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The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response of the Centre, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI), and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on a PIL seeking a detailed legal framework for regulating operations of fintech companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google,

Tinder is making it easier for users to report the bad actors who misuse the Unmatch feature. The dating app is making it clear that users can, in fact, report the abusers who have used the Unmatch button in an attempt to escape accountability for their actions. Reminder: Unmatched Users Can Still Be Reported Tinder’s Unmatch feature was put in place to

WhatsApp has introduced ‘carts’, to further ease shopping on the instant messaging platform. The new update comes almost a month after the Facebook-owned company brought a shopping button to its app to let users easily browse catalogues offered by businesses on the platform and place orders. With the advent of carts, WhatsApp has moved a

Canva is the tool that keeps on giving. With this online platform, you can pretend you’re a graphic designer of the highest degree, and create anything from sleek presentations to attractive lead-magnets. But did you know Canva can also help you take on the role of a video editor? Not only does it provide the

The Trump administration on Thursday sued Facebook, accusing it of discriminating against American workers by favoring immigrant applicants for thousands of high-paying jobs.  The Department of Justice’s lawsuit opens a new front in the administration’s push against tech companies, and in its clampdown on immigration, as President Donald Trump enters his final weeks in office. The suit

Are you having trouble downloading media (photos and videos) that you receive through WhatsApp on Android or iOS? Have you been trying to save some memes or funny videos that your friends sent you on WhatsApp but to no avail? Thankfully, this should be an easy fix. In this article, we’ll guide you through the

Twitter is rolling back its threaded conversation layout that was launched earlier this year. The company said that the feedback it received from users on the new design was not very positive. This layout showed replies to the original post with thin grey lines to form a thread. Twitter said that it will now work

After US President Trump set out to ban TikTok due to national security concerns, the app has been given an ultimatum to either sell its US assets or get removed from app stores. December 4, 2020, was TikTok’s deadline to finalize its sale, but no deal has been made. Is This TikTok’s Final Deadline? TikTok had

The Trump administration on Friday opted not to grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikTok’s US assets, but talks will continue over the short video-sharing app’s fate, two sources briefed on the matter said. A Treasury Department representative said late on Friday the Committee on Foreign Investment in

Have you ever wanted to emphasize certain words or phrases that you send out to your friends in Facebook Messenger? Well, you’re in luck! If you’re using a web browser on a PC, Messenger supports text formatting. You can send text with typographical emphasis on mobile and in the Messenger desktop app, adding a unique spin

YouTube is introducing new features to its platform to support diverse communities and encourage respectful interactions. The streaming platform will warn users when a comment they are about to post may be offensive to others, giving them the option to reflect before posting. YouTube will also test a new filter in YouTube Studio for potentially

Facebook is taking on false claims about the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. The platform will now remove any content containing misinformation about the treatment. Facebook Pushes Back Against Vaccine Misinformation Now that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be released around the world, Facebook is trying to squash any misinformation that crops up. An About Facebook blog post revealed that Facebook

WhatsApp users may lose access if they don’t accept new terms of service. The popular messaging service will reportedly update its terms of service in the coming year, that will take effect starting February 8. If users do not agree to the new privacy rules, however, they could lose access to the messaging app. WABetaInfo

TikTok is known for its punchy, short-form videos that are fun to replay over and over again. But now, new findings suggest that TikTok may be experimenting with a longer, three-minute video length limit.  Are Three-Minute Videos Coming to TikTok? TikTok’s standard 60-second video length limit may be in for a change. Social media consultant, Matt Navarra,

Reddit has reportedly shared that it averaged 52 million daily active users in October 2020. This marked a 44 percent increase compared to October last year. The social media platform has shared this data for the first time and in a bid to rope in more advertisers, along with being in line with industry reporting.

Facebook’s launch of the News tab in the UK won’t leave media outlets uncompensated. The platform plans on paying publishers for contributing to the upcoming section. Facebook to Pay UK Publishers for News Stories The News tab is finally coming to Facebook in the UK. The platform announced the rollout in an About Facebook blog post and

Instagram Live Rooms feature has been launched in India. Aimed at content creators in the country, the feature will facilitate greater audience engagement by allowing creators to go live with up to three additional people, the company explained in a press release. According to the company, the early tests for this feature were done in

In celebration of Giving Tuesday, Instagram plans on highlighting its users’ acts of kindness. Any users who use the donation sticker on the platform will get featured in a shared Giving Tuesday Story that’s visible to their followers. Instagram Shines a Spotlight on Kindness Giving Tuesday is a day when people can help those in need in the

US software firm Salesforce plans to buy corporate messaging platform Slack, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, leading to a jump in stock prices for the young company. Slack, which has enjoyed increased popularity since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, saw its shares surge 32 percent. Trade was temporarily suspended but prices were still

You know this feeling too well. That painful knot that gnaws at the pit of your stomach whenever you scroll down your feed. And it gets worse the more time you spend looking at what everyone else is doing while you’re missing out. But rather than getting buried in jealousy over the experiences others seem

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America’s tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe Biden is coming back, this time as president. But times have changed. The halcyon days of an adoring Washington are unlikely to return when Biden

Have you ever looked at someone’s Instagram profile and wondered how they created such a sleek and professional-looking feed? In some cases, you may have looked at accounts managed by graphic designers. In other cases, these eye-catching feeds were designed by regular people. Feeds where pictures flow into each other, and each post plays a

Instagram seems to have blocked the hashtag #sikh on its platform for a short period of time, some users have complained on Twitter. The blocking comes just over five months after Facebook and Instagram were seen restricting the #sikh hashtag for a number of users. Instagram at that time responded to user complaints and stated

Variety is the spice of life. Or so the saying goes. So it’s a good thing that Instagram now lets you change the themes and colors of your Instagram chats. Letting you liven up your boring DMs. Previously, the closest you could get to tweaking the appearance of your Instagram chats was by activating Dark

Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers. The code will be enforced by a dedicated unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which this year said it needed new laws to keep the tech giants in

After a three-year-long pause, Twitter is relaunching its verification process. More notable accounts will soon get to wear the platform’s symbolic blue checkmark, but there will be some changes to the policy. Twitter Redefines What It Means to be Verified Twitter announced that it’s bringing back its verification program in a post on the Twitter Blog. It also noted

The US presidential election is finished: votes cast, the transition, though delayed, begun.  But on Facebook, the fight against election misinformation continues, thanks to “super spreaders,” accounts that disseminate rumors and fabrications, falsely spreading the idea that the 2020 election was beset by organised, extensive fraud by the Democratic Party.  The US nonprofit Avaaz has identified 25

Facebook made some changes to its News Feed following the 2020 US presidential election. In response to the influx of misinformation on the platform, Facebook prioritized the appearance of major news outlets on users’ News Feeds. Facebook’s Attempt to Avoid Post-Election Chaos A report by The New York Times revealed that Facebook made an “emergency change” to

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is now available as an AR effect on Instagram and Facebook. This comes ahead of India’s tour to Australia starting in a few days going all the way till January. The AR effect has been titled as ‘Bat Talk for India’ and it essentially puts Kohli’s AR figure into their picture.

Twitter is taking its fight against misinformation a step further. When you attempt to hit the Like button on a disputed Tweet, Twitter will display a warning notification. Twitter Wants Less Likes on Disputed Content In an attempt to stop the spread of misinformation, Twitter is putting a roadblock in front of users who want to Like