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Preparing young Indians with right digital skills is the key: MoS IT Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said here on Monday that the journey in the last nine years has been not only to make up for the lost ground before 2014 but also to prepare the young generation in this rapidly transforming India to be equipped with right set of skills and play a key role in the evolving landscape of technology and the global economy. Speaking at an event here where social media giant Meta announced a three-year partnership with Ministr...
Preparing young Indians with right digital skills is the key: MoS IT
Preparing young Indians with right digital skills is the key: MoS IT
Source: IANS
5/09/2023 9:34:34 AM
Meta reports 11% revenue growth in Q2 2023 Meta has released its financial results report for the second quarter (Q2) of this year ended on June 30, in which it revealed that revenue was $32 billion -- an increase of 11 per cent year-over-year -- and Facebook's monthly active users were 3.03 billion -- a spike of 3 per cent year-over-year. "We had a good quarter. We continue to see strong engagement across our apps and we have the most exciting roadmap I've seen in a while with Llama 2, Threads, Reels, new AI products ...
Meta reports 11% revenue growth in Q2 2023
Meta reports 11% revenue growth in Q2 2023
Source: IANS
27/07/2023 9:32:15 AM
India`s Reliance spin-off Jio Financial Services worth 160-190 rupees/share -analysts The financial services business of India's Reliance Industries will be valued at 160-190 rupees per share, according to estimates by five analysts, with the impending demerger boosting the stock price of the country's most valuable company. Reliance Strategic Investments Ltd - to be renamed Jio Financial Services (JFS) Ltd - will be demerged on July 20, with Reliance shareholders getting one JFS share in addition to each Reliance share they hold. Axis Securities, on Monday, reco...
India`s Reliance spin-off Jio Financial Services worth 160-190 rupees/share -analysts
India`s Reliance spin-off Jio Financial Services worth 160-190 rupees/share -analysts
Source: Reuters
18/07/2023 10:59:14 AM
Meta introduces generative AI model `CM3leon` for text, images Meta (formerly Facebook) has introduced a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model -- "CM3leon" (pronounced like chameleon), that does both text-to-image and image-to-text generation.  "CM3leon is the first multimodal model trained with a recipe adapted from text-only language models, including a large-scale retrieval-augmented pre-training stage and a second multitask supervised fine-tuning (SFT) stage," Meta said in a blogpost on Friday.  With CM3leo...
Meta introduces generative AI model `CM3leon` for text, images
Meta introduces generative AI model `CM3leon` for text, images
Source: IANS
16/07/2023 11:18:50 AM
WhatsApp Business surpasses 200 mn monthly active users globally  Meta (formerly Facebook) on Tuesday announced that WhatsApp Business has surpassed 200 million monthly active users globally, up from 50 million in 2020. Soon, businesses will be able to publish ads directly to Facebook or Instagram from the app and there will be no requirement of a Facebook account, said Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta said it’s also testing letting businesses automatically send personalized messages to multiple customers for a fee. "Star...
WhatsApp Business surpasses 200 mn monthly active users globally
WhatsApp Business surpasses 200 mn monthly active users globally
Source: IANS
28/06/2023 9:19:05 AM
Samsung plans to develop chips for XR devices Samsung is reportedly planning to develop chips for XR (Extended Reality) devices as the company is expected to unveil a new XR headset sometime later this year or the first half of next year. According to The Korea Economic Daily, citing sources, the company's plans to venture into the XR device chip market are now taking concrete shape. The System LSI division of Samsung that makes Exynos processors and ISOCELL camera sensors has started taking its first step toward making process...
Samsung plans to develop chips for XR devices
Samsung plans to develop chips for XR devices
Source: IANS
30/05/2023 2:07:27 PM
Now Google places Blue verified check marks on email senders After Twitter, Google has now announced to display a Blue checkmark next to a sender's name to verify their identity and minimise scams, which is free at the moment. In 2021, the company first introduced Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) in Gmail, a feature that requires senders to use strong authentication and verify their brand logo in order to display a brand logo as an avatar in emails. "Building upon that feature, users will now see a checkmark icon for se...
