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• Toys R Us considering bankruptcy filing due to shrinking sales

  16-09-2017 11:54
  American company Toys R Us maybe set to file for bankruptcy as a result of the decline in sales and heightened competition according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
  The report also clained that the pressure from suppliers has intensified for Toys R Us and the company and its restructuring advisers are considering filing for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia.
  Toys R Us has hired lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis to help restruc
  
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• Google ains to autoplays by offering users more control

  16-09-2017 10:26
  Google is all set to put an end to the autoplay functions of videos in its Chrome browser by giving users more control over audio.
  The changes will roll out in Chrome 64 ( to be released in October) where autoplay will be allowed when the user opts for the media to be played. These changes will also unify desktop and mobile web behavior, making web media development more predictable across platforms and browsers.
  In a blog post, Mounir Lamouri, Google's software engineer
  
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• Google aims to put an end to autoplays by offering users more control

  16-09-2017 10:26
  Google is all set to put an end to the autoplay functions of videos in its Chrome browser by giving users more control over audio.
  The changes will roll out in Chrome 64 ( to be released in October) where autoplay will be allowed when the user opts for the media to be played. These changes will also unify desktop and mobile web behavior, making web media development more predictable across platforms and browsers.
  In a blog post, Mounir Lamouri, Google's software engineer
  
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• News UK revamps Style and Fabulous brands

  16-09-2017 09:56
  News UK introduced revamped versions of both The Sunday Times’ Style and The Sun on Sunday’s Fabulous to expand their digital presence and create advertising partnership opportunities.
  News UK said it will further look to grow and enhance its magazine portfolio as Style will utilize a digital-first approach with ‘Seven days of Style', a digital content strategy featuring exclusive and engaging video content on ‘Style Play’ across social media platforms lik
  
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• WhatsApp tests delete feature to recall messages

  16-09-2017 09:22
  Facebook owned WhatsApp is testing a feature which will delete messages sent erroneously to an individual or in a group chat within five minutes.
   
  According to WABetaInfo, the test will allow the sender to delete the message for everyone, while it will also be updated in the Notification Center too. WABetaInfo claimed that the feature will be available for both iOS an Android users. 
  Chat app Viber released a 'Delete for Everyone' feature in 2015.
  Elsewhere, F
  
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• Technical 'glitch' sees YouTube, Gmail & Google Docs outage in India

  16-09-2017 08:31
  Google experienced a technical glitch which saw services including YouTube, Gmail and Google Docs shut down in India and across several other parts of the world for a brief period yesterday (15 September).
  It comes just days after Google's servers failed, leaving users in Central Europe, Japan and the US East Coast unable to access Gmail and some other services. 
  Meanwhile a Google hijack in Japan last month which left the country without internet access investigation by The
  
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• Jamie Oliver's new Facebook chatbot to offer recipes via emojis

  16-09-2017 07:23
  As part of a promotion strategy of his new book, celebrity chef and restaurateur Jamie Oliver has introduced a chatbot which will make use of food emojis to come up with recipes. 
  The recipes will be come from Oliver's new book, Five Ingredients Quick & Easy Food, and can be accessed from Oliver’s Facebook page and Facebook Messenger.
  The chatbot is also built to offer snack ideas for different purposes, for example a user could type a car emoji and bot will offer snacks sugg
  
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• Jamie Oliver Facebook bot offers recipes via emojis

  16-09-2017 07:23
  As part of a promotion strategy of his new book, celebrity chef and restaurateur Jamie Oliver has introduced a chatbot which will make use of food emojis to come up with recipes. 
  The recipes will be come from Oliver's new book, Five Ingredients Quick & Easy Food, and can be accessed from Oliver’s Facebook page and Facebook Messenger.
  The chatbot is also built to offer snack ideas for different purposes, for example a user could type a car emoji and bot will offer snacks sugg
  
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