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This Cyber Monday was the biggest day in Amazon history
Cyber Monday is a win-win occasion for both retailers, and customers. And it seems like Amazon has emerged as the biggest winner this year. The...
Whatsapp Business head is the latest high profile departure from Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg’s “employee number four” Neeraj Arora adds to Facebook’s growing list of high profile departures. He is said...
Cyber Monday sales expected to reach $8 Billion: Adobe
Black Friday has come and gone, and it has caused several billion dollars to fly out of buyers pockets and into the waiting arms of online retailers...
DPC acts against LinkedIn’s use of 18 million non-user e-mail addresses to target its ads
The Irish Data Protection Commission has issued a brand new report according to which, LinkedIn, the social networking website for professionals, has...
Ohio becomes the first US state to accept Bitcoin against taxes
Starting today, Ohio will become the first state in the United States to embrace cryptocurrency. The Ohio State Government will now accept taxes from...
Members from seven parliaments to grill Facebook policy VP, Richard Allan
An international grand committee comprising of 22 representatives from as many as 7 parliaments, will convene in London next week, and question...
Amazon warehouse workers protest, say “We are not robots”
Right on the eve of the biggest shopping season of the year, Amazon is finding itself hitting various snags. First, the company was hit by a major...
Tencent Music may launch an IPO by early December
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, the online-music arm of the Chinese social media firm is planning an early IPO. Apparently, the company is...
Facebook appeals against UK fine claiming it threatens Internet Freedom
On literally the last day that Facebook’s rights were about to expire, they have finally acted out by claiming they would appeal against the...
An ironic ‘Hey Siri, OK Google’ can now pop up Google Assistant on iOS
Who would have thought, that a ‘Hey Siri’ shortcut on Apple’s famed voice assistant could also help you get to Google’s own...
Elon Musk just renamed The BFR to a more pop culture-ish name
Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that...
Global multi-factor authentication outage locks out Office 365, Azure users
A global multi-factor authentication outage has resulted in Microsoft hosted customers across the globe, being locked out of their accounts. If you...
Facebook shareholders call for independent chairman, shares continue descent
2018 has not been the best year for Facebook. The company, which usually has a very strong presence on the Wall Street, has been running into trouble...
Digital Economy expected to reach $240 billion in SE Asia, says Google-Temasek study
While the world focuses on China and India as the next big growth grounds for the digital economy, the meteoric growth in the Southeast Asian digital...
Amazon launches a red, 2nd-gen Echo speaker
eCommerce giant Amazon is known for trying its luck at manufacturing devices. Whether it is the fire tablets, or the Kindle series. However, the...
Uber has joined the Linux foundation
The 2018 Uber Open Summit is currently taking place, and making use of the occasion, the cab aggregator has announced its decision to join the Linux...
Netflix tests a $4/month mobile-only plan in Malaysia
Continuing with its ongoing cheaper subscriptions’ bet on emerging markets, Netflix is now testing a $4 (approximate value post conversion)...
Microsoft introduces brand new light theme for Windows 10
Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update will bring a brand new light theme along. The company unveiled the theme today through a Windows 10 test...
Human rights groups ask Facebook to introduce due process for content takedowns
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Human Rights Watch are among a consortium of over 70 human rights group that have joined together in asking...
WhatsApp selects 20 teams to research the spread of misinformation through its platform
Fakes news is becoming an increasingly pertinent issue that is affecting everyone. Governments across the globe have come to realize the detrimental...