Some of the proposed government regulations for social media companies operating in India are threatening the very existence of WhatsApp in its current form, a top company executive said here on Wednesday. With over 200 million monthly active users, India is WhatsApp’s biggest market in the world. Globally, the platform … Read More
Google has extended the “Interpreter” mode on its Assistant to Home speakers and other third-party devices. The “Interpreter” mode will help users have real-time conversations with compatible devices and also translates them into other languages. “For now, you must use English, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish to start the … Read More
Social networking giant Facebook has released the “unsend” feature on its messaging app Messenger that would allow users to delete messages from the chat-thread within 10 minutes of sending it. “Facebook tells the new feature will be available today on the latest versions of Messenger for iOS and Android. The … Read More
Essel Group direct-to-home arm Dish TV on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 152.69 crore for the December 2018 quarter. The company, whose board on Tuesday approved an investment of up to Rs 3,000 crore in its wholly owned subsidiary Dish Infra Services Private Ltd, had posted a … Read More
Retail giant Walmart may exit Flipkart after India’s new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for e-commerce companies came into force, US investment banker, Morgan Stanley has warned. “An exit is likely, not completely out of the question, with the Indian e-commerce market becoming more complicated,” the report by Morgan Stanley … Read More
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday allowed telecom gear maker Ericsson India to file its objection by February 8 over Reliance Communications’ plea to proceed with insolvency process. A two-member bench headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya also said that until further orders of the NCLAT or … Read More
Securing the phone screen with a unique password and keeping a tab on the permissions given to apps are some steps smartphone users can take to keep themselves safe online, tech giant Google said Monday. These recommendations are part of Google’s latest campaign ‘#SecurityCheckKiya‘ that urges users to take control … Read More
Duplicate accounts in Facebook grew over three times to more than 250 million during the last three years when it comes to Monthly Active Users are concerned, according to the numbers supplied by the social networking site in its latest annual report. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Facebook estimated … Read More
Google has deleted 29 malicious “beauty camera” apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information. Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number of the download counts originated from Asia — particularly … Read More
Reliance Communications on Sunday said it would propose a similar debt resolution plan to the National Company Law Tribunal that it had been pursuing outside the court. The Anil Ambani-led company last week announced that it would file for bankruptcy proceedings as it failed to sell its assets for paying … Read More
Reliance Communications will opt for insolvency proceedings as it failed to sell assets to pay for its debt, the Anil Ambani-led telecom company said Friday. “RCom board of directors decides upon implementation of debt resolution plans through NCLT framework,” the company said in a statement. The Board of Directors of … Read More
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the monthly mobile data usage in India has increased by a phenomenal 50% in the last five years. “India is now leading the world in the consumption of mobile data. Monthly consumption of mobile data increased by over 50 times in the last … Read More
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