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From Slack To Zoom, Alternatives To Skype As It Shuts Down After 22 Years
With Skype closing, you can use alternatives like Google Meet, WhatsApp, Viber to stay connected.
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Viber Introduces AI-Powered Message Summary Feature for Users
Viber, or Rakuten Viber, has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature for users. The cross-platform instant messaging platform is offering a chat summarisation feature that will allow users to get up-to-date with unread messages with a brief summary using AI. The feature is being rolled out to select regions, and the company ha...
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Apple, Google, and Meta to TikTok and Microsoft — Tech Giants Cutting Ties With Russia
Tech giants including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have restricted or withdrawn their products and services in Russia and Belarus over the past week. AMD, Dell, and Intel are also amongst the leading technology companies that are limiting operations in the Russian Federation.
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Bumble, OKCupid Android Apps Plagued With an Old Flaw That Puts Millions of Users’ Data at Risk: Check Point
Check Point notes that 13 percent of Google Play apps analysed by them in September used the Google Play Core library, and 8 percent of those apps continued to have a vulnerable version. Viber and Booking.com apps updated to patched versions after Check Point notified them about the vulnerability. Google acknowledged this bug in April and rated it ...
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Sri Lanka Lifts Social Media Ban, Imposed After Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan President Maithri.pala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government's ban on social media us.
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Sri Lanka Social Media Shutdown Raises Fears on Free Expression
NetBlocks says Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, and YouTube following the Easter bombings.
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Sri Lanka Bombings: Government Blocks Social Media After Easter Sunday Attacks
The NetBlocks observatory said it detected an intentional blackout of popular services including Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and Viber in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media Networks To Prevent Communal Violence
Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan Moves To Block WhatsApp, Telegram Messaging Services
Afghanistan's telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied.
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TRAI Suggests Framework for App-Based Calling on Mobile Networks
The TRAI recommendations to the DoT are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Google Duo.
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Saudi Lifts Ban on WhatsApp, Skype Calls but Will Monitor and Censor Them
Lifting the ban is part of the Saudi government's broader reforms of the economy to help boost businesses and diversify the economy in response to low oil prices.
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Saudi Lifting Ban On Skype, WhatsApp Calls, But Will Censor Them
All online voice and video call services - such as Microsoft's Skype, Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger, and Rakuten's Viber - that satisfy regulatory requirements were set to become accessible overnight.
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk, Claims Study
A study has highlighted the importance of what is called an 'authentication ceremony' to help mitigate the risk.
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In A First, A Social Media Blackout In Kashmir To Curb Street Protests
Concerned that street protests in Kashmir valley were showing no signs of ebbing, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block 22 social media and instant messaging sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter for the next one month in Kashmir.
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Viber Pins Hopes on New Services Platform to Better Compete With Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
Chief Executive Officer Djamel Agaoua plans to roll out in March a new version of the app, which will function more like a platform than a single-purpose app.
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From Slack To Zoom, Alternatives To Skype As It Shuts Down After 22 Years
With Skype closing, you can use alternatives like Google Meet, WhatsApp, Viber to stay connected.
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Viber Introduces AI-Powered Message Summary Feature for Users
Viber, or Rakuten Viber, has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature for users. The cross-platform instant messaging platform is offering a chat summarisation feature that will allow users to get up-to-date with unread messages with a brief summary using AI. The feature is being rolled out to select regions, and the company ha...
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Apple, Google, and Meta to TikTok and Microsoft — Tech Giants Cutting Ties With Russia
Tech giants including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have restricted or withdrawn their products and services in Russia and Belarus over the past week. AMD, Dell, and Intel are also amongst the leading technology companies that are limiting operations in the Russian Federation.
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Bumble, OKCupid Android Apps Plagued With an Old Flaw That Puts Millions of Users’ Data at Risk: Check Point
Check Point notes that 13 percent of Google Play apps analysed by them in September used the Google Play Core library, and 8 percent of those apps continued to have a vulnerable version. Viber and Booking.com apps updated to patched versions after Check Point notified them about the vulnerability. Google acknowledged this bug in April and rated it ...
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Sri Lanka Lifts Social Media Ban, Imposed After Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan President Maithri.pala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government's ban on social media us.
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Sri Lanka Social Media Shutdown Raises Fears on Free Expression
NetBlocks says Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, and YouTube following the Easter bombings.
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Sri Lanka Bombings: Government Blocks Social Media After Easter Sunday Attacks
The NetBlocks observatory said it detected an intentional blackout of popular services including Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and Viber in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media Networks To Prevent Communal Violence
Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan Moves To Block WhatsApp, Telegram Messaging Services
Afghanistan's telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied.
-
TRAI Suggests Framework for App-Based Calling on Mobile Networks
The TRAI recommendations to the DoT are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Google Duo.
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Saudi Lifts Ban on WhatsApp, Skype Calls but Will Monitor and Censor Them
Lifting the ban is part of the Saudi government's broader reforms of the economy to help boost businesses and diversify the economy in response to low oil prices.
-
Saudi Lifting Ban On Skype, WhatsApp Calls, But Will Censor Them
All online voice and video call services - such as Microsoft's Skype, Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger, and Rakuten's Viber - that satisfy regulatory requirements were set to become accessible overnight.
-
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk, Claims Study
A study has highlighted the importance of what is called an 'authentication ceremony' to help mitigate the risk.
-
In A First, A Social Media Blackout In Kashmir To Curb Street Protests
Concerned that street protests in Kashmir valley were showing no signs of ebbing, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block 22 social media and instant messaging sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter for the next one month in Kashmir.
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Viber Pins Hopes on New Services Platform to Better Compete With Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
Chief Executive Officer Djamel Agaoua plans to roll out in March a new version of the app, which will function more like a platform than a single-purpose app.