Now Google places Blue verified check marks on email senders
Now Google places Blue verified check marks on email senders
Source: IANS
4/05/2023 10:52:21 AM
Meta seeks OpenAI`s help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly in touch with Microsoft and OpenAI's to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant for its engineers. According to 'Command Line' by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth recently told employees about the plan, saying the cost for building an AI coding engineer is "crazy" at about seven cents per query. "That's the only place in the company we're really considering working with Microso...
Meta seeks OpenAI`s help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers
Meta seeks OpenAI`s help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers
Source: IANS
1/05/2023 11:41:47 AM
WhatsApp`s new feature to allow users share status updates to FB Stories Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new feature, which will allow users to share their status updates to Facebook stories without leaving WhatsApp. Earlier, users could share status updates to Facebook stories, but they had to go through the extra step of manually sharing the update each time they posted something new, according to WABetaInfo. But now, due to this new feature, the process may be automatic for certain status updates users choose, when the option is enabled. ...
WhatsApp`s new feature to allow users share status updates to FB Stories
WhatsApp`s new feature to allow users share status updates to FB Stories
Source: IANS
8/04/2023 9:52:27 AM
Dell becomes India`s Most Trusted, Xiaomi Mobiles 2nd and Titan is 3rd in TRA`s Brand Trust Report 2023 Dell has been ranked as India’s Most Trusted Brand for the fourth consecutive year in TRA’s Brand Trust Report (BTR) 2023. Xiaomi Mobiles leads the Mobile Phone Category and is 2nd ranked for the third year and Titan Watches (up +5 ranks) is the 3rd Most Trusted Brand in India in 2023. TRA’s BTR 2023 is the twelfth edition in its series and is a result of a syndicated research of 2500+ consumer-influencers across 16 Indian cities. BMW (+3 ranks) is ranked 4th&nb...
Dell becomes India`s Most Trusted, Xiaomi Mobiles 2nd and Titan is 3rd in TRA`s Brand Trust Report 2023
Dell becomes India`s Most Trusted, Xiaomi Mobiles 2nd and Titan is 3rd in TRA`s Brand Trust Report 2023
Source: PR Agency
27/03/2023 3:36:10 PM
WhatsApp to clearly outline how its privacy updates will affect EU users Meta-owned WhatsApp has committed to being more transparent on changes to its terms of service in the European Union. The European Commission said in a statement that the company will make it easier for users to reject updates when they disagree with them, and will clearly explain when such rejection leads the user to no longer be able to use WhatsApp's services. Also, WhatsApp confirmed that users' personal data are not shared with third-parties or other Meta companies -- inclu...
WhatsApp to clearly outline how its privacy updates will affect EU users
WhatsApp to clearly outline how its privacy updates will affect EU users
Source: IANS
7/03/2023 11:31:05 AM
Meta to test monthly subscription service priced at $11.99 Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue badge, as it looks to help content creators grow and build communities. The subscription bundle for Instagram and Facebook, to be launched later this week, also includes extra protection against impersonation and will be priced starting at $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 a month on Apple's iOS s...
Meta to test monthly subscription service priced at $11.99
Meta to test monthly subscription service priced at $11.99
Source: Reuters
20/02/2023 5:24:28 PM
Indian-American Attorney Vivek Malek named 1st non-white treasurer of Missouri Indian-origin Attorney Vivek Malek has been appointed as the first non-white treasurer of the US state of Missouri, Governor Mike Parson announced. Haryana-born Malek, 45, will replace Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, who is leaving the position to become state auditor in January. "Vivek Malek will be our next State Treasurer of the State of Missouri. Vivek's appointment will fill the vacancy created by the election of Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick to the Office of Missour...
