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SC directs WhatsApp to give wide publicity to its 2021 undertaking to Centre on privacy ...
New Delhi, Feb 1 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to give wide publicity in the media that users aren't bound to accept its 2021 privacy policy and also WhatsApp's functionality would not be affected till the new data protection bill comes into effect. In May 2021, WhatsApp, in ...Microsoft to bring new look to Teams Rooms on Windows
San Francisco, Feb 1 Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it will bring a new look to its Teams Rooms on Windows consoles and front-of-room displays, by the end of this quarter. "To make Teams Rooms even easier to use, we're aligning key elements of the user interface across the ...WhatsApp faces privacy setting issue globally on iOS
San Francisco, Jan 31 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is facing a server-side issue, making it impossible to update the privacy setting "who can see when I'm online," globally on iOS. This outage is not because of a broken update, reports WABetaInfo. It is still unclear how many users are affected ...Instagram expands ‘Notes’ feature to Europe, Japan
San Francisco, Jan 31 Social media platform Instagram has expanded its 'Notes' feature, a way for users to share their thoughts, to Europe and Japan. The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, made the announcement on the micro-blogging platform Twitter, stating that "Notes are now available in Europe and Japan." In ...WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on Android beta
San Francisco, Jan 31 owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on Android beta. These changes will help users to better describe groups, reports WABetainfo. The characters of the group subject have been increased from 25 to 100 to provide group admins more freedom ...Next Twitter update to make For You or Following choice persist: Musk
San Francisco, Jan 29 Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the 'For You or Following' choice will be persistent with the upcoming update of the micro-blogging platform. When a user tweeted, "I don't mind the way it's set up, just put the recommended tweets in chronological order, and ...Apple’s new software to offer anyone build AR apps
San Francisco, Jan 28 Apple is developing software that will give users an easier way to create their own augmented reality (AR) apps on its upcoming mixed-reality (MR) headset. The tech giant is developing the software as part of an effort to drive mass adoption of the device by broadening ...US mulls bill to ban TikTok nationwide over security concerns
Washington, Jan 28 The US plans to ban Chinese short video-making app TikTok nationwide, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a vote next month on a bill to completely block the platform. According to reports, the bill will give the White House the legal power to ban TikTok ...WhatsApp working on new text editor for drawing tool
San Francisco, Jan 27 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a redesigned text editor for its drawing tool. The platform is planning to introduce three new features to improve the drawing editor, reports WABetaInfo. The first feature will provide users the ability to quickly switch between different fonts ...Musk changes his name to ‘Mr Tweet’ on Twitter
San Francisco, Jan 26 Twitter Boss Elon Musk has changed his name to "Mr Tweet" on the micro-blogging platform and now he cannot reverse it. Musk revealed that he got stuck with his new name as Twitter is not letting him change it back. "Changed my name to Mr Tweet, ...