WASHINGTON — After merging Facebook Messenger and Instagram chats for its users last year, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has decided to put its default end-to-end encryption plan for Messenger and Instagram on hold till 2023. Last year, Meta had given an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option for its Messenger and Instagram […]
NEW DELHI — Bharti Airtel on Monday increased its tariffs for telecom subscribers for a range of services effective November 26, saying the decision was for a “financially healthy business model”. The company hiked prepaid tariff by 20-25 per cent and data top-up plans by 20-21 per cent. “Bharti Airtel has always maintained that the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has listed for sale real estate assets of state-run telecom firms MTNL and BSNL at a reserve price of around Rs 970 crore, according to documents uploaded on the DIPAM website. BSNL properties located in Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Bhavnagar and Kolkata have been posted for sale at a reserve price of […]
OAKLAND — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Mr. Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.” Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove so […]
NEW DELHI — PhonePe, the Walmart-owned digital payments company, has started levying transaction fees on certain transactions including UPI. The company had recorded over 165 crores UPI transactions on its platform in September. The company is the first digital payment app to start charging for UPI-based transactions. This service is being provided free of cost […]
NEW DELHI — Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company’s annual Connect conference on Oct. 28, but […]
WASHINGTON — Social media platforms have made clear that self-regulation is not working, the White House asserted on Monday, saying reports about efforts to attract young users and negative effects on teenagers’ mental health are troubling. As we saw the revelations that came out in that interview, in our view, this is just the latest […]
NEW DELHI — Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are coming back online after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people worldwide. While apologising for the disruption in the services of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, tech giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that services are returning online on Tuesday. “Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger […]
NEW DELHI — Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, […]
SRINAGAR — Facebook and its owned applications WhatsApp and Instagram are reporting loading issues as several users worldwide complained. Downdetector showed there were more than 20,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, the social-media giant’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp was also down for over 14,000 users, while Messenger was down for […]