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  Researchers claim WhatsApp group chats vulnerable, company denies

  January 11, 2018 15:50 IST

  Reacting to the report, Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos tweeted: "Read the Wired article about WhatsApp -- scary headline! But there is no secret way into WhatsApp groups chats. The article makes a few key points."

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  Internet speed far below what service providers claim in India: Study

  January 10, 2018 19:05 IST

  The study, conducted by the ‘Consumer Voice’, has also concluded that consumers are not able to distinguish among poor, average and good quality of service.

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  Google withdraws YouTube app from Amazon Fire TV

  December 30, 2017 20:31 IST

  Earlier this month, Google had warned Amazon that it would pull the YouTube app from Fire TV devices on January 1, if the two firms could not come to an agreement on the access of Google's apps on Fire TV devices.

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  Facebook apologises for mistakes in removing hate speech

  December 30, 2017 14:12 IST

  The investigation reported by ProPublica this week showed that in one case Facebook censors, called content reviewers, approved a picture of a corpse with the statement "the only good muslim is a f...... dead one" .

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  Internet subscribers down 0.46% between July-September: TRAI

  December 28, 2017 21:33 IST

  The Internet subscriber base is comprised of broadband Internet subscriber base of 324.89 million and narrowband Internet subscriber base of 104.34 million.

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  We are not collecting Indian users' Aadhaar data: Facebook

  December 28, 2017 20:06 IST

  Facebook said it ran a small test to help new users understand how to sign up to the social network with their real name and connect with their friends and family.

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  Facebook asks new users to give name 'as per Aadhaar' and its nothing new!

  December 27, 2017 16:42 IST

  Select users across India can see a message encouraging them to register on social networking site with their Aadhaar name on sign up page so that friends can find them easily.

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  UK man's Facebook account suspended for sharing dead wife's cancer photos

  December 26, 2017 21:01 IST

  In a series of Facebook posts, the man explained that his wife did not want to go for her last smear test and kept postponing it. He urged women to never make such a mistake.

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  Keep unwanted friend requests at bay with these new Facebook tools

  December 20, 2017 12:57 IST

  Besides restricting unwanted contact from another account, Facebook's latest tools also allow users to ignore and move a Messenger conversation out of their inbox, without having to block the sender.

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  France officially asks WhatsApp asked to stop sharing data with Facebook

  December 19, 2017 16:48 IST

  The watchdog considered that the data transfer for "business intelligence" purpose is not based on the legal basis required by the Data Protection Act for any processing.

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  Data requests from India surged in 1st half of 2017: Facebook

  December 19, 2017 16:43 IST

  The Indian government and law enforcement agencies requested information on 13,752 user accounts for which "some data" was produced in 54% of the cases in the January-June 2017 period, Facebook said.

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  Net Neutrality: As US deals body blow to internet freedom, a look at where things stand in India

  December 15, 2017 12:23 IST

  The US Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet.

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  Google beats Facebook as top referral source for publishers

  December 12, 2017 15:17 IST

  Google used to be the main source of referral traffic for web publishers. Then Facebook eclipsed it, ReCode reported late on Monday.

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  Google launches 'Posts' feature in India, to show content from verified users and brands directly

  December 11, 2017 18:02 IST

  When users search for queries such as "Indian Super League" or "Tiger Zinda Hai", they will see verified updates directly from the source, in the collection of "cards" that appear in a search result (the Knowledge Panel).

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  PM Modi continues to rule Twitter with 52% growth in follower base, Virat Kohli enjoys 61% rise

  December 05, 2017 18:46 IST

  As per a Twitter report capturing trends in 2017, Modi saw his follower base increasing by 52% to 37.5 million (as of December 4), from 24.6 million in 2016.

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  Google ramps up India presence, leads $12.3 million funding in Bengaluru-based startup Dunzo

  December 05, 2017 14:47 IST

  Google picking up a minority stake in Dunzo is the first direct investment in an Indian startup by the search giant in its ongoing bid to strengthen its presence in India.

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  To control violent extremism on YouTube, 10,000 people to be hired to monitor content

  December 05, 2017 14:10 IST

  According to Susan Wojcicki, Chief Executive of the Google-owned video-sharing site, bad actors are exploiting" YouTube to "mislead, manipulate, harass or even harm".

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  Over 200 businesses want FCC to reconsider ending net neutrality

  November 28, 2017 14:46 IST

  As per current net neutrality rules, all businesses are allowed to compete equally.

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  Google announces new scholarship programme to train 1.3 lakh developers and students in India

  November 23, 2017 18:01 IST

  As part of the programme, Google will fund 100,000 scholarships on the Pluralsight technology learning platform and 30,000 scholarships on Udacity platform.

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  Twitter officially doubles 140 character-limit to 280 for all users

  November 08, 2017 9:41 IST

  Twitter has ended the 140-character limit, expanding it to 280 characters for nearly all of its users.

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  WhatsApp down, users complain of outages worldwide

  November 03, 2017 14:36 IST

  Users from a host of countries including Ireland, Russia, Malaysia, Czech Republic, Israel, Spain, Malaysia, Kenya, Turkey, Italy, Egypt and Serbia have also reported outages.

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  Donald Trump's Twitter account deactivated for 11 minutes 'due to human error'

  November 03, 2017 8:47 IST

  The social messaging company tweeted that Trump's account was "inadvertently deactivated due to human error" by one of its employees.

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  Instagram stories, WhatsApp status hit 300 million users

  November 02, 2017 14:10 IST

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that 'Instagram Stories' and 'WhatsApp Status' both now have 300 million daily active users

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  Facebook shrugs off Russia row impact: Q3 ad revenue grows 49 pc; users up 16 pc since last year

  November 02, 2017 9:58 IST

  Facebook said about 2.07 billion people were using its service monthly as of 30 September, up 16 per cent from a year earlier.

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  Google cloud region in Mumbai goes live

  November 01, 2017 19:20 IST

  The company had earlier said that it will have three such centres across the country, without spelling out the investment. The company has earmarked USD 30 billion of investments for the cloud offerings.

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  126 million Facebook users in US saw Russian-backed ads during 2016 presidential election

  October 31, 2017 14:49 IST

  Facebook estimates that Russian-backed "inflammatory" content reached as many as 126 million American users during and after the 2016 presidential election.

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  Govt planning to raise minimum internet speed to 2 mbps from 512 kbps: Report

  October 24, 2017 14:44 IST

  The government has started the process of raising the minimum-mandated internet speed for mobile and broadband connections to 2 mbps.

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  64% Chrome traffic on Android devices protected: Google

  October 21, 2017 18:56 IST

  More than 75 per cent of Chrome traffic on both Chrome operating system (OS) and Mac is now protected which is up from 60 per cent on Mac and 67 per cent on Chrome OS a year ago.