San Francisco : An internal investigation at Facebook has revealed that fake Russian accounts bought nearly $100,000 of political ads during the 2016 US election campaign. The ads and accounts appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages...
San Francisco : With an aim to go toe-to-toe with Amazon's Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant Alexa, Google has announced that it would put its "Assistant" on partner speakers, appliances and connected cameras. Citing the announcement made at the Internationale...
San Francisco : Two days after Apple started accepting donations for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, Facebook has announced that it would raise, from the users on the platform, funds to the tune of $1 million for the cause. To contribute funds to Harvey recovery...
Tehran : Iran's minister of telecommunication and information technology said on Sunday that Apple's ban on the Iranian apps will result in the developments of domestic technologies. Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi described recent decision of Apple Inc to remove Iranian...
San Francisco : Many users across the globe faced outage on Facebook and Instagram, with a flash message from the company saying the website undergoing "required maintenance". Late on Saturday, users started to complain that they were unable to access their social...
New York : Photo-sharing app Snapchat is expected to overtake Facebook for the first time in the US, as the user growth of Facebook will slow among teens and adults, market research firm eMarketer has said. Snapchat is forecast to overtake both Instagram and Facebook...
(August 19 is World Photography Day) By Somrita Ghosh, New Delhi : A "cow mask" photography series uploaded on Instagram by 24-year-old photographer Sujatro Ghosh recently took the Internet by storm. Shot entirely on a mobile phone, the series features a woman wearing...
Jeddah : The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Thursday launched the upgraded version of its Manasikana (our rituals) application for smartphones. The app, designed to educate pilgrims on the rituals of Hajj and Umrah, offers a package of electronic services for the...
San Francisco : Google has rolled out 'Questions & Answers' feature to Google Maps and mobile Search to help users get information about places they want to go to. Users can ask or answer a question -- or read the existing questions and answers about a place -- by...
Beijing : Apple is facing regulatory problems in China after a group of 28 app developers filed a complaint against the Cupertino-based American multinational technology giant, accusing the company for "abuse of market power and App Store control". According to a...