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Reliance Jio had 429.5 million users at the end of September 2021 quarter. (PTI Photo)

Jio prepaid recharge through WhatsApp soon

On Wednesday, Akash Ambani said there are currently over half a million retailers on JioMart and the number is growing
15 Dec 2021 3:58 PM
In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: AP/File)

Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19 misinformation

Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it
13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM
The feature arrives shortly after David Marcus announced he would be leaving the company. (Photo: AFP/File)

Facebook Messenger to get built-in bill splitting feature

The feature could be useful for situations like divvying up a restaurant bill with your friends or splitting a bill with roommates
05 Dec 2021 11:18 AM
The company merged Messenger and Instagram chats last year, as a part of its plan to create a unified messaging system across all of its platforms. (AFP Photo)

No default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger, Instagram until 2023

While messages sent through Messenger and Instagram can be E2EE, that option isn't turned on by default and likely won't be until 2023
22 Nov 2021 4:36 PM
Facebook has recently begun scaling back its use of facial recognition after introducing it more than a decade ago.. (Photo: AFP/File)

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

More than a third of Facebook's daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the social network's system
03 Nov 2021 9:14 AM
This photograph taken on October 28, 2021 shows the META logo on a laptop screen in Moscow as Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced the parent company's name is being changed to "Meta" to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. (Photo: AFP)

Meta acquires VR fitness app Supernatural

Meta recently revealed that the studio behind Supernatural will be joining the company
31 Oct 2021 11:58 AM
Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: AP)

Facebook Inc rebrands as Meta to stress 'metaverse' plan

The announcement comes amid an existential crisis for Facebook
29 Oct 2021 7:26 AM
The Union ministry of electronics and IT (MeITY) is learnt to have sought a clarification from the Facebook following recent revelations by whistle-blower Frances Haugen. (AFP file photo)

India seeks Facebook’s algorithm

MeitY has written to Facebook asking for information around the algorithms and processes used by the platform
29 Oct 2021 12:30 AM
The hearing comes the same week YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat were questioned by a U.S. Senate panel. (AFP Photo)

Facebook, Google, Twitter face grilling by UK lawmakers

Representatives from Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok will be questioned by members of a parliamentary committee
28 Oct 2021 4:00 PM
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. (Photo: AFP/File)

Facebook removes Brazil President's video claiming Covid vaccines cause AIDS

Facebook's press office said the video violated the company's policy regarding COVID-19 vaccines
26 Oct 2021 9:15 AM
In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: AP/File)

Facebook profits rise amid Facebook Papers findings

The company's revenue grew 35 per cent to USD 29.01 billion
26 Oct 2021 8:38 AM
In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: AP)

Facebook in India selective with hate speech, celebrations of violence: Report

The documents are part of a larger cache of material collected by whistle blower Frances Haugen
24 Oct 2021 2:42 PM
Facebook said it does not comment on "rumor or speculation." (Photo: AP/File)

Facebook plans rebrand with new name, says The Verge

The name change will be announced next week, The Verge reported
20 Oct 2021 12:32 PM
Facebook's systems are designed to catch such mistakes but in this case a bug in the audit tool prevented it from properly stopping the command, Janardhan said. (Photo: AP)

Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance

Engineers scrambled to fix the problem on site, but this took time because of the extra layers of security, Janardhan said
06 Oct 2021 5:55 PM
The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. (Photo: AP)

Facebook says outage caused because of 'faulty configuration change'

The company apologized and said it is working to understand more about the cause
05 Oct 2021 9:56 AM
Users took to microblogging site Twitter to write about their issues in accessing Facebook and Instagram, using the hashtag #instagramdown and #facebookdown. (Representational Image: ANI)

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services down globally

Several users, including those in India, were unable to access WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook on both Android and iOS platforms
04 Oct 2021 10:30 PM
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri announced the news in a blog post, saying that the Facebook-owned company would continue to work on parental-supervised experiences for younger users. (Photo: PTI)

Facebook halts plans for 'Instagram Kids' app after criticism

In the blog post and series of accompanying tweets, Mosseri blamed the critics for misunderstanding the purpose of the app
28 Sep 2021 5:41 PM
The court listed the matter for further hearing on October 22. (Photo: AFP/File)

Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to pleas by FB, WhatsApp challenging IT Rules

The pleas have challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional
27 Aug 2021 1:30 PM
These features, which are currently part of the standalone Messenger app, were originally spun out of the company's main app in 2011 and officially removed in 2014. (PTI Photo)

Facebook testing to add video, voice call features back to its main app

Adding the voice and video call feature to the Facebook app makes about as much sense as spinning off Messenger in the first place
24 Aug 2021 6:08 PM
The move comes days after Facebook said its U.S. employees must get vaccinated to step into offices. (PTI Photo)

Facebook delays return to office for employees until January

Tech giants including Alphabet Inc's Google, Uber Tech Inc have also said all their US employees have to be vaccinated before returning
13 Aug 2021 1:26 PM

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

In Pictures | TRS protest in Delhi
Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

In Pictures | Celebrations at Ghazipur border after farm laws repeal announcement
Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In Pictures | Itchy throats, watery eyes: Delhi's AQI severe after Diwali
Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K
A healthcare worker Nazir Ahmed carries vaccines and looks out from a hillock for Kashmiri shepherds to vaccinate them in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. The challenge for health workers travelling to to long distances for vaccinating mostly shepherds and nomadic herders in the remote meadows of the Himalayan region has not been the treacherous terrain but to persuade women to get COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo)

In Pictures | Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads
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