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Jio, Facebook to open up commerce opportunities in India: Mark Zuckerberg

New Delhi: As Facebook is set to take up nearly 10 per cent stake in Reliance Jio, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO on Wednesday said that both the companies would work on some major projects to open up commerce opportunities for people in India. Zuckerberg in a Facebook post said that India is in the […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Facebook Launches Messenger Kids With More Parental Control In India

New Delhi: As kids stay home during the social distancing times to prevent transmission of COVID-19, Facebook has brought its children-focused video chat service Messenger Kids to India along with more controls for parents to connect kids with friends. Facebook Messenger Kids was launched in the US in 2017 and was expanded into Canada and […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Facebook Announces 'Messenger Rooms' For Group Video Chat For 50 People

San Francisco: Alarmed at the popularity of Zoom in social distancing times that allows up to 100 people to join a video meeting from the comfort of their homes, Facebook on Friday announced Messenger Rooms that will allow group video calls of up to 50 people. In Facebook Messenger Rooms, the users can post links […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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WhatsApp Group Video, Voice Calls Now Support 8 Participants

New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday doubled the number of participants in a video or voice call from four to eight people at a time on its platform. To access the new limit on WhatsApp calls, all participants in a call need to update to the latest version of WhatsApp available on iPhone or Android. […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Facebook adds new 'care' emoji reaction

San Francisco: Facebook has rolled out a new ‘Care’ reaction on Facebook desktop and app to help people share their support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The social media giant is gradually rolling out the care emoji to users. A number of people have already received the new emojis, however, for the majority of users, they […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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After Facebook, Pvt equity firm Silver Lake invests Rs 5655.75 cr in Jio Platforms

Menlo Park/New Delhi:  In yet another major development, Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance Industries”) and Jio Platforms Limited (“Jio Platforms”) announced on Monday morning that Silver Lake will invest Rs 5,655.75 crore into Jio Platforms. This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.90 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.15 […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Vista Equity Partners to buy 2.32 pc stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 cr

New Delhi: US-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners will buy a 2.32 per cent stake in billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s digital unit, Jio Platforms, for Rs 11,367 crore, the company announced on Friday. “This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Google, Facebook to let most employees work from home till year-end

San Francisco: Google and Facebook have decided to allow most of their workforces to stay home and work through the end of this year. Facebook will open most of its office from July 6, according to a CNBC report. The social networking giant is in the process of determining which employees will be asked to […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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India 2nd to US again in requesting Facebook for users' data

San Francisco: The Indian government was second to the US once again in requesting Facebook for access to users data in the last six months of 2019, an increase of nearly 37 per cent from the first half (January-June period) last year, Facebook announced on Tuesday. The Indian government sent Facebook 26,698 queries about users’ […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Twitter makes it official to let employees work from home 'forever'

San Francisco: Twitter has made it official to let its employees work from home forever if they chose to and they will be paid like a normal working day as they sit comfortably in the sofa in the comfort of their homes. The new option is for those employees who do not need to be […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Facebook launches 50 person video chat Messenger Rooms globally

San Francisco: Taking on Zoom and other video conferencing apps like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, Facebook has rolled out its group video chat Messenger Rooms globally that allows free video calls with up to 50 people with no time limit. Rooms can be created right from Messenger or Facebook and gives people the ability […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Tribal Affairs Ministry Partners Facebook India To Skill 5K Youth

New Delhi: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Facebook India on Friday launched a new initiative to digitally skill 5,000 tribal youth in the country. Called GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) programme, the initiative aims to enable scheduled tribe youth (called mentees in the programme) in remote areas use digital platforms for sharing their aspirations, […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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ShareChat sacks 101 employees amid COVID-19 uncertainties

New Delhi: Home-grown regional language social media platform ShareChat on Wednesday announced that it had to let go of 101 of its employees, or about a fourth of the company’s total workforce, due to the COVID-19-induced uncertainties in the advertising market. The Bengaluru-based company’s cost-saving measures were announced in an email to employees by Ankush […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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US Private-Equity Firm KKR Buys 2.32% Stake In Reliance Jio For Rs 11,367 Crore

New Delhi: Reliance Industries on Friday announced the sale of a 2.32 per cent stake in its digital unit to US private equity giant KKR for Rs 11,367 crore, the fifth deal in four weeks that will inject a combined Rs 78,562 crore in the oil-to-telecom conglomerate to help it pare debt. This is KKR’s […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Facebook Testing Dedicated News Feed For Businesses

San Francisco: Facebook is testing a new dedicated News Feed for businesses that will help businesses connect with their customers online and grow more efficiently. For the first time, businesses…

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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