London : With social media sites like Facebook and Twitter coming down heavily on people sharing violent content, extremist groups appear to be migrating to Google Plus to popularise their propaganda, the media reported. According to a report in The Independent on Saturday, Google acknowledged the issue by saying it had “more to do” in […]
Category: Gadgets
WhatsApp might be working on Windows app
San Francisco : Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working with Microsoft to deliver a proper desktop app. WhatsApp is one of the few developers that consistently delivered updates to its Windows Phone app, but a report by Windows Central suggests WhatsApp is actually getting ready to deliver a proper desktop app as well, TheNextWeb […]
Facebook Messenger app crash? Try new update
San Francisco : Facebook’s latest update for its Messenger app can fix the app that was crashing constantly among many iOS users, the media reported. Version 170.0 was the buggy release, and the company has already submitted a fix (170.1) to Apple, The Verge reported on Friday. The users can now identify the version by […]
‘OnePlus 6’ hits 1 mn sales mark globally
New Delhi : Chinese smartphone company OnePlus on Friday announced that its latest flagship “OnePlus 6” has crossed one million sales globally within 22 days of its launch. “We are touched by the trust that 1 million people have placed in us and are grateful for the loyalty they have displayed,” Pete Lau, Founder and […]
Online platforms capture 38% smartphone sales in India, Flipkart leads
New Delhi : Driven by exclusive online launches and strong promotions, e-commerce platforms captured a record 38 per cent share of the total smartphone channels in India in the first quarter of 2018, a new report said on Friday. According to Counterpoint Research’s “Market Monitor” service, Flipkart continued its dominance in the online smartphone market […]
Google needs to do more on bridging gender gap: Report
San Francisco : Although the percentage of women in leadership roles at Google has increased from 20.8 to 25.5 per cent in the last four years, women still make up only 30.9 per cent of its global workforce while men 69.1 per cent, the tech giant has revealed. In its annual diversity report released on […]
Limited edition of OPPO’s ‘RealMe 1’ launched
New Delhi : Chinese smartphone player OPPO on Thursday launched its sub-brand “RealMe 1” in a limited edition moonlight silver colour variant. The new variant with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage costs Rs 10,990 and will be up for sale from June 18 on Amazon India, the company said in a statement. “This limited edition […]
Fully responsible for securing customers’ data: Google
New Delhi : With regulators around the world now keeping a closer watch on data security than ever before, Google on Thursday owned up complete responsibility for the security of customers’ data on its Cloud platform. “Our businesses cease to exist if we violate customers’ trust. So we have to be responsible for customers’ data,” […]
Facebook launches blood donations centre for 217 mn Indian users
New Delhi : To encourage its 217 million users in India donate blood for the needy, Facebook on Thursday launched a new blood donations centre on its platform that shows people opportunities to donate in their city, including nearby blood donation events, requests for blood donors and blood banks. Marking the World Blood Donor Day, […]
Twitter to put live news events in your timeline, notifications
San Francisco : Twitter has announced that it will put more live news events in your timeline and notifications and might also send users customised push notification if an event is happening that they may be interested in. “We’ve been working to change how you discover all the information around news, events, and stories. It’ll […]