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Facebook announces a ‘Coronavirus Community Hub’ on Messenger to contain misinformation spread

Facebook announced yesterday, a coronavirus community hub for people who use its…

India’s MX Player expands into a dozen new international markets, including the US and UK

At a time when most people across the world are staying indoors…
Microsoft is shutting down Skype permanently.

UAE lifts restrictions over Microsoft Skype for Business, Google hangouts

Owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and subsequent business disruptions that have…
Twitter

Twitter expects revenue loss for Q1 2020, but monetizable DAUs surge

Twitter, just like every other company in the world right now, is…
Netflix

Netflix to lower traffic on Indian internet providers by 25% without much quality compromise

After interventions requested by Indian telecom companies through Department of Telecommunications, Netflix…

Indian telecom companies urge video platforms to lower streaming quality to reduce network strain

Coronavirus pandemic has pushed people back into their homes as India heads…
WhatsApp

India launches dedicated Whatsapp chatbot to aware masses on COVID-19, social media companies directed to check misinformation spread

As dangerous as the coronavirus is, it’s threat is only matched by…

Amazon’s Prime Video joins Netflix, Youtube in lowering streaming bit rates to lessen network strain

After Netflix and Youtube decided to lower streaming bitrates in Europe, where…

After Netflix, now YouTube lowers streaming quality in EU for 30 days to avoid network strain amid COVID-19 outbreak

After Netflix decided to stream all of its content on Standard Definition…

Re-designed Facebook Desktop, including Dark Mode, starts rolling out to most users globally

Facebook has now started rolling out a new, radically re-designed version of…
Microsoft

Microsoft Teams hits 44 Million DAUs as COVID-19 outbreak makes work from home, the new normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought humanity to its knees- literally. The deadly…

Telecom operators in India red flag Government requests for call data records for ‘all users’ in some regions

In what would certainly come under questionable use of power, the central…
Facebook

A Facebook bug caused even legitimate coronavirus posts to be marked as spam, confirms VP

Facebook, the world’s most trusted source of ‘totally legitimate news’ has a…
Microsoft

Microsoft Teams goes down as work from home becomes the new normal

Not finding something when you need it the most- really frustrating right?…

Microsoft’s Bing launches a COVID-19 real-time dashboard to track the global pandemic

In an effort to keep general populace informed of the spread of…
Disney+ Hotstar

Hotstar rolls back Disney+ content, says launch will happen on March 29th as scheduled

People have been religiously waiting for Disney+ to make its debut in…

Existing agreements with record labels could defer Apple Music combined subscription bundle

Apple had reportedly been working on an all-encompassing subscription for its users…

Harley-Davidson introduces long pending support for Android Auto

Popular motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has announced via a press release, that it…

Regulatory pressure pushes Facebook into expanding its photo transfer tool across more of Europe

Facebook’s photo transfer tool, which lets users transfer all of their photos…