Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws – something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent. At least 16 people have been arrested over coronavirus posts in Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong,
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Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including “deepfake” videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could result in violence or other harm. The policy was announced after Twitter asked for comments last year on ways to reduce “synthetic and manipulated media” on the online platform that
Snap missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday as it faced tough competition from digital advertising giants Google and Facebook, sending its shares down 10 percent. Snap, which owns the popular photo messaging app Snapchat, had earlier warned its peak advertising demand period between Black Friday and the December holidays had one fewer
Match Group missed Wall Street’s quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday, as sequential subscriber growth on its popular dating app, Tinder, fell to its lowest in at least a year, sending shares down 10 percent after the bell. The online dating service provider also forecast first-quarter revenue in the range of $545 million to $555 million, below
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Advertisement Kik is a popular messaging app for Android and iOS, but it isn’t for everyone. So, if its appeal has faded for you, it may be time to delete or deactivate your Kik account. This may be because none
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Dom Hofmann, the co-founder of the long-lost but never-forgotten Vine, has launched Byte. This is a new way to create and share short videos. So Byte is not only the spiritual successor to Vine, but also direct competition to
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Twitter is full of great videos. But how do you save them for posterity? While tweets can feel temporary, you might want to save videos you have seen on your timeline. Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t offer a native way to
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Pinterest has launched a new feature called Try On. This uses augmented reality (AR) technology to let you virtually try on makeup before you buy it. Which should enable you to try different brands and shades before you spend
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Advertisement Lots of businesses errantly use a Facebook profile rather than a Facebook Page to interact with their followers, customers, and sales leads. But this isn’t a good idea. Facebook profiles have a more limited set of features than
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Facebook has launched a new tool which puts you more in control of your data. Called the Off-Facebook Activity tool, this shows you which websites and apps are sharing your data with Facebook. It also lets you clear your
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Instagram has previously tested a feature where its users could see who was taking screenshots of their stories. While this feature ended up being retired, it left many questioning whether people can see if you screenshot their Instagram Story.
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Advertisement If you can’t imagine your life without social media, you’ve probably fallen victim to the power that social networking sites have on people. The chances are that you’ve also experienced some of the negative effects of social media
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube dominate the social media world in most countries, but Russia (and some surrounding areas such as Kazakhstan and Ukraine) often prefer regional replacements for these platforms. This difference in social media use is of
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Facebook has launched a new set of parental controls for Messenger Kids. These new tools are designed to help parents “manage their child’s experience in Messenger Kids”. Which should help keep your child safe and you assured of their
Riding on iPhone XR and later a strong iPhone 11 demand, Apple’s India shipments grew by a healthy 17 percent in the calendar year 2019, a new report said on Monday. Increased local manufacturing, prudent pricing and refined go-to-market strategies helped Apple attain market success, said the CyberMedia Research (CMR’s) ‘Mobile Handset Review Report’. “Apple
Taiwan’s Wistron plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones at its new plant in southern India, two sources said, highlighting Apple’s push to expand manufacturing in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market. The local assembly of PCBs by Wistron’s India unit will be a first for the contract manufacturer, which began making Apple’s low-priced
Google Maps is an invaluable tool for anyone who drives a car in a big city, offering details on traffic snarls or bottlenecks on major roads. A lot of us religiously check Google Maps before going anywhere, to properly plan our routes. Google itself runs ad campaigns encouraging users to do the same. But the
Foxconn could see a “big” production impact and shipments to customers including Apple face disruption if a Chinese factory halt due to the coronavirus outbreak extends into a second week, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Taiwan’s Foxconn, which makes smartphones for Apple and other brands, has halted “almost all” of its
Google Pay faced a service disruption in India on Tuesday. Multiple users reported that the app has suddenly removed their bank accounts, preventing them from making transactions. The issue appears to have a limited impact, though several users have posted their complaints on social media platforms. Google Pay is one of the more popular mobile
Swedish caller identification app Truecaller on Tuesday said that the company has achieved profitability over the last four months and also crossed 200 million monthly active users (MAUs) around the world. Truecaller, which now has over 150 million monthly active users in India, said its aggressive growth in advertising sales and premium subscriptions in India
Flipkart is hosting Apple Days on its site offering discount and deals on varied iPhones. The sale will begin on tomorrow i.e., February 5, and go on till February 8. The iPhone XR will be listed with no-cost EMI options, and the iPhone XS 64GB variant will be listed with a Rs. 5,000 discounted price
WhatsApp has been discovered to have a critical vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to remotely access files from a Windows or Mac computer. The vulnerability, which has been fixed by Facebook, could be exploited using the WhatsApp desktop application. It was a mix of multiple high-severity flaws that existed within the WhatsApp desktop application.
The US Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation. The chief executive of developer Mobicip, Suren Ramasubbu, told Reuters he was interviewed in
Apple has patented a new hinge design for a foldable device, hinting that it may be working on a foldable phone of its own. Samsung was the first to unveil a commercial foldable phone last year, the Galaxy Fold, which then saw several hiccups and delayed launches. With Samsung’s design, there was a visible crease
State attorneys general investigating Alphabet’s Google unit met on Tuesday with US Justice Department officials to coordinate efforts to probe the search and advertising giant, officials told Reuters. The attorneys general of Texas, Utah, and Nebraska were among those in attendance. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said one goal of the gathering was to coordinate efforts,
Eager to own a Samsung Galaxy Fold but don’t have that much money, Escobar Inc — the tech company owned by Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria — might have something for you. It is called the Escobar Fold 2, touted as the “Real Samsung Killer Phone”, and appears to have a Galaxy
A Redmi Note 6 Pro unit caught fire while it was being serviced at a local service shop in India. The incident, which has been covered in a video, took place while a technician was trying to open the phone. A local Gujarati daily reported that the Redmi Note 6 Pro burst into flames shortly
Smartphone manufacturer Nubia is working on the Red Magic 5G and recent teasers tipped that the Nubia Red Magic 5G could sport 80W fast charging. However, it seems that the 80W charging is off the table now for the Nubia Red Magic 5G. Nubia president Ni Fei has posted on Weibo asking his followers if
Samsung Galaxy S20 LED case listing was briefly spotted on the official German website, almost confirming the name of the upcoming Galaxy S series flagship phones. Now, the Galaxy Z Flip leather cover support page has been listed on Samsung’s official Romanian site. This confirms that the second foldable phone from Samsung should ideally be
Samsung Galaxy A70s price in India has been dropped by Rs. 3,000. The new price drop comes in the midst of rumours claiming the imminent debut of the Galaxy A71 in the country. The Galaxy A70s was launched in India last year. The smartphone comes in two distinct variants with up to 8GB of RAM
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