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WhatsApp To Roll Out ETA When Sharing Documents
WhatsApp banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in May

The platform had banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April.

Google
Google rolls out new update for its password manager

The new update allows users to add a shortcut to Google Password Manager to their Android home screen.

Instagram
Instagram confirms it is working to turn video posts into Reels

If your account is set to private, your Reel will only be visible to your followers, it added.

Twitter
IT Ministry warns Twitter to comply with new IT rules or face action

The government told Twitter to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69 A of the IT Act along with non-compliance notices issued for not taking the content down.

Twitter
India bans Twitter accounts of several Pak journos, diplomatic missions

The banned accounts include accounts of the Pakistani Embassy in the UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt.

Google Hangout
Google to shut down Hangouts, tell users to switch to Chat

The company mentioned that users who wish to keep a copy of their Hangouts data to use Google Takeout -- to download their data before Hangouts is no longer available in November 2022.

Microsoft
Microsoft Windows 8.1 coming to an end in Jan 2023

The tech giant is ending Windows 8.1 support in January 2023, and will begin pushing alerts to users next month.

Instagram
Instagram tests new feature for disappearing content

The feature could help to highlight important messages from friends that they do not want to be lost in the inbox and could offer more visibility than posting to Stories.

Twitter
'Twitter Notes' to let you post longer tweets soon

At the moment, Twitter users have to write long-form content in the form of broken threads which may be jarring for people to read.

 Sergey Brin & his wife Nicole Shanahan
Google co-founder Brin seeks divorce from his attorney-entrepreneur wife Nicole Shanahan

Brin and Shanahan quietly married in 2015, and they're quietly trying to split now, according to filings with the Santa Clara Superior Court first seen by Insider.

WhatsApp
Now WhatsApp let users hide profile pictures, 'Last Seen' from specific people

On the microblogging site, the company wrote that now users can select who from their contact list can see Profile Photo, About, and Last Seen status.

Elon Musk
Elon Musk hints layoffs at Twitter in future

The question of layoffs has been top of mind for Twitter's more than 7,000 employees since Musk first said he wanted to buy the company.

Microsoft ends support for Internet Explorer in Windows 10
Microsoft ends support for Internet Explorer in Windows 10

Windows 11 does not include an IE desktop app, the report said.

Cabinet gives nod for 5G auctions
Cabinet gives nod for 5G auctions; 72097.8 MHz spectrum to be put on block by July-end

The market is gearing up for the rollout of 5G services, that will usher in ultra-high speeds and spawn new-age services and business models.

Instagram
Bug hits Instagram Stories, users flummoxed

Photo and video sharing social networking platform Instagram hit by bugs on Tuesday. The issue cropped up when someone posts a new story to their feed.

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