Indian-American Attorney Vivek Malek named 1st non-white treasurer of Missouri
Indian-American Attorney Vivek Malek named 1st non-white treasurer of Missouri
Source: IANS
22/12/2022 12:27:46 PM
Google Pixel Tablet, speaker dock leak on Facebook Marketplace Tech giant Google's upcoming 'Pixel Tablet' and its charging speaker dock have been leaked on Facebook Marketplace, a destination on Facebook where people can buy and sell items. The unreleased Pixel Tablet has a similar screen setup as the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro's Feathers collection, reports Gizmochina. The leak of the Google Pixel Tablet showed what it looked like its default application setup. It showed the tablet-optimised Pixel Launcher home screen with the sea...
Google Pixel Tablet, speaker dock leak on Facebook Marketplace
Google Pixel Tablet, speaker dock leak on Facebook Marketplace
Source: IANS
20/12/2022 4:04:21 PM
Top 6 Digital Marketing Trends for Healthcare in 2022 Maintaining promises to customers' requirements in the digital age requires more than just business acumen and financial resources. Businesses in this digital age need to modernise their thought processes and operational procedures to foster growth and satisfaction. One of the first steps toward igniting growth and innovation in modern society is the adoption of digital marketing channels rather than sticking with traditional ones. This article will examine the most recent developments...
Top 6 Digital Marketing Trends for Healthcare in 2022
Top 6 Digital Marketing Trends for Healthcare in 2022
Source: IANS
12/12/2022 11:41:37 AM
Stocks sputter as growth fears offset China COVID shift World stocks eased on Wednesday and bonds remained supported after a chorus of Wall Street bankers warned about a likely recession ahead, tempering optimism about China's major shift in its tough zero-COVID policy. Top executives at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Bank of America all sounded downbeat in remarks on Tuesday about the economic outlook, hurting risk appetite globally and triggering fresh recession signal from bond markets. "Yields have accentuated the downward trend...
Stocks sputter as growth fears offset China COVID shift
Stocks sputter as growth fears offset China COVID shift
Source: Reuters
7/12/2022 9:00:33 AM
Google launches anti-misinformation campaign in India Google's Jigsaw subsidiary is launching a new anti-misinformation project in India, aimed at preventing misleading information that has been blamed for inciting violence, a top executive said. The initiative will use "prebunking" videos – designed to counter false claims before they become widespread – circulated on the company's YouTube platform and other social media sites. Google's efforts to challenge the spread of misinformation mark a contrast wit...
Google launches anti-misinformation campaign in India
Google launches anti-misinformation campaign in India
Source: Reuters
6/12/2022 5:22:18 PM
Apple makes about Rs 1.5L every second, Microsoft pockets Rs 1.1L Do you know how much profit Apple makes every second? It is a staggering over $1,820 (over Rs 1.48 lakh), making the iPhone maker the world's most profitable company -- generating about $157 million (more than Rs 1,282 crore) a day. Fellow tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), as well as Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, also draw in more than a thousand dollars each second, which works out at over $100 million a day, according to new research by Tipa...
Apple makes about Rs 1.5L every second, Microsoft pockets Rs 1.1L
Apple makes about Rs 1.5L every second, Microsoft pockets Rs 1.1L
Source: IANS
25/11/2022 10:48:32 AM
Jio Financial Services could be 5th-largest financial services company After demerger, Jio Financial Services (JFS) could be the fifth-largest financial services company in terms of networth, foreign brokerage, Macquarie said in a report. Reliance Industries (RIL) recently made an announcement to demerge its financial services business and rename it Jio Financial Services (JFS). RIL would transfer 6.1 per cent RIL shares held by its wholly owned subsidiary to JFS. This clearly shows the grand ambitions the group has in financial services. JFS will diffe...
Jio Financial Services could be 5th-largest financial services company
Jio Financial Services could be 5th-largest financial services company
Source: IANS
24/11/2022 12:24:06 PM
India proposes guidelines to combat fake online reviews and ratings India launched a crackdown on Monday against fake consumer reviews and unverified ratings in a bid to make the online world and e-commerce more authentic and less misleading for users. The government has drafted guidelines for companies from Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta Platform's Facebook and Instagram, and Amazon.com Inc to travel sites and food delivery apps that depend on reviews to validate products and services. Positive reviews help generate sales and interest from potential ...
