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27 Jun 2018
WhatsAppPorn detectors, 'gossip tax' on the cards for Uganda
In a bid to raise revenues and clamp down on 'gossip and immorality', the Ugandan government is looking to impose tax on social media use, and claims to have devices that can scan computers for pornography.
25 Jun 2018
IndiaWhatsApp Pay to offer 24-hour customer support in India
WhatsApp is setting up a 24-hour customer support for WhatsApp Pay, its UPI-based payments service that allows users to send and receive money through the chat app.
24 Jun 2018
AssamThis organization is changing the lives of LGBT Muslims
While June is celebrated around the world as Pride Month, Muslims also spend days fasting during Ramzan.
24 Jun 2018
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook will help you spend less time on Facebook
Following on the footsteps of Apple and Google, Facebook has now confirmed that it's bringing a feature akin to Apple's Screen Time and Google's Digital Wellbeing.
23 Jun 2018
IndiaWhatsApp gets a new privacy policy: All details here
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, which is launching payments services in India, has updated its privacy policy and terms of use to "reflect the addition of payment interoperability features."
22 Jun 2018
iOSWhatsApp Stickers will be sorted under "Love," "Wow," and "Sad"
In May, Facebook announced that WhatsApp will soon get support for stickers.
22 Jun 2018
TelanganaWhy does this Telangana man worship Donald Trump?
Along with Hindu Gods, 31-year-old Bussa Krishna, from Telangana worships US President, Donald Trump, daily. He has a picture of what he describes as 'World's most powerful man', and does aarti after offering him flowers, turmeric and vermillion.
21 Jun 2018
App StoreNow pay monthly subscription fee to join groups on Facebook
Facebook is introducing "Subscription Groups" where group admins on the platform can start charging a small monthly fee between $2.99-4.99 for exclusive membership.
21 Jun 2018
YouTubeIGTV: Instagram's newest feature to rival YouTube's long-form video offering
Instagram has launched IGTV, a new standalone app that will directly rival YouTube.
20 Jun 2018
Mahendra Singh DhoniDhoni's wife Sakshi seeks arms license citing 'threat to life'
Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi has alleged 'threat to life,' and sought permission to carry a pistol or 0.32 revolver.
19 Jun 2018
Bollywood'Race 3' full movie gets leaked on Facebook
Salman Khan's big-ticket Eid release 'Race 3' has become the latest victim of piracy.
18 Jun 2018
IndiaArun Jaitley urges citizens to pay taxes honestly
Union Minister Arun Jaitley today urged citizens to pay their due share of taxes "honestly" to reduce dependence on oil as a revenue source.
18 Jun 2018
Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningFacebook's new AI engine can 'open' closed eyes
Despite there being several software which manipulate photos to make someone look better, the blink has been a dogged adversary to a good photo.
17 Jun 2018
Madhya PradeshMP-elections: BJP trains 65,000 'cyber-warriors' to battle Congress' 5,000 'sipahis'
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly elections scheduled for later this year, both Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party have prepared a cyber army to counter each other on social media.
17 Jun 2018
GoogleGoogle shows little change in diversity, 70% staff still male
According to Google's annual diversity report 2018, nearly 70% of the entire Google staff was male last year.
17 Jun 2018
iPhoneMessenger for iOS constantly crashing due to a buggy update
Several iPhone and iPad users have reported that Facebook's Messenger app frequently started crashing after they installed its latest update (version 170.0) that released on June 15.
15 Jun 2018
SyriaSikh NGO is bringing Eid cheer to thousands of Syrian-refugees
Khalsa Aid, a UK-based NGO which has been constantly working to improve lives of Syrian refugees, is now making their Eid cheerful.
14 Jun 2018
WhatsAppFacebook no longer preferred for news, users turn to WhatsApp
According to a research by the Reuters Institute, the use of Facebook for consuming and discussing news has overall reduced by 9 percentage points from 2017 in the US as users turn to WhatsApp for the same.
13 Jun 2018
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook confirms it tracks everything about you. And, it's creepy
Facebook has submitted a 454-page report to the US Congress detailing all the ways through which it tracks users' activities.
13 Jun 2018
Farhan AkhtarZoya Akhtar opens up on first panic-attack, relationship with brother
Director Zoya Akhtar has opened up about her first panic attack at the age of 27 and said she chose to get help instead of simply sitting around.
