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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)

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Majority of WhatsApp users may not use pay features if it shares info...

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

28 Jan 2021 11:51 PM IST

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

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

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

28 Jan 2021 5:03 PM IST

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

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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...

25 Jan 2021 1:06 PM IST

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

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of...

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

25 Jan 2021 12:34 PM IST

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

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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 IST

Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, sought information on Facebook users to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the US electorate. (Photo: AFP)

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CBI registers case against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science...

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

22 Jan 2021 12:48 PM IST

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

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WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months amid severe...

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

16 Jan 2021 1:45 PM IST

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)

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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 IST

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)

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Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download...

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

14 Jan 2021 12:21 AM IST

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