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Tanay Singh Thakur May 25th, 2021 1:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter Might Be Banned if They Don’t Comply With New Rules

Major social media applications, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, along with a video platform YouTube, might be banned in India if they fail to comply with the new intermediary rules of the government. The new rules came into place in February and said that any social media platform that has more than 50 lakh registered users in India will need to appoint at least three officers for grievances redressal. Further,... Read More

Shloke Sarkar May 15th, 2021 8:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Instagram Is Working to Enable Making Posts From PCs

Instagram has been the social media king for quite some time, offering users the option to post their life updates and videos on a platform that is more image friendly, rather than being text-based like Twitter. Ever since its inception, Instagram has been working on features that make it easier and fun for the user, from IGTV to stories to the more recent Reels function, all of which make for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 15th, 2021 3:17 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Questioned by Supreme Court on Its New Privacy Policies

The Supreme Court (SC) of India has questioned WhatsApp and Facebook on introducing new stringent privacy policy for the Indian users. The apex court has asked the social media giants about why Indian users haven’t been provided with the same leniency on accepting new privacy policies as the European users. According to a report from the Livemint, the SC has said that it will have to intervene in the matter... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 13th, 2021 4:07 PM 7 COMMENTS

Facebook Smartwatch Powered by Android Might Come Soon, Are You Excited?

Facebook might come out with a gadget that everyone likes to wear on a daily. The company is said to working on a smartwatch that could launch next year. According to a report from The Information, the smartwatch might be powered by the Android. Whether Facebook will use its own operating system (OS) or Google’s Wear OS is unknown at the moment. The smartwatch is expected to be loaded with... Read More

Shloke Sarkar February 3rd, 2021 8:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

Oculus Quest VR Headsets Now Have Support for Facebook Messenger

Facebook Inc. on Wednesday announced that its messaging service, Messenger will be coming to Oculus Quest handsets by the end of this week. For those of you unaware, Oculus is a Facebook-owned venture that focuses on Virtual Reality (VR) and gaming, with the company being a renowned seller of its Quest lineup of VR handsets. How Will Messenger on Quest Work? The users who are logged in to their Quests... Read More

Shloke Sarkar February 1st, 2021 9:28 AM 4 COMMENTS

Here’s How You Can Prevent Facebook From Tracking You on the Internet

The last few weeks have been everything but kind to Facebook. The company was under a lot of scrutiny for having access to user data that it doesn’t require of. In addition to that, the whole WhatsApp privacy issue and the shift to better alternatives such as Telegram and Signal that followed, Facebook has had a bad January to say the least. The company is yet to learn that not... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 14th, 2021 4:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp New Terms Concern Government About User’s Privacy

The hot debate of WhatsApp’s new ‘Terms & Conditions’ has now the brought Indian government into the play as well. The social media giant recently updated its terms for app usage, which has left users with two choices; either to accept the new changes or bid farewell to the app. WhatsApp has given users time till February 8, 2021, to decide about the same. The Indian government is worried about... Read More

Chakri K January 12th, 2021 11:08 AM 6 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Answers Questions Regarding Privacy, Says Private Messages are Protected

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has finally responded to the backlash it is receiving over the last five days. Ever since WhatsApp started pushing users to accept its new privacy policy, the entire world is criticising the popular instant messaging platform. Replying to the concerns it received, WhatsApp said the private messages are still protected on its platform. WhatsApp also cleared that the policy update does not affect the privacy of user messages... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 9th, 2021 5:57 PM 12 COMMENTS

WhatsApp New Terms and Conditions, What’s All the Buzz About?

One of the largest social media platforms and texting applications, WhatsApp recently updated its ‘Terms and Conditions’ for the use of the app, and people are angry about it. In a nutshell, users have until February 8 to accept the terms and conditions, or else they can say goodbye to the app. The particular thing in the new terms and conditions everyone is mad about is ‘sharing of WhatsApp data’... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 7th, 2021 11:20 AM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Updates Features of Public Pages, No More Like Button

Facebook has removed the ‘Like’ button from public pages on the platform. The social media giant's focus is on the ‘followers’ of a page instead of ‘likes’. Now users will be able to see the number of people a page is following and the number of followers it has. Facebook in a blog post said that they have made the recent changes to their pages for enabling public figures, businesses,... Read More

Chakri K December 15th, 2020 8:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio and Facebook Partnership Will Grow Small Businesses in India: Mukesh Ambani

Social media giant Facebook is looking to have a major impact in India through its partnership with Reliance Jio. At the first Facebook Fuel for India 2020 event, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said its collaboration with Jio would help small businesses (SMBs) grow in the country. Earlier this year, Facebook announced an investment of Rs 43,574 crore in Jio Platforms for a stake purchase of 9.99%. Zuckerberg added that... Read More

Chakri K November 13th, 2020 6:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Gets Vanish Mode: Here’s How It Works

Facebook today announced a new feature called 'Vanish Mode' for both Messenger and Instagram. As the name of the feature itself suggests, messages vanish or disappear automatically once the receiver views it. Users can send memes, GIFs, stickers or reactions in the vanish mode and everything disappears without staying in the chat history. The feature is currently rolling out to Messenger and Facebook says it will reach Instagram in a... Read More