India proposes guidelines to combat fake online reviews and ratings
India proposes guidelines to combat fake online reviews and ratings
Source: Reuters
22/11/2022 9:43:18 AM
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law India on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that will allow companies to transfer some users' data abroad, while giving the federal government powers to exempt state agencies from the law in the interests of national security. The proposed law would be the latest regulation that could impact how tech giants such as Facebook and Google process and transfer data in India's fast-growing digital market. It comes after India in August withdrew a 2019 privacy bill that had alarmed co...
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law
Source: Reuters
19/11/2022 9:18:44 AM
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law India on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that will allow companies to transfer some users' data abroad, while giving the federal government powers to exempt state agencies from the law in the interests of national security. The proposed law would be the latest regulation that could impact how tech giants such as Facebook and Google process and transfer data in India's fast-growing digital market. It comes after India in August withdrew a 2019 privacy bill that had alarmed co...
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law
India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law
Source: Reuters
18/11/2022 2:40:52 PM
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as head for India biz Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced the appointment of Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India, as several key executives leave the company in recent days. She will start her new role on January 1, 2023 and will report to Dan Neary, Vice President, Meta APAC. Devanathan will be a part of the APAC leadership team and will move back to India to lead the country's organisation and strategy. "Sandhya has a proven track record of scaling businesses, buil...
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as head for India biz
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as head for India biz
Source: Reuters
17/11/2022 2:49:11 PM
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy director resign Amid the heightened insecurity and mass layoffs, two top Meta India officials -- Abhijit Bose, Head of India, WhatsApp and Rajiv Aggarwal, Director of Public Policy, Meta India -- have resigned, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp Public Policy, India has been appointed as Director, Public Policy, Meta India (across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in India), replacing Aggarwal who joined Meta last year from Uber. "I want to thank Abhijit Bose ...
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy director resign
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy director resign
Source: IANS
16/11/2022 10:46:08 AM
Meta's India public policy chief, WhatsApp's India boss quit WhatsApp's India head Abhijit Bose and Meta Platforms Inc's public policy director in India Rajiv Aggarwal have resigned, a Meta spokesperson said on Tuesday. The departures follow the exit of Meta's India head Ajit Mohan, who quit this month after four years in the job to join rival Snap Inc. Meta is also in the middle of massive layoffs announced last week, cutting more than 11,000 jobs or 13% of its workforce, as the Facebook parent doubles down on its metaverse bet amid ...
Meta's India public policy chief, WhatsApp's India boss quit
Meta's India public policy chief, WhatsApp's India boss quit
Source: Reuters
15/11/2022 8:07:39 PM
Indian firms must create own models to avoid massive layoffs: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu  As Meta, Twitter and the rest of the Big Tech companies sack thousands of employees which has hit India too, Sridhar Vembu who is CEO and Co-founder of Zoho Corporation said on Monday that we need to create our own value system which is not imported or borrowed from the Silicon Valley in the US. According to Vembu, who has built a billion-dollar product company in India, told IANS that Silicon Valley has always faced big booms and huge busts in the past and this is the first time it ...
Indian firms must create own models to avoid massive layoffs: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu
Indian firms must create own models to avoid massive layoffs: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu
Source: IANS
14/11/2022 10:53:18 AM
Twitter`s global market share grows by 55% as Musk takes over  Twitter's market share has surged by 55.8 per cent in 2022 amid Elon Musk's takeover, while Facebook's share plunged by 11.86 per cent till November across desktop and mobile devices worldwide, a new report has revealed. According to data compiled by Finbold, a breakdown of the market share indicates that Facebook began the year at 76.85 per cent while in November, the value stood at 67.73 per cent. Elsewhere, in January, Twitter had a market share of 7.16 per cent whi...
Twitter`s global market share grows by 55% as Musk takes over
Twitter`s global market share grows by 55% as Musk takes over
Source: IANS
10/11/2022 4:48:58 PM
WhatsApp launches Communities group organizer feature WhatsApp is globally rolling out a feature called Communities to organize various chat groups in larger structures, as well as other features such as bigger group video calls and in-chat polls, the messaging service owned by Meta Platforms said on Thursday. The Communities feature will bring together various chat groups under bigger umbrellas where administrators could send alerts to a community of thousands – a feature that could be used by workplaces or schools. The app will now...
