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Whatsapp says it is now fully compliant with RBI’s data localisation norms for payments roll out

After years of efforts, Whatsapp seems to have finally complied with India’s…
Facebook

Facebook to add option for turning political ads off in light of U.S. Elections

After Cambridge Analytica, everyone was shocked when Facebook said that not only…

Facebook’s $5.7Bn Jio Platforms deal under scrutiny from Indian antitrust watchdog

Facebook’s deal with Jio for a 10% stake in the largest telecom…
Google Meet

Google is integrating Meet in the Gmail app on mobile phones

Meet, Google’s video-conferencing competitor to Zoom, MS Teams and others, has announced…

Facebook will save US users from ads bought by foreign state-controlled

According to recent news, Facebook has decided to hide all ads from…
WhatsApp

WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next?

WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months…
ByteDance

Tiktok-parent Bytedance is shutting down ‘Vigo’ short form video apps in India

Bytedance, the Chinese internet giant that owns popular short form video app…

UK antitrust watchdog probes Facebook ‘s $400 million acquisition of Giphy

Facebook ‘s acquisition of Giphy and the subsequent addition to Instagram was…

Instagram announces a ton of new special features to support the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month

Instagram has today announced a slew of new features on for its…

Facebook tests Google-like Wikipedia info panel in search results

Facebook’s battle to take on Google as the web’s search platform, is…
Twitter Fleets

Twitter launches its own version of Stories called ‘Fleets’, in India

Twitter had started testing its own version of the over saturated ‘Stories’…
Uber logo

Uber launches ‘Hourly Rentals’ in India after a successful US launch

Uber is launching a new service, dubbed ‘Hourly Rentals’, which will let…
Zomato

Zomato to scale down grocery as food delivery expects to make a comeback

Zomato will now return to its homebase, and put its weight behind…
Snapchat

Snapchat removes Donald Trump from its ‘Discover’ section

Snap Inc., as a result of a decision made last week, has…

After Spotify, now Facebook inks global licensing deal with Saregama

Facebook said on Wednesday that it has entered into a global licensing…

Facebook announces “Manage Activity’, a quick shortcut to deleting old posts

When Facebook was created, Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have imagined in his wildest…

Over 7 million personal and financial records of BHIM users, including UPI IDs, leak on the web

On 23rd April 2020 vpnMentor’s research team discovered a massive amount of…

Google further delays Android 11 launch by a month amid nationwide protests in the US

We have been stuck with Android 10 for a while now, and…

Facebook’s NPE launches ‘Venue’, a second-screen experience to let fans interact during live events

Facebook’s R&D group, NPE team is on a roll. In what would…
Uber logo

Uber’s new ‘Hourly’ feature lets riders pay by the hour and take multiple stops

Uber is announcing a new ride option in select cities in the…

Zuckerberg calls out Twitter on fact-checking Trump’s tweet, says private companies “should not be arbiter of truth”

The Trump vs Twitter battle just saw a major participant joining in…