More than 85 per cent of social media and internet intermediaries feel that the harsh compliance mandates in the new IT Rules 2021 would negatively impact the ease of doing business in India, a new report showed on Monday. New Delhi, July 4 , 2022: More than 85 per...
Telegram launches paid subscriptions service at $5 a month
Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has announced paid subscription on its platform that is likely to cost around $5 (about Rs 400) a month. New Delhi, 20th June 2022: Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has announced paid subscription on its platform that is...
WhatsApp bans over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April
Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of April in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. New Delhi, June 1 : Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in...
Bigger groups, emoji reactions – WhatsApp rollsout new features
The company said that it is slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group, which, till now, allowed to add only up to 256 San Francisco: With an aim to make the messaging platform more user friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is...
WhatsApp to allow 32 people in group voice call
WhatsApp Group admins will also be able to remove errant or problematic messages from everyone's chats New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced to add emoji reactions directing in its chat app, allow up to 32 people in a single group voice call and increase file...
18-yr-old crowd funds bike for teacher-turned-delivery boy
Aditya gifted a Splendour bike to Meena and asked him to repay the loan with the rest of the money collected Jaipur: This is the story of an English teacher Durga Shankar Meena from Rajasthan's Bhilwara who lost his job during Covid pandemic, and became a Zomato...
Is Twitter dying, Musk asks in latest dig at social media giant
Sharing a list of 10 most-followed Twitter accounts, Musk asked: "Is Twitter Dying?" New Delhi: Elon Musk, who is now on the board of Twitter after acquiring 9.2 per cent stake in it for nearly $3 billion, took a fresh dig at the Parag Agrawal-led platform, asking if...
Elon Musk bats for EDIT button on Twitter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked his more than 80 million followers if they wish to have an edit button on their tweets New Delhi: A day after revealing that he has a 9.2 per cent stake worth about $3 billion in Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked his...
Facebook bug exposed entire News Feed to ‘integrity risks’
A group of Meta engineers has reportedly identified a "massive ranking failure" that exposed nearly half of all Facebook News Feed views San Francisco/New Delhi: In a startling revelation, a group of Meta engineers has reportedly identified a "massive ranking failure"...
Ghost Advertisers Promoted BJP on Facebook during Elections: Investigation
Surrogate advertisement, which means placing ads that promote a political candidate but are not funded or authorised by that candidate, is a crime as per Indian law. NEW DELHI – Journalists of The Reporters’ Collective who carried out an investigation into the...