WhatsApp launches Communities group organizer feature
WhatsApp launches Communities group organizer feature
Source: Reuters
3/11/2022 4:40:55 PM
Meta purges 33.7 mn pieces of bad content in India in September  As the Centre notified amendments in new IT Rules, 2021 to put more obligations on social media platforms, Meta has said that it took down over 30.7 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 3 million pieces of such content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in September. Between September 1-30, Meta received 587 reports through its Indian grievance mechanism, and the company said it responded to 100 per cent of these reports in compliance with the...
Meta purges 33.7 mn pieces of bad content in India in September
Meta purges 33.7 mn pieces of bad content in India in September
Source: IANS
1/11/2022 11:53:12 AM
`Configuration change` behind global Instagram outage: Meta Meta has announced that 'Configuration change' was the reason behind the global Instagram outage. The company said that it has fixed the issue that briefly made Instagram and Facebook inaccessible for some users, reports The Verge. When trying to load either site on a desktop browser or display, affected users had encountered errors such as "page not available" or "feed not refreshing". But there were some users that were not impacted and were able to load...
`Configuration change` behind global Instagram outage: Meta
`Configuration change` behind global Instagram outage: Meta
Source: IANS
29/10/2022 3:43:59 PM
Tech stock wipeout offsets central bank pivot hopes World share markets were down for a second day running on Friday as a near $1 trillion weekly wipeout in top tech stocks outweighed hopes of a slowdown in Fed and ECB rate rises and news that the U.S. economy is not in recession yet. European shares were down nearly 1% as Thursday's weak forecasts from Amazon and Apple sent the tech sector down over 2% and the prospect of renewed COVID curbs in China hit mining and oil firms. In the bond markets, borrowing costs were also starting t...
Tech stock wipeout offsets central bank pivot hopes
Tech stock wipeout offsets central bank pivot hopes
Source: Reuters
28/10/2022 3:53:43 PM
Meta logs another revenue decline amid concerns over metaverse plans Meta (formerly Facebook) has posted another quarterly revenue decline as investors begin to lose faith in its loss-making, billion-dollars metaverse dream. In the third quarter (Q3), Meta's revenue declined 4 per cent year over year to hit $27.7 billion. The company posted a net income of $4.395 billion, down from $9.194 billion year over year. This decline is owing to Meta's huge losses in Reality Labs, Meta's virtual reality division, which lost $3.672 billion in Q3. &q...
Meta logs another revenue decline amid concerns over metaverse plans
Meta logs another revenue decline amid concerns over metaverse plans
Source: IANS
27/10/2022 12:56:36 PM
JioMart on WhatsApp a big opportunity for us: Mark Zuckerberg As Meta doubles down on its monetisation drive across its family of apps, its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that JioMart on WhatsApp in India is going to be a big opportunity for the paid messaging market. During the company's Q3 earnings call, Zuckerberg said that paid messaging is another opportunity that we are starting to tap into. "We launched JioMart on WhatsApp in India, and it's our first end-to-end shopping experience that shows the potential for chat-ba...
JioMart on WhatsApp a big opportunity for us: Mark Zuckerberg
JioMart on WhatsApp a big opportunity for us: Mark Zuckerberg
Source: IANS
27/10/2022 12:53:14 PM
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue (2nd Ld) Meta-owned WhatsApp, which suffered a global outage including in India that lasted for over two hours, on Tuesday said it has fixed the issue and the services were back for its users. Millions of Indians were unable to share videos and photos after celebrating a cracker of a Diwali as the popular messasing platform suffered a major outage. "We know people had trouble sending messages on WhatsApp today. We've fixed the issue and apologise for any inconvenience," a Meta spok...
