NEW DELHI – Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday said it will now allow users on its platform as well as those on Instagram to hide their public ‘like’ counts. This is part of the company’s efforts to give people control over their experience, a statement said. “We tested hiding like counts to see if […]
BENGALURU – Google is committed to complying with India’s revised IT rules that came into effect Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said on Thursday. “It’s obviously early days and our local teams are very engaged. You know we comply with local laws and we will approach it with the same framework,” Pichai said in […]
Facebook has announced it will take “stronger” action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation on the social media platform. Facebook will reduce the distribution of all posts in its news feed from a user account if it frequently shares content that has been flagged as false by one of the company’s fact-checking partners, the social media […]
NEW DELHI – The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India. According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, […]
ISLAMABAD – E-commerce giant Amazon has added Pakistan to its sellers’ list making Pakistani entrepreneurs eligible to sell on the platform, the Commerce Ministry announced on Friday. The ministry said that Pakistani manufacturers would gain access to a worldwide e-commerce platform with Amazon and it would open up a new chapter of the supply chain […]
NEW DELHI – The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, according to sources. The IT Ministry believes that the changes to WhatsApp privacy policy and the manner of introducing the said changes undermines the sacrosanct values of informational privacy, data security and user choice and harms […]
NEW DELHI – South Korean video game developer Krafton has announced that the India version of its popular game PUBG will be called Battlegrounds Mobile India. The game, which will be available only in India, will provide a multiplayer gaming experience on the mobile phone. This comes after the original version of the game PlayerUnknown’s […]
MUMBAI – RBI on Wednesday said the second purchase of government securities worth Rs 35,000 crore under the G-sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP 1.0) will be done on May 20 for an orderly evolution of the yield curve as a fresh COVID-19 wave threatens to hit the economy. The first purchase of Rs 25,000 crore last […]
NEW DELHI – Facebook blocked posts tagged #ResignModi before restoring them hours later, stoking a controversy that’s erupted over government requests to remove social media content as India grapples with an escalating Covid crisis. Facebook said it barred the hashtag by mistake and not at the behest of the government, without elaborating. Facebook periodically blocks […]
New Delhi: Cyber experts have warned users from falling into the prey of a virus link which claims to turn Whatsapp in pink colour and comes with new features. According to cyber security experts, clicking on the link claiming to be an official update from Whatsapp will hack users phone and they may lose access […]
