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Vulgar videos made on Chinese apps now infiltrate WhatsApp

By Nishant Arora New Delhi:  These may be exciting times for Chinese short video-sharing apps that have invaded smartphone users, especially in the Tier III and IV towns in India. But the steep rise in…

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Google building 1st subsea cable between Europe, Africa

June 29, 2019 San Francisco:  Stretching from Europe all the way to Africa, Google is introducing its new private subsea cable called ‘Equiano’. Fully funded by Google, Equiano would start in Western Europe and run…

SaaS spending hits $100bn annual run rate, Microsoft leads

June 29, 2019 San Francisco: Led by Microsoft and Salesforce, the enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue passed the $100 billion run rate this quarter, a new report has said, adding that the SaaS market continues to…

Airtel folds up 3G network in Kolkata

June 28, 2019 Kolkata:  With 4G technology being the dominant network in India, Bharti Airtel on Friday began phasing out its 3G network in the country, starting with Kolkata. However, Airtel will continue to provide…

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Data colonisation the new looming danger

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi:  First there was military colonisation and then energy colonisation. Now, there looms the phenomenon of data colonisation. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it at Davos earlier this year: “Today,…

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WhatsApp to end Android 2.3.7 and iOS 7 OS support in 2020

June 26, 2019 San Francisco:  Facebook-owned mobile Messaging service WhatsApp would no longer support devices using the Android 2.3.7 operating system and iPhones using iOS 7 after February 1, 2020. WhatsApp’s updated FAQs said on…

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Facebook rolls out new rules for political advertising globally

June 26, 2019 San Francisco:  Facebook has rolled out its transparency tools globally for advertisers wanting to place ads about social issues, elections or politics. The social networkin0g platform already requires that advertisers get authorized…

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Microsoft losing on Android my ‘greatest mistake’: Bill Gates

June 25, 2019 San Francisco:  Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said that his “greatest mistake ever” was the company losing on the Android opportunity which has cost Microsoft nearly $400 billion and made…

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Govt distributes free DD sets in border areas of J&K

June 22, 2019 Srinagar: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has distributed Doordarshan’s Free Dish Set Top Boxes in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir as part a spectrum of initiatives for empowering the people…

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