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"Holi Of Blood": Mamata Banerjee's Poem Amid Delhi Violence

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday February 27, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, one of the foremost critics of the BJP, has shared on her Facebook account a poem titled "Hell" in which she has expressed concerns over "a peaceful country being turned violent".

Huawei Says Its AppGallery Is Now World's Third Largest App Store

Abhik Sengupta | Wednesday February 26, 2020

Huawei has claimed that its own mobile apps ecosystem, AppGallery, is the third-largest ecosystem in the world. Popular apps including WhatsApp, Facebook Instagram, and third-party and indigenous Google apps are not available on AppGallery.

Facebook Acquires VR Game Developer Sanzaru Games

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 26, 2020

Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, the developer behind the best virtual reality (VR) game of 2019 titled Asgard's Wrath for an undisclosed sum.

Facebook, Google, and Other Internet Giants Fight Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 26, 2020

Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major tragedies or disasters as opportunities to swindle or manipulate people.

$8 to Share Bank Balance: Study Puts Monetary Values to Online Data, Privacy

Reuters | Wednesday February 26, 2020

German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about $8 per month for sharing their contact information, while US users would only seek $3.50.

G20 Officials Call for Unity to Tax Tech Giants

Reuters | Monday February 24, 2020

Leading world economies must show unity in dealing with aggressive "tax optimisation" by global digital giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, G20 officials said on Saturday.

Shopify to Join Facebook-Led Libra Currency Group

Reuters | Saturday February 22, 2020

Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said on Friday it would join Libra Association, a group that manages Facebook led efforts to launch a global digital currency, Libra.

Facebook, Google, Others' Encryption Said to Be Threatened by Planned New US Bill

Reuters | Saturday February 22, 2020

US legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies' ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, and it aims to curb the distribution of child sexual abuse material on such platforms.

Sony, Facebook Skipping GDC 2020 Over Coronavirus Concerns

Vineet Washington | Friday February 21, 2020

Sony and Facebook have decided to skip this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) scheduled for March 16 in San Francisco. Both companies have cited coronavirus concerns as their reason for not attending the conference.

Facebook to Pay Users for Voice Recordings in Bid to Improve Speech Recognition

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 21, 2020

Facebook has announced it will pay select users who agree to record their voice to improve its speech recognition technology.

WhatsApp Phishing URLs Jumped Over 13,000 Percent in Q4 2019: Vade Security

Tasneem Akolawala | Friday February 21, 2020

WhatsApp is reportedly is among phishers’ favourite target, a new security report has revealed. The report claims that the number of WhatsApp phishing URLs has seen a staggering 13,467.6 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth.

Man Arrested Near Delhi Over "Offensive" Facebook Post Against Yogi Adityanath

Noida News | ANI | Thursday February 20, 2020

A man from Greater Noida was arrested for allegedly sharing an offensive Facebook post against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Irish Regulator Readies Draft Decisions in First Big Tech Privacy Probes

Reuters | Thursday February 20, 2020

Under GDPR, the DPC must share its draft decision with all concerned EU supervisory authorities and consider their views in its final verdict. Each of the bloc's regulators may be called on for a majority decision if agreement cannot be reached among the relevant member states.

Facebook Invests in Indian Education Startup Unacademy

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 20, 2020

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday joined others such as General Atlantic and Sequoia India for a fresh $110 million round of funding into one of India's fastest growing education technology start-up Unacademy.

Mark Zuckerberg Gets Employees To Blow-Dry His Armpits, Claims New Book

Offbeat | Thursday February 20, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg has his communications staff blow-dry his armpits before big events and speeches, a new book on the Facebook founder and CEO claims.