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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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New Facebook Messenger tool to protect minor users from harmful chats

San Francisco: In a bid to make Messenger safer, Facebook has introduced a new feature that will help millions of people, especially minors, avoid potentially harmful interactions and possible scams without compromising their privacy. The Messenger users will now see safety notices popping up in a chat and provide tips to help them spot suspicious […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Facebook, Instagram users can now add music to posts from Saregama

New Delhi: Saregama on Wednesday announced a global deal with the social networking giant where Facebook and Instagram users can add music to their posts and stories from Indias oldest music label. The partnership will allow users to choose from a rich catalogue of over 100,000 songs across several different genres including film songs, devotional […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Facebook's Google Photos transfer tool now available globally

San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tool is now available globally to everyone. Part of a programme involving Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Twitter established in 2018, the tool allows users to create copies of all of the photos or videos on Facebook account and transfer them to a linked Google Photos one. […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Facebook Releases New Map, Datasets To Help Combat COVID-19

San Francisco: Facebook has released new visualisations and datasets publicly along with a new survey to help researchers and healthcare providers combat the Covid-19 pandemic. These include a Covid-19 map and dashboard which include international results from Facebook’s symptom survey as well as its movement range datasets “that are informing the public sector response to […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Facebook Tool Converts Smartphone Photos Into 3D Images In A Jiffy

New York: A team of Facebook researchers has created an end-to-end system that helps users turn photos they take on their smartphones into 3D images within seconds. The new framework provides users with a more practical approach to 3D photography, addressing several design objectives. Users can access the new technology via their own mobile device […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Facebook Adds New Feature To Create User's 'Digital Avatar'

New Delhi: Facebook on Tuesday launched a new feature ‘Avatars’ in India which would allow users to create a digital persona that’s uniquely representative of the user and post in comments, Messenger chats or share it on WhatsApp. Users will be able to make an Avatar, a cartoon-like version of themselves by choosing from a […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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CBSE Teams Up With Facebook To Train Students And Teachers On Digital Safety

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced a partnership with Facebook to provide training on digital safety, online well being and training on augmented reality (AR) to students and teachers. The training modules are for the secondary school students. The curriculum is now available on the CBSE website. The curriculum […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Instagram Brings Tiktok-Like Short Videos To India With 'Reels'

New Delhi: With the ban on TikTok creating a huge vacuum for the 15-second videos in the Indian Internet space, Facebook-owned Instagram on Wednesday announced the extension of the testing of Reels which allows users to record, edit and share short multi-clip videos, to India. With Reels, Instagram users can share short videos with their […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Indian Army Asks Personnel To Delete 89 Apps Including Facebook, Instagram

New Delhi: The Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks. The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but also carries US-based platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Zoom, Truecaller, Reddit and […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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