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WhatsApp says banned over 2 million accounts in India in October

The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those

Facebook, Instagram remove over 18.8 mn content pieces in India in Oct

Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Wednesday said that it has removed over 18.8 million pieces of content in October on Facebook and Instagram in India

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to receive $1 mn annual salary

The India-born executive - who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role - served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017, and has been responsible for the company's technical strategy

Qualcomm leans into cameras, gaming with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform

Qualcomm said that more than a dozen phone makers, including Xiaomi, Sony and Honor, have signed up to use the new chips and that phones featuring it will be on the market before the end of the year

Singapore researchers test 'smart bandage' for remote recovery via app

Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart bandage to enable patients to have chronic wounds monitored remotely via an app on a mobile device, potentially saving them visits to the doctor.

Qualcomm, Google Cloud announce collaboration to create next-gen mobile AI

Chip-maker Qualcomm and Google Cloud have announced a collaboration to create next-gen mobile AI models and neural network solutions.

CEOs who can't sit still: Jack Dorsey's Twitter departure is a sign

Jack Dorsey, who is stepping down after six years as Twitter's chief executive, is one of the tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their empires

Twitter prohibits sharing of personal photos, videos without consent

Twitter Inc said it will not allow sharing of personal media such as photos and videos on its platform without the consent of the person.

Learning platform BitClass tops Google Play Store's Best of 2021 List

The compilation is in an annual list of apps that the technology giant collates, for apps and games that challenge the norm, introduce unique features and give users newer experiences

How Adobe's tech is helping Tata CLiQ compete with e-commerce rivals

Access to Adobe Analytics dashboards and reports enables everyone in the Tata CLiQ ecosystem to dive deeply into data, track sales and make advanced analyses such as assessing customer purchase intent

Twitter suffers outage for web users in India amid new CEO buzz

According to Downdetector, a website that monitors app outages, users in Twitter started facing the problem around 6 p.m. especially on the web version

Zoom adding automatic updates for all Windows, Mac users

Automatic software updates are now available for the desktop Zoom client on Windows and macOS, but it is not available for Linux yet

All you need to know about Parag Agrawal, the new India-born Twitter CEO

For Parag Agrawal, the IIT Bombay alumnus who has succeeded Jack Dorsey as the Twitter CEO, one of the biggest tasks at hand would be content moderation

Netizens slam new Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal over old tweet on racism

In 2010, when he was not even an employee of Twitter, Agrawal quoted a comedian mocking racism and Islamophobia in America

Musk praises Parag Agrawal, says US benefits from Indian talent

Agrawal has been with Twitter for more than a decade and has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2017

From BitClass to Jumping Minds: Google Play Store's best apps of 2021

Winners were selected across the developer ecosystem to reinforce that a great app or game can come from anywhere

Google starts rolling out new update for Android Auto app: Report

According to reports, the dual SIM support is rolling out with the Android Auto App version 7.1.614554

CEO Parag Agrawal hopes to extend Twitter's reach, continue progress

Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal hopes to extend the social networking site's reach under his tenure while making continued progress while providing exciting opportunities in challenging times.

Apple working on charger that can power multiple devices, says report

Apple is looking for both short and long distance wireless charging, which is quite a bit more advanced than its current induction charging based offerings

Parag Agrawal joins a long list of Indian origin execs leading tech firms

Agrawal worked with Microsoft and Yahoo! before his stint with Twitter