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue (2nd Ld)
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue (2nd Ld)
Source: IANS
25/10/2022 5:49:14 PM
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue Meta-owned WhatsApp, which suffered a global outage including in India that lasted for over two hours, on Tuesday said it has fixed the issue and the services were back for its users. Millions of Indians were unable to share videos and photos after celebrating a cracker of a Diwali as the popular messasing platform suffered a major outage. "We know people had trouble sending messages on WhatsApp today. We've fixed the issue and apologise for any inconvenience," a Meta spok...
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue
WhatsApp apologises, fixes 2-hour outage issue
Source: IANS
25/10/2022 2:03:05 PM
Meta surpasses $2 bn revenue mark in India Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, surpassed $2 billion in revenue in India in FY22, which has become a strategic market for the US company. The social network posted a total profit of Rs 440 crore (after tax) in the country, growing at 116 per cent (YoY) in FY22. Profit after tax was Rs 297 crore, growing at 132 per cent. According to Meta's filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), it has registered gross ad revenue growth of 74 per cent (YoY). The g...
Meta surpasses $2 bn revenue mark in India
Meta surpasses $2 bn revenue mark in India
Source: IANS
18/10/2022 8:52:52 AM
Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta Meta said on Sunday that the video shared by The Wire, which purportedly shows an internal Instagram system, appears to have been "set up specifically in order to manufacture evidence to support The Wire's inaccurate reporting". In an update, the social network said that the video, which The Wire claims is evidence that their false allegations are true, in fact depicts an externally-created Meta Workplace account "that was deliberately set up with Instagram's name an...
Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta
Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta
Source: IANS
17/10/2022 10:07:17 AM
Apple to turn iPad into smart display to control home devices Apple is reportedly working on to turn its iPad into a smart display and speaker, that can work like Facebook Portal or Amazon Echo Show smart home devices. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the tech giant can introduce these smart capabilities into its iPads as soon as next year. An iPad docking station could allow users to make calls via FaceTime and gain hands-free control of smart home devices. It will be similar to Amazon Fire tablet that allows users to put the devices ...
Apple to turn iPad into smart display to control home devices
Apple to turn iPad into smart display to control home devices
Source: IANS
16/10/2022 11:31:50 AM
Facebook adds `show more` and `show less` tabs on News Feed  Meta is rolling out 'Show more' and 'Show less' buttons in News Feed on posts from the people and communities users are connected to and posts that Facebook recommends to them. The Facebook users can now customise Facebook Feed by selecting Show more' or Show less' on a post to see more of what you want and less of what you don't. "Selecting Show more will temporarily increase the ranking score for that post and posts like it. If you select Show le...
Facebook adds `show more` and `show less` tabs on News Feed
Facebook adds `show more` and `show less` tabs on News Feed
Source: IANS
6/10/2022 4:47:45 PM
Now everyone can share NFTs on Instagram or Facebook Meta has announced that everyone can now share digital collectibles or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Instagram and Facebook. The company started testing digital collectibles with a handful of US creators and collectors in May, and now the feature is available to users in 100 countries. "Everyone in the 100 countries where digital collectibles are available on Instagram can now access the feature," the company said in an update. Meta also tweeted that everyone on Instagram a...
Now everyone can share NFTs on Instagram or Facebook
Now everyone can share NFTs on Instagram or Facebook
Source: IANS
2/10/2022 11:29:49 AM
Malware in 28 games like Roblox, Minecraft exploit 384K players' financial data  Popular games like Roblox, FIFA, PUBG and Minecraft are among 28 games that were exploited by malware between July 2021 and June this year, affecting more than 384,000 users via nearly 92,000 malicious files. Other big series of games released during the last year -- Elden Ring, Halo, and Resident Evil -- were also actively abused by attackers who spread 'RedLine' malware under their guise, according to Kaspersky researchers. RedLine is a password-stealing software, which ...
