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 … Read 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 … Read More
Using flight status data combined with Machine Learning (ML), Google Assistant will soon tell you over the phone if your flight would be delayed even before the airline announces it. According to Google, Assistant will notify users on phones when its algorithms predict that their flights would be late. “Earlier … Read More
Over 400 million people are using video-on-demand service Facebook Watch monthly and 75 million people daily who spend at least one minute on Watch, the social networking platform has announced. Launched in the US in 2017, the video service allows users to enjoy videos from different genres, including entertainment, sports … Read More
Swedish networking and telecom major Ericsson on Thursday said it had opened a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator in this tech hub for research and development (R&D) in AI and Automation. “The new facility will accelerate our execution strategy by leveraging AI and Automation technologies to create data-driven, intelligent and robust … Read More
Google’s parent company Alphabet has decided to expedite the shutdown of the consumer version of its social networking platform Google+ and its APIs (application programming interfaces) after it discovered a new bug that impacted approximately 52.5 million users. “With the discovery of this new bug, we have decided to expedite … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications is waiting for clearance of the in-flight connectivity norms by the Law Ministry and would notify the rules once it gets a go-ahead, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday. Sinha told reporters at IANS that the Law Ministry may give the approval in around a … Read More
In the past few years, Amazon has been pushing its ecosystem heavily towards the consumers. Whether it is the traditional e-commerce platform, Amazon Prime memberships, Prime Video or Prime Music, Amazon had a fantastic reception of all these platforms by its users. While Prime Video entered the mainstream video streaming … Read More
Facing flak for the misuse of its platform, WhatsApp today launched its first-ever TV campaign in India as part of its efforts to address the challenge of misinformation and pernicious rumours. The popular messaging platform earlier launched two phases of a radio campaign to create awareness among users. The first … Read More
Google has renamed its Project Fi wireless network as Google Fi, while making it available for a wide range of Android devices as well as for some iPhones in the US. Google Fi is now available for select models from Huawei, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Essential, Nokia, OnePlus, Xiaomi, HTC, Google … Read More
Amazon on Monday released “Alexa Skill Blueprints” allowing users to create personalised skills and responses for its voice-based assistant Alexa in India. Users need to select their blueprint template from “Alexa Skill Blueprints” website, where they can also browse through 30 “Skill Blueprints” across four categories including “Fun and Games”, … Read More
Flipkart Group CEO and co-founder Binny Bansal today resigned following a probe into an alleged “serious personal misconduct”, the firm’s new parent Walmart said. Bansal, 37, has strongly denied the allegation, the American retail giant said in a statement. His decision to step down follows an independent investigation done on behalf … Read More
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