announced the rollout of live translated captions in Meet on Monday
30 Sep 2021 9:01 AM
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
29 Sep 2021 8:47 AM
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Respecting the right of party functionaries to speak out, without incurring punishment ought to be the norm rather than the exception
That ideal inspired Syama Prasad Mookerjee to break the law and court arrest, leading to his death, in Kashmir in 1953
Indian military officials just confirmed that the PLA has sent 50,000 troops to the India-Tibet border
On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country’s largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global vaccine alliance GAVI