Tech

San Francisco: In a bid to make the platform more user-friendly, micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly working on new features, including mixed-media tweets and more. According to 9To5Google, this week, Twitter for Android has revealed support for adding both pictures and videos to the same tweet, hints at tweet “awards” and more. The report mentioned that […]

Hyderabad: In these days of OTT platforms, everyone is watching movies from across the world, thanks to subtitles. But for many, by the time they are through with reading the subtitles, the action on the screen would have taken a crucial twist. And that is where a deep tech Artificial Intelligence web app built by […]

Hyderabad: Uable, a teen social app, on Thursday announced the launch of the campus ambassador programme which aims to bring together all teen communities that exist in schools, colleges, neighbourhoods, and other institutions on Uable. The chosen teen ambassadors (16-18 years old) get a chance to become ‘Zuckerbergs’ in their own right and start their […]

Hyderabad: While the digital age makes our lives easier it also brings many challenges particularly in terms of cyberattacks. The most important segment that is susceptible to online attack is passwords. With many different accounts for different utilities having different passwords and remembering them is not an easier task and reusing the same login credentials […]

New Delhi: Around two in five (37 per cent) Twitter users in India are happy about the micro-blogging platform’s acquisition by tech billionaire Elon Musk, with urban millennial users being most likely to say this (at 43 per cent), a report said on Thursday. According to a survey, commissioned by YouGov, a majority of Twitter users […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has rolled out a new update for Xbox that will bring the activity feed on the Xbox app for iOS and Android platforms in the form of stories. The company said that users will be able to create, share, and view stories with their friends in the Xbox app and […]

San Francisco: Google has acquired Raxium, an innovator in single panel MicroLED display technologies, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of California-based startup with MicroLED technology will help Google build next generation of augmented/virtual and mixed reality headsets amid the buzz over metaverse. Raxium will join Google’s Devices and Services team. “We’re thrilled to have […]

San Francisco: Amid Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover, Twitter has made a strong pitch to anxious advertisers with a slate on new premium video content. At the premier digital content event called ‘NewFronts’, Twitter’s Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette said that the investments in video and ads business would continue, reports TechCrunch. “I hope that you […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly working to bring the macOS experience to its future iPads. This news comes from Patently Apple, as the team had discovered on the US Patent and Trademark Office database that the tech giant was recently awarded a detachable laptop-like iPad experience, running on a macOS-like experience, reports GizmoChina. […]

Seoul: Samsung Electronics has unveiled its new microSD card, PRO Endurance, which is designed to meet the demands of surveillance cameras, dashboard cameras, doorbell cameras, body cameras and more. The company has claimed that the 256GB model can deliver up to 16 years (140,160 hours) of continuous recording time to ensure every critical moment is captured. […]

London: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been invited to testify in the UK Parliament regarding his proposed $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter. In a letter, Julian Knight, the Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee requested the Tesla CEO to appear before lawmakers to discuss […]

San Francisco: Video-streaming platform YouTube has announced that YouTube Go, designed for offline videos, will no longer be available for users beginning in August. YouTube Go allows users to save videos for offline viewing, giving options over quality and file size so it is clear how much data a download will use. The app also […]

San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is now testing a ‘Close Friends’-like feature, Twitter Circle, that lets users add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets. The company said that the feature is in its early stages and that is why only some users have access to it. “Some Tweets are for everyone and […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. In a video posted on micro-blogging site Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the test and said that taller photos and videos would begin appearing in some feeds. “We are testing a new, immersive viewing experience in the main Home feed. […]

Bengaluru: E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday announced it now aims exports worth $20 billion from India by 2025, thus doubling its goal. In 2020, Amazon pledged to enable $10 billion in cumulative exports from India by 2025. The company said that cumulative exports by the Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) via its ‘Global […]

London: Digital marketing of unhealthy food products to children and online gaming that compels children to a sedentary life are the main drivers of obesity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. According to the WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, rates of overweight and obesity have reached “epidemic proportions”, with only the Americas having […]

San Francisco: Twitter has acknowledged for the first time that its core advertising business could be at risk amid the $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk, along with losing key staff during the process. In a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the micro-blogging platform said it is exposed to new risks […]

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that business and government users on Twitter may need to pay a slight fee to stay on the micro-blogging platform. In a tweet, the soon-to-be Twitter boss revealed what is coming next for the users. “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight […]

Washington: Twitter’s upcoming ‘Edit’ button has been in the works for quite some time now, but the latest development on the micro-blogging site is one which is highly anticipated. While several people discovered the ‘Edit Tweet’ feature which has been in development for quite some time, it was unclear how the feature would appear to […]

Hyderabad: Even though it has been more than seven days since the world’s biggest deal in the tech world took place, the clamor around the acquisition and eventual consequences does not seem to be going away anytime soon. After many ups and downs, the news broke that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reached an agreement […]

New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) took down 24.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of March, in accordance with the IT Rules 2021. Between March 1-31, Meta received 656 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism for Facebook, […]

New Delhi: As Elon Musk prepares to hire a new CEO for Twitter once he takes over, current CEO Parag Agrawal is worried about the future of the micro-blogging platform, not his job. Amid multiple reports that Musk has lined up a new CEO to replace him, Agrawal has already said that he took the […]

San Francisco: Michael Mignano, the podcasting tech chief of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, has moved on. Mignano co-founded DIY podcast distributor Anchor in 2015. Spotify bought Anchor in 2019 for more than $150 million and brought Mignano in as its podcast tech chief. He will leave Spotify as June end, reports The Verge. Last […]

There is a steep rise in legal mobile lending in India. This however, has become a blessing in disguise for apps from scammers. The extent of fake loan apps is so high that Google’s Play Store had to remove over 200 of them since the last quarter of 2021 due to policy violations. But they […]