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Rival digital payments services have pointed out exceptions that have been applied to WhatsApps service.

WhatsApp to soon add a new feature to Stickers

The messaging platform is all set to make the chatting and usage experience even better.

12 Nov 2018 8:50 PM IST

Building upon IBMs blockchain expertise and powered by the Linux Foundations Hyperledger Fabric distributed ledger framework, the IBM Blockchain Platform is designed to allow network participants to append and view blockchain data based on their level of permission.

Seagate and IBM to help reduce global hard drive counterfeiting with...

The project uses the IBM Blockchain Platform to authenticate the provenance of disk drive products.

12 Nov 2018 7:28 PM IST

Head on to Xiaomis official website to purchase this handset.

Xiaomi sells over 8.5 million devices in one month during festive...

Xiaomi also went on to achieve record-breaking Gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $1 billion during this period.

12 Nov 2018 6:48 PM IST

The tech-enabled solutions have been developed to solve client challenges on the emerging technologies such as cloud, Artificial Intelligence and Mobile.

PwC India commits investment of Rs 100Cr towards developing new tech...

The firm also demoed 40 new tech solutions spanning multiple functional areas.

12 Nov 2018 3:37 PM IST

The keyboard app supports both Hindi and English languages.

Bridging cultural gaps through this visual communication app

The app supports the major communications platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and Hike.

12 Nov 2018 2:42 PM IST

The report by San Francisco-based nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) recommended that Facebook more strictly enforce its content policies, increase engagement with both Myanmar officials and civil society groups and regularly release additional data about its progress in the country. (Representative image: Pixabay)

Macron and tech giants launch 'Paris call' to fix internet ills

US tech giants has urged world governments and companies to sign up to a new initiative to regulate the internet and...

12 Nov 2018 2:24 PM IST

Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of the USD 50 million that it committed to spend on computer science education last year.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Democrats to probe Trump actions on AT&T, Amazon: aide

A committee aide said on Sunday the requested information was not provided because we were in the minority.

12 Nov 2018 12:12 PM IST

Job ads posted by Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Baidu Inc and Tencent Holdings Ltd were among those that deterred female applicants or objectified women, said Human Rights Watch in a report released on Monday. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Alibaba nets record USD 30 billion in Singles' Day haul, but growth...

Singles' Day, also called Double 11 , is the world's biggest online sales event.

12 Nov 2018 11:29 AM IST

As Walmart, AT&T and Disney join stalwarts such as Netflix in streaming video and creating original shows, a reality sets in: Not all will survive. (Photo: AP)

Netflix CEO Hastings says no plans for cheaper India offerings

Netflix launched in India two years ago and has won fans among a young, tech-savvy middle class.

12 Nov 2018 10:44 AM IST

Neuromorphic computing uses large-scale computer systems containing electronic circuits to mimic these spikes in a machine. (Photo: manchester.ac.uk)

The largest brain-like supercomputer has been switched on

The SpiNNaker machine can model more biological neurons in real time than any other machine on the planet.

12 Nov 2018 7:49 AM IST

Google has New York real estate deals in the works that would give it room for nearly 20,000 workers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google bows to worker pressure on sexual misconduct policy

Google bowed to one of the protesters' main demands by dropping mandatory arbitration of all sexual misconduct cases.

11 Nov 2018 5:00 PM IST

A smart drainage device may help patients with glaucoma save their eyesight. (AP Photo)

Smart device may help glaucoma patients save eyesight

Scientists developed a smart drainage device that may help patients with glaucoma one of the leading causes of...

11 Nov 2018 4:38 PM IST