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Hackers stand right behind as you shop online in India
With more and more Indians going online and generating never-heard-before kind of data, hackers have turned their focus on a country with over 450 million smartphone users and more than 550 million Internet users.
'Super app' to place Reliance Jio in pole position
According to experts, launching a "super app" at this juncture would put Reliance in a pole position to create India's WeChat, in the market where others like Snapdeal, Paytm, Freecharge, Flipkart and Hike have failed.
Mukesh Ambani aims to become India's 1st Internet tycoon: The Economist
India's mobile phone customer base reached 1.17 billion in November last year, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The broadband user base crossed 500 million users and nearly 97 per cent of them are on wireless connections.
Microsoft search engine Bing blocked in China
According to Greatfire.org, a group that tracks what sites are blocked in China, said the site appeared to be inaccessible in parts of the country but reachable in others, reports The New York Times.
Customers Data Protection; Indian Govt Asks Amazon to Urgently Set Data Servers
However, the companies like Paytm, Microsoft and Google have come into favour of this step of localization of data servers. Let's see how Amazon will tackle with the issue. Reports suggest that Amazon has already started to work in the matter.
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Zoutons.com: Introduces Best Offers under Black Friday Sale
Zoutons has recently launched the black Friday sales where you can find various number of stores will be offering their products at maximum possible discounts and wide range of deals on the latest products.
Apple removes Facebook security app from App Store
Facebook on Tuesday removed 652 fake accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" that originated in Iran and Russia and targeted people across multiple Internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, Britain and the US.
Comply with Indian laws, IT Minister tells WhatsApp CEO
Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday told WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels to comply with the Indian laws and take "suitable" steps to prevent misuse of the instant messaging platform in the country.
Google clarifies tracking users even with location data turned off
After facing criticism over reports that certain Google apps track users' whereabouts even when they turn off location data, the tech giant has revised its Help Page, clarifying that it does track location data in order to "improve Google experience".
Ad firms suffer as Google, Facebook dominate digital dollars: Report
The dominance of Google and Facebook of digital advertising has led to the number of independent and smaller ad tech companies falling 21 per cent since 2013 to 185 in the second quarter of 2018, the media reported.
Google to place AI-powered virtual agents in call centres
The result is a flexible solution that adapts to the needs of each and every call, and provides a seamless experience between live and virtual agents, playing as big or as small a role as the situation demands.
WhatsApp to limit message forwarding to 5 chats in India
As the government served WhatsApp with a second notice asking it to check the spread of fake and provocative content, the Facebook-owned platform on Friday said it is launching a test to limit forwarding that will apply to everyone in India.
Facebook to remove posts that spur violence
In a statement, the coalition demanded civil rights and political bias audits into Facebook's role in abetting human rights abuses, spreading misinformation and manipulation of democratic processes in their respective countries.
Facebook faces record UK fine for data misuse
Over the period, it emerged that Facebook had failed to ensure that a London-based political consultancy - Cambridge Analytica - had deleted personal data harvested about millions of its members in breach of the platform's rules.
Google brings peer-to-peer payments service to 'Google Pay'
Google has integrated its peer-to-peer payments service "Google Pay Send" into its digital payments solution "Google Pay" to make the latter a one-stop destination to send and ask for money.
Public Wi-Fi can enable 40 mn new users in India by 2019: Report
Public Wi-Fi in India has the ability to capture 40 million new connected users by 2019, resulting in at least $20 billion being added to the country's GDP, a joint report by Google and global research firm Analysys Mason said on Wednesday.
Ericsson unveils India's first 5G innovation lab at IIT-Delhi
The Minister said that the government is in the process of identifying potential use cases for 5G and sectors like health, education and disaster management, among others, have emerged as frontrunners for 5G adoption.
Google allowing 3rd-party developers to scan your Gmail: Report
According to the report, Google's own employees read emails only "in very specific cases where you ask us to and give consent, or where we need to for security purposes, such as investigating a bug or abuse".
India 4th as web attacks on the rise globally: Report
Akamai researchers analysed nearly 112 billion bot requests and 3.9 billion malicious login attempts that targeted sites in the travel industry, including airlines, cruise lines and hotels among others.
Facebook permanently grounds Internet-beaming drone Aquila
In a significant development, Facebook has abandoned its plan to develop high-flying solar-powered drones called Aquila that was aimed to deliver Internet to nearly four billion people in remote parts of the world.
China-linked hackers breached defence companies: Symantec
A new attack campaign originating from computers in China has infiltrated satellite communications, telecoms, geospatial imaging, and defence organisations in the US and Southeast Asia, warns cybersecurity giant Symantec.
Google kills feature to book Uber rides through Maps
On one Google Maps Help page, Google simply says "you can no longer book Uber rides directly in Google Maps", Android Police reported late on Monday.
Yahoo Messenger services to stop from July 17
Oath, the subsidiary of telecommunications giant Verizon that operates Yahoo, has announced the final wrap-up of Yahoo Messenger with its services coming to an end on July 17.