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Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app owned by Meta, is bringing some changes to its navigation bar. While the Shop tab will be removed from the homepage, the button to create a new post on Instagram will be placed at the center of the navigation bar at the bottom. The Reels button will also be placed … Read more
The US Supreme Court has given a green light to Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp to pursue a lawsuit against NSO Group. The company is suing the Israel-based company for exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software. The software was then used in the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, … Read more
In the last couple of years, Instagram has pushed online shopping hard in the app. A scroll on the app meant that someone was always selling something or the other. From shoes to phone accessories and clothes to food, Instagram shopping has become quite a thing. However, it looks like the Meta-owned app is shifting … Read more
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms’s WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents. The justices turned away NSO‘s appeal of a lower court’s decision that the … Read more
WhatsApp is working on yet another useful feature. The Meta-owned app is reportedly working on a new feature which will enable users to report status updates. However, the feature was earlier in its testing phase for WhatsApp Desktop beta and now the company is now working on the same for Android beta. According to a … Read more
Meta-owned WhatsApp recently announced ‘WhatsApp proxy support’ – a workaround to connect with friends and family in case there is an internet disruption. In layman’s words, the functionality will allow users to send and receive messages when the internet is either blocked or disrupted. Here are 5 things to know about the new functionality.What is … Read more
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will make chat transfer on Android phones easier. The instant messaging app is said to be working on a new option in the WhatsApp settings tab that will let users move chats from an older android phone to a newer one without using the cloud. WhatsApp … Read more
The massive job cuts by Amazon, one of the biggest private employers in the US, show the wave of layoff sweeping through the tech sector could stretch into 2023 as companies rush to cut costs, analysts said on Thursday. As a demand boom during the pandemic rapidly turns into bust, tech companies shed more than … Read more
The Mann Deshi Foundation has launched a dedicated WhatsApp chatbot in Marathi aimed to provide millions of women across rural Maharashtra access to its digital and financial literacy tools. The chatbot was inaugurated by Dr Neelam Gorhe, Dy Speaker Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad at the fifth Mann Deshi Mahotsav. The Mahotsav is presently underway from January … Read more
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook-parent company and asked to pay EUR 390 million (approximately $413 million). A fine has been imposed on the company for the way it handled user data and violated European Union data protection rules. The move may potentially put parts of its ad business at risk.The Irish data … Read more