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All of Google’s #CES2019 announcements, right here
The mega Las Vegas consumer electronics event is underway, and there have been a literal flurry of announcements coming in from Google. And while it...
Amazon and Flipkart join forces to battle Indian Government’s new e-commerce policies
The two largest players in India’s e-commerce sector – Flipkart and Amazon have allegedly put aside their differences and joined forces...
‘HackerGiraffe’ hacks into Google chromecasts, exposing a bug that has existed for over 5 years
Hackers take control of over thousands of Chromecast streaming devices, exposing the vulnerability of the routers. The hackers – who go by the...
US Court dismisses facial recognition lawsuit against Google over lack of “concrete injuries”
There has been a development in the ongoing Rivera vs Google case in Illinois, USA. Well it is more of an outcome rather than development as the...
‘Everything is fake’, says Ex Reddit CEO Ellen Pao on Internet companies’ traffic metrics
On Wednesday, the New York Magzine published an article titled How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually which questioned...
Instagram’s tap/swipe-to-scroll update receives users’ grunt, taken down
Instagram made all its users lose their minds in the holy holidays week, when it rolled out a major update which changed the way people interact with...
Child porn sharing WhatsApp groups expose present social media’s inefficient moderating systems
In wake of Tech Crunch’s recent report on the issue of child porn being circulated on WhatsApp, Google made efforts to take down the third...
Government requests to Apple saw a 9%rise globally, compared to previous year
Earlier on Monday, Apple Inc. published their bi-annual Transparency Report for the first half of this year on their website. In the report, they...
India’s proposed Data Protection Bill bans cross-border transfer of personal data
There’s more information on India’s new, proposed data protection bill, that is said to come anytime now. The info, reported by Times of...
Facebook says it only provided access to user data after explicit permission
The New York Times has once again called out Facebook Inc. regarding their breach of user data access. This has been an ongoining situation for over...
SpaceX is reportedly raising $500Mn to fuel its hyper speed internet ambitions
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly in talks to raise a hefty $500 million in hopes of boosting its Starlink project. In this undertaking, SpaceX...
Hackers find a way to deliver commands to malware via memes on Twitter
Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new form of virus that could pull valuable data from your desktops by using commands masked in memes on...
Pokémon GO creator Niantic is reportedly raising $200Mn
Gaming startup Niantic Labs, which initially started within Google in 2010 and then went out its own to function as a separate company, is reportedly...
A Facebook Photo API bug exposed unposted photos of over 6.8 Million users to third-party apps
More data breach news folks. And once again, as has been the case quite often in past few months, the platform making users vulnerable is...
YouTube Rewind 2018 fallout: Everything that has happened so far
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the YouTube Rewind 2018 situation. YouTube reqind started off back in...
Google launches a new ‘Shopping Homepage’ for Indian users
Google has today announced a brand new shopping experience for all you, who spend quite some time sifting through offers and products on multiple...
Google’s Year in Search 2018: FIFA World Cup, Black Panther and more
This year’s edition of Google’s Year in Search is here. The Google Year in Search isn’t a mere list of the most searched or most...
Verizon – 10,400 will leave the company as a part of its voluntary program
Verizon Communications Inc. today announced the departure of almost 7 % of its worldwide task as part of a voluntary program to leave the business. ...
Google rolls out “For You” feature for iOS and other Android devices globally
Ever since the announcement was made at Google I/O back in May, Google Maps app has been in a major overhaul mode. Significant updates have been...
Google has acquired popular train tracking app ‘Where is my Train’
Popular Android app ‘Where is my Train’, which offers several ways to track locations of trains on Indian railways (world’s third...