13 Jun 2018
WhatsAppNow delete sent messages on Snapchat
Snapchat has launched a new feature called "Clear Chats" that allows users to delete sent messages from both individual and group chats.
13 Jun 2018
IndiaIndian chess-player says no to Iran-championship, due to mandatory hijab
Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan, who was chosen to represent India at the upcoming Asian Team Chess Championship, has pulled out of the competition after its venue was changed from Bangladesh to Iran.
12 Jun 2018
West BengalWest Bengal: Woman hangs self, streams act on Facebook Live
A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself and streamed the entire episode on Facebook Live in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the police said yesterday.
11 Jun 2018
Shiv SenaNawazuddin Siddiqui's brother posts derogatory picture of Lord Shiva; booked
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's brother Ayazuddin Siddiqui has landed himself in trouble for allegedly posting objectionable content on Facebook.
11 Jun 2018
Yogi AdityanathUP: Unknown persons fire bullets at Dr. Kafeel Khan's brother
The younger brother of Dr. Kafeel Khan, who was arrested after the Gorakhpur Hospital tragedy and is out on bail, was shot at by unknown miscreants at around 11 PM on Sunday.
11 Jun 2018
HaryanaHaryana: Female IAS officer alleges sexual assault by senior
A female IAS officer posted in Haryana alleged on Sunday her senior sexually assaulted her, writing a detailed Facebook post.
10 Jun 2018
Pakistan NewsShahid Afridi, why do you have a chained-lion at home?
Scrolling through social media, one can generally expect to come across mind-boggling stuff. But then there are some things which are completely incomprehensible.
09 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpClandestine Facebook deals gave special firms access to user's data
Social media giant Facebook had customized data-sharing deal known internally as "whitelists" with certain companies giving them special access to user's records, a Wall Street Journal report said.
08 Jun 2018
United States of AmericaFacebook bug made private posts public, affecting 1.4 crore users
Facebook is deep in trouble, yet again. This time for a bug that is estimated to have impacted as many as 1.4cr users.
07 Jun 2018
DubaiIndian in Dubai threatens to kill Kerala CM; loses job
An Indian man in Dubai was fired from his job after he threatened to kill Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in a Facebook video which went viral on social media.
06 Jun 2018
Social MediaFacebook launches Musical.ly competitor called 'Lip Sync Live'
Facebook is no stranger to borrowing ideas from competitors, and this time, it has launched a new feature called 'Lip Sync Live' which is quite similar to products like Musical.ly and Dubsmash.
06 Jun 2018
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook shared data with Chinese phone makers, including Huawei: Report
A media report has claimed that Facebook has data-sharing pacts with at least four Chinese companies, including Huawei.
04 Jun 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Stranger helps CAT aspirant, story will warm your heart
More often than not, small acts of generosity are enough to restore one's faith in humanity. One such heartwarming story was shared by 'Humans Of Bombay' page today.
03 Jun 2018
IndiaDalits are adding 'Sinh' to their names to reclaim dignity
The 2016 Una uprising lit a fire in India's Dalit community that shows no signs of stopping. After the viral moustache social media campaign, it is now about the name 'Sinh.'
03 Jun 2018
Tamil NaduFacebook to launch digital literacy program for Indian women
Social networking giant, Facebook has announced a partnership with the National Commission for Women (NCW), wherein they'll launch a digital literacy program for women in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF).
03 Jun 2018
XFacebook kills its 'outdated' and controversial trending news section
After four years, Facebook is shutting down its 'trending news' section after much controversy surrounding the social media giant's editorial responsibility, its role in influencing politics, promoting 'fake news', and the like.
30 May 2018
SnapchatEvan Spiegel: The sassy Snapchat chief who speaks his mind
Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat, is a controversy child. He doesn't hold himself back, it doesn't matter if at the receiving end it is his customers, competition or his own investors.
29 May 2018
Donald TrumpEnglish-teacher corrects grammatical errors in Trump's letter, sends it back
When you get a letter from the highest office in the United States of America, you expect it to be error-free.
27 May 2018
BigBasketBigBasket replies to customer's post on delivery boys' inhumane treatment
E-retailer BigBasket issued a statement on Facebook regarding the allegations that the company's delivery boys were treated worse than humans.
27 May 2018
TechnologyKid wishes mom's phone wasn't invented, essay goes viral
In a Louisiana school, an Elementary school teacher Jen Beason asked her students to write an essay on something they wish wasn't invented. Four out of twenty-one students wrote on the topic.
