Month: June 2020

It’s easier than ever to share your photographs online. Unfortunately, it is also easy for others to use those pictures without your permission. Fortunately, copyright law is designed to protect creators. Just by taking a photograph, you have certain rights to that image—even if you don’t add a copyright or trademark symbol. However, knowing how
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Australia’s antitrust regulator warned Google’s planned $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,989 crores) acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit may give it too much of people’s data, potentially hurting competition in health and online advertising markets. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the first regulator to voice concerns about the deal in a preliminary
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The UK has given up building a centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app and will instead switch to a decentralized app architecture, the BBC has reported. This suggests its any future app will be capable of plugging into the joint ‘exposure notification’ API which has been developed in recent weeks by Apple and Google. The UK’s
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Petitions are a way to make our voices heard. Whether it’s campaigning for social and political change, or to raise awareness of local issues, petitions show support for a specific idea. Online petitions are digital campaigns that are easily shareable, can gain significant momentum, and have the potential for long-lasting impact. However, appearances can be
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If you enjoy streaming the occasional TV show or movie, but don’t watch enough content to justify paying for the subscription costs of a service like Netflix or Hulu, you might want to consider using Vudu instead. With a blend of free content, on-demand rentals, and movies available for purchase, it’s a perfect service for
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During France’s coronavirus lockdown, a futuristic blue-winged avatar joined the wildly popular world of Fortnite, but its goal was not to be the last person standing — its job was to give young victims of abuse a chance to tell their stories. The secret project was launched by the French children’s aid group L’Enfant Bleu
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Beijing-based ByteDance, the privately owned operator of short video app TikTok, booked around CNY 40 billion (roughly Rs. 43,000 crores) in revenue for the January-March quarter, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The figure represents growth of more than 130 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, said one of the
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Square acquired Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payment app that works across Europe. Terms of the deals are undisclosed. According to Crunchbase, Verse had raised $37.6 million from Spark Capital, eVentures and Greycroft Partners and others. Square has attracted a ton of user with Cash App, its peer-to-peer payment app that lets you easily send and
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