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Twitter has announced new measures to crack down on the hate speech and online abuse pervading its social media platform.
The post Twitter Unveils New Features to Curb Hate Speech appeared first on The Financial Express..

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LeEco has appointed a new top executive for Asia-Pacific region while receiving major financial support from investors.

Cashnocash updates real time statistics based on the users' feedback and lets you know which ATM has cash, which has long queues and which has gone cash-dry.

Popular messaging app WhatsApp will focus on rolling out commercial messaging next year for businesses as it looks to tap enterprises for monetising its platform.The post Commercial messaging will be big for us in 2017: WhatsApp appeared first on The Financial Express..

Earlier this year, WhatsApp reached a total tally of one billion active users per month worldwide.

Apple's latest version of operating system iOS 10.2 is about to be launched as its third beta version is now available to developers. This new update will bring in a few new features to Apple devices.
The post Apple’s new iOS update to have ‘Panic Button’ only for India; here are the other new features appeared first on The Financial Express..

According to a Mashable report, while Facebook had 155 million active users per month in India, WhatsApp is being used by 160 million monthly active users.

BankBazaar users can now log on to the platform through their Truecaller credentials instead of Facebook or Google for a quick and frictionless registration experience.

Entering its second year, the competition aims to encourage young people in schools and communities to highlight the importance of Internet safety and being good digital citizens.

Cars with hydrogen infrastructure provide few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation, said the study published in the journal Energy.

Airtel has deployed Carrier Aggregation (4G-Advanced) technology in Gangtok, which offers data speeds of up to 135 Mbps on compatible handsets.

At a time when telecom service providers are getting set to launch video calling services on the 4G network, the game may be slipping before they start.The post WhatsApp free video calling now on Google Duo and Hike, set to hit telcos appeared first on The Financial Express..

According to IDC's quarterly mobile phone tracker, 29.1 million smartphones were shipped to India in the third quarter of 2015. The shipment was higher by 17.4 percent than April- June 2016 quarter when shipment stood at 27.5 million units.

WhatsApp, which boasts more than a billion users worldwide, adopted end-to-end encryption early this year, making it technically impossible for the company or government authorities to read messages or listen to calls.

More than a mere gaming station, Sony's black-cased monolith was billed as a technology-packed entertainment hub, setting it up as a major rival for the Xbox 360, which was winning over gamers at the time.

According to IDC's Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments clocked 32.3 million units in Q3 2016 with 17.5 percentage growth over the previous quarter, maintaining its traction with 11 percent Year-on-Year growth.

measures aimed at halting the spread of "fake news" on the internet by targeting how some purveyors of phoney content make money: advertising.

Beyond the mysterious video teasers that the brand has released online, rumors point to a 100% electric vehicle that's fully connected, more customizable than ever, and with a guaranteed range of at least 500km (311 miles).

The partnership with Active Intelligence Pte (Active.ai) will enable users to chat through the bank's mobile banking app and messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, Axis Bank said in a statement.

WhatsApp has finally opened up its much-anticipated video calling feature for all OS. Starting from November 15, this new feature will be rolled out to users within a few days.
The post WhatsApp opens video-calling for a billion users; here’s how 160 million Indians can use it even in low-end smartphones appeared first on The Financial Express..

WhatsApp has finally opened up its much-anticipated video calling feature for all OS. Starting from November 15, this new feature will be rolled out to users within a few days.
The post WhatsApp opens video-calling for a billion users; here’s how 160 million Indians can use it even in low-end smarphones appeared first on The Financial Express..

Microsoft said its Cheyenne datacentre in Wyoming will now be powered entirely by 237 megawatts of wind energy.
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"This has been in the works for some time and we are glad that we are launching the service from India, which has our largest userbase. Like voice calls, video calls are also going to be dynamic i.e. depending on the quality of network, the video will adjust accordingly," WhatsApp Head of Business Neeraj Arora said.

Amid severe criticism for promoting fake news and a critical time for the tech world, Google has announced that websites which promote fake news will soon be unable to access advertising tools by Google.
The post Google to ban fake news from making money, but what secret operation are Facebook employees running? appeared first on The Financial Express..

The deal, the biggest in the firm's history, will provide a chance for the tech titan to move past the exploding Galaxy Note 7 crisis that is expected to cost it billions of dollars as well as its cherished reputation.

The company has also touched a record 5 million transactions a day and is on the way to process over Rs 24,000 Crores.

Microsoft entered into agreements with two wind farms to power its Cheyenne data centre from renewable sources.

Fears of 'fake' new notes: Some quick ways to identify authenticity

The bots can answer questions, offer goods and services, send receipts or confirm reservations.

Facebook denies it spread fake news to help Trump win.

Apple Pay support for charitable donations kicked off on Tuesday with nonprofits ranging from global organisations such as Unicef and WWF.

Apple Inc is considering expanding into wearable glass headsets and has talked about the project with potential suppliers.

One of the world's most popular means of communication, Facebook's WhatsApp, is adding fully encrypted video calling to its messaging app on Monday, a move that comes as privacy advocates worry about the potential for stepped-up government surveillance under a Trump administration.
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With a huge user base of over a billion, WhatsApp is arguably the most popular messaging app now.
The post WhatsApp: 5 things you didn’t know you can do in the app appeared first on The Financial Express..