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Sneha Bhardwaj February 11th, 2019 7:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Adds Five More Partners to its Fact Checking Programme in India

Facebook on Monday said it has expanded its third-party fact-checking programme in India, adding names like India Today Group, Factly and Fact Crescendo to the roster, as the social networking giant looks to combat the spread of "fake news" on its platform ahead of general elections this year. Apart from reviewing articles, the US-based company has also equipped checkers with tools to review photos and videos to "help identify and... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 8th, 2019 11:45 AM 0 COMMENTS

Netflix Rolls Out Smart Downloads Feature to iOS Users

Digital content streaming platform Netflix on Friday rolled out the "Smart Downloads" feature for iOS users to help them manage their downloaded titles on the app. The feature which was made available for Android users in July 2018, deletes downloaded episodes after they have been watched and automatically downloads the next one. "Netflix iOS users can get the convenience of 'Smart Downloads' spending less time managing their downloads and more... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 5th, 2019 5:19 PM 1 COMMENTS

Walmart May Exit Flipkart Courtesy of New FDI Norms for E-Commerce Companies: Morgan Stanley

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 said late Monday. According to the report, Walmart-Flipkart saga might turn out similar to what happened with Amazon in China... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 4th, 2019 2:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

Duplicate Accounts in Facebook Grew Over Three Times to 250 Million Since 2016

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 that duplicate accounts may have represented approximately 11% of its MAUs while the figure was 5% in 2015. Monthly active... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 2nd, 2019 6:45 PM 14 COMMENTS

Government Introduces a New Bill to Allow Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for Availing SIM Cards

The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that will allow individuals to voluntary offer biometric ID Aadhaar as a means of identity verification for obtaining services like opening a bank account and getting a mobile phone connection. The bill, which seeks to amend three separate laws governing Aadhaar, telecom sector, and banking regulation, also gives a minor an option to opt out of the 12-digit identity... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 28th, 2018 3:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

India Post Payments Bank Opened Nearly 19 Lakh Accounts Since January 2017

India Post Payments Bank has opened nearly 19 lakh accounts since January 2017 when it launched operations, Parliament was informed Friday. According to inputs from the Department of Posts (DoP), since its inception on January 30, 2017, India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) opened a total of 18,96,410 accounts till December 24, 2018, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. As... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 26th, 2018 3:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Networking Market in India Witnessed 67.1% Growth During Q3 2018: IDC

Cisco continues to lead the India networking market which witnessed 67.1% year-over-year growth in the third quarter of this year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. Government and enterprise digitalisation initiatives are expected to drive future growth in the India networking market which includes Ethernet switch, routers and wireless local area network (WLAN) segments, according to IDC. "Mobile workforce, anytime anywhere access to enterprise networks, security across multiple... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 25th, 2018 3:37 PM 1 COMMENTS

IoT to Reach an Estimated Two Billion Connections Unlocking Revenues of $11.1 Billion by 2022: Report

In a hyper-connected India, Internet of Things has the potential to reach an estimated 2 billion connections, unlocking revenues of USD 11.1 billion by 2022, according to a new report. "Fast forward to India 2022, five new mobile connections per second are estimated to join the power of the internet. Nearly 50% of the households are likely to be connected through fixed broadband," said the joint study by Assocham-EY. Connectivity will... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 24th, 2018 9:30 AM 2 COMMENTS

High Satellite Bandwidth Charges Likely a Spoiler for In-Flight Connectivity Charges in India

High satellite bandwidth charges are likely to play a spoiler in the uptake of in-flight mobile services in India as these would make the facility costlier by 30-50 times at Rs 700-1,000 for a two-hour journey, says an industry official. The chief technology officer of broadband technology firm Hughes India, K Krishna, told PTI that satellite bandwidth charges in India are 7-8 times higher compared to other parts of the... Read More

Chakri K December 20th, 2018 4:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Starts Offering UPI-Based Payment Services in India Through Mi Pay Beta

People who are thinking that the digital payment sector in India has saturated might get another shock as the famous smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has finally made its foray into digital payments with its Mi Pay application. Earlier we were listening about Xiaomi’s plans to enter the digital payments sector, and now it seems that the Chinese company has actually materialised these plans and is ready to provide payment services to... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 20th, 2018 10:09 AM 1 COMMENTS

Facebook Reiterates it Never Allowed Partners to Access Private Messages Without Users Permission

Facebook has once again reiterated that it never allowed its partners to access private messages without a user's permission. In a new blog post, Facebook Vice President of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong said late on Wednesday that the social networking giant worked closely with four partners to integrate messaging capabilities into their products so people could message their Facebook friends -- but only if they chose to use Facebook Login.... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj December 19th, 2018 4:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Reportedly Shared Users’ Personal Data to Tech Companies Like Microsoft, Amazon and More

Social media giant Facebook has been sharing its users' personal data, including private messages and contact information for users' friends, with some of the world's largest technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon, far beyond what it has publicly admitted, according to leaked internal documents. Facebook gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read users' private messages. They allowed Microsoft's search engine Bing to see the names of Facebook users' friends without... Read More