Malware in 28 games like Roblox, Minecraft exploit 384K players' financial data
Malware in 28 games like Roblox, Minecraft exploit 384K players' financial data
Source: IANS
15/09/2022 4:23:26 PM
Tech, telco firms in India seek federal oversight of internet shutdowns An industry group for tech and telco giants in India has urged the central government to control internet shutdowns in the country to help avoid uncertainties stemming from states giving these orders, according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters. The government in 2019 had said emergency internet shutdowns were a matter for states in the interest of law and order. The current system "causes significant inconvenience to local public at large", the Internet and Mobile Assoc...
Tech, telco firms in India seek federal oversight of internet shutdowns
Tech, telco firms in India seek federal oversight of internet shutdowns
Source: Reuters
7/09/2022 2:03:20 PM
Google allows controversial Parler app back on Play Store Google has finally allowed conservative social media app Parler to be back on its Play Store, after it removed the app in January 2021 for violating its policies following the US Capitol riots. In April, Apple approved Parler's return to the App Store, following improvements the company made to better detect and moderate hate speech. "Major news: We're back on the Google Play Store. Happy downloading, Android users," Parler app tweeted on Saturday. Parler Chief Tech...
Google allows controversial Parler app back on Play Store
Google allows controversial Parler app back on Play Store
Source: IANS
3/09/2022 5:19:01 PM
Facebook to shut down standalone gaming app in Oct Meta is winding up its standalone Facebook Gaming app from both Android and iOS from October 28. The app will also be not available on Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Meta did not elaborate on why it is shuttering the standalone gaming app. "Despite this news, our mission to connect players, fans and creators with the games they love hasn't changed, and you'll still be able to find your games, streamers and groups when you visit Gaming in the Facebook app," re...
Facebook to shut down standalone gaming app in Oct
Facebook to shut down standalone gaming app in Oct
Source: IANS
31/08/2022 10:04:19 AM
Meta displayed warnings on 200 mn pieces of content on FB in Q2  Meta displayed warnings on over 200 million distinct pieces of content on Facebook (including re-shares) globally in the April-June period (Q2) based on over 130,000 debunking articles written by its fact-checking partners. The company said that it now has more than 90 fact-checking partners around the world who review and rate viral misinformation. "We continue to make progress on the prevalence of bullying and harassment content, which is now eight to nine views per 10,000 ...
Meta displayed warnings on 200 mn pieces of content on FB in Q2
Meta displayed warnings on 200 mn pieces of content on FB in Q2
Source: IANS
26/08/2022 12:32:33 PM
Indian-origin Twitter VP of engineering departs to join Meta Senior Indian-origin Twitter executive Sandeep Pandey, vice president of engineering, is leaving the Parag Agrawal-led platform after more than a decade to join Meta (formerly Facebook). According to an Insider report, Pandey, who joined Twitter in 2012, will work on Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning teams. Pandey led the central machine learning, data science and data platform at Twitter. Studied at Carnegie Mellon University, he started his career at IBM ...
Indian-origin Twitter VP of engineering departs to join Meta
Indian-origin Twitter VP of engineering departs to join Meta
Source: IANS
26/08/2022 12:03:41 PM
New Meta logins are available for Quest VR owners Tech giant Meta has announced that it will now let its Quest VR headsets users log in via a new Meta account. The company said this update will roll out globally on a gradual basis, so, users who do not have the option to create a Meta account and Meta Horizon profile right away will get the update soon. "Our new Meta account structure gives you more flexibility and control, letting you choose how you do and don't show up -- and whether Facebook and/or Instagram is part of your...
New Meta logins are available for Quest VR owners
New Meta logins are available for Quest VR owners
Source: IANS
24/08/2022 12:01:25 PM
Facebook losing its grip as `Top 10` app in US: Report Meta-owned Facebook has been struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the US App Store this year, says a new report. According to an analysis of iPhone App Store data, as younger consumers shift to newer social networking experiences like TikTok and now BeReal, the tech giant's app has lost traction in the App Store's Top Charts, reports TechCrunch. As per the report, last year, Facebook only fell out of the Top 10 free iPhone apps in the US seven times. But ...
Facebook losing its grip as `Top 10` app in US: Report
Facebook losing its grip as `Top 10` app in US: Report
Source: IANS
22/08/2022 3:54:33 PM