Kabul : In a move that can curb "freedom of expression", the Afghanistan government has asked several private telecommunication companies to suspend WhatsApp and Telegram instant messaging services in the country. Although the apps, popular among the country's elite,...
San Francisco : Essentially a hardware-focused firm, Apple is falling behind in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race with Google and Amazon racing ahead while embracing the open-source and collaborative approach in the emerging field of AI, Fortune reported....
Mumbai : Facebook with over 217 million monthly active users in India is closely working with marketers and advertisers to discuss how the social media giant can help businesses drive growth. With 2.1 billion monthly active users globally, Facebook currently has 212...
San Francisco : As Facebook, Google and Twitter prepared to face questioning on November 1 into Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election, the tech giants were planning to tell the lawmakers that the Russian content on their respective platforms...
San Francisco : You will no longer have to manually enter country code top-level domain names to avail country-specific services for Google Search and Maps on the web and the Google iOS app. And this applies even when you travel from one country to another, for...
San Francisco : Facebook has vowed to make political ads more transparent, allowing users of the social network to know more about the advertisers which may include their identity and location. The move comes ahead of the November 1 US Congressional hearings in which...
London : The European Union's data regulator group has rapped WhatsApp for the "take it or leave it approach" it has taken regarding sharing of user data with the parent company Facebook. The EU data regulator has launched a taskforce to implement "a clear,...
San Francisco : In a bid to increase transparency on its platform, Twitter has announced to publicly disclose all ads -- including political and issue-based ads -- and the identity of who bought them. In the wake of Russia's alleged use of social media platforms to...
San Francisco : Facebook is finally testing a paywall in its Instant Articles feature -- beginning with Android and not iOS devices -- in partnership with a small group of publishers across the US and Europe. Facebook will support the subscription-based news product...
San Francisco : In a move that will help women and kids connect with their families and friends as they travel, Facebook-owned WhatsApp has introduced 'Live Location' feature. The feature that allows people to share location in real-time with family or friends. The...