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WhatsApp now allows up to 8 people to join a group video call: Details here

WhatsApp emphasised that like written messages, all calls on its platform are protected with end-to-end encryption

HBO Max set to debut on May 27; will be available on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

HBO Max will be available as a native app only for the fourth-generation Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K

Apple Music app arrives on Samsung Smart televisions: What is new, and more

The Apple Music app requires Apple account and a subscription service to start streaming music on Samsung-branded televisions

Twitter disables 'tweet via SMS' feature due to text message vulnerability

The tweet via SMS feature was launched with Twitter's original 140-character limit

Google Cloud plans to acquire enterprise cloud software firm D2iQ: Report

D2iQ investors include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Khosla Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz and T. Rowe Price Associates

Samsung brings Galaxy Buds+ features to Galaxy Buds through software update

The update has a size of around 1.39MB and it is available for download though Samsung Wearable app. Here are the new features that the update brings

Covid-19 outbreak: Time running out for just-in-time inventory system

Some firms are being even more adventurous and toying with an idea that, on the face of it, seems counter-intuitive, namely replicating the work from a home model in the factory.

ShareChat scouts for start-ups in AI, ML space to expand product portfolio

Acquires memes platform Memer for an undisclosed amount

Bitcoin is like a poetry, can bring a sea change in the world: Jack Dorsey

Dorsey has also hired Bitcoin developers for his payments company, Square

70% plunge in viral forwarded messages globally: WhatsApp to govt

Earlier this month, WhatsApp limited the number of times a frequently forwarded message can be sent further to only one chat at a time

Zoom's sudden popularity sets off scramble in rivals

Facebook, Google and other behemoths are training their sights on Silicon Valley's company of the moment

Artificial intelligence drives content in fight against Covid-19 pandemic

Executives say there are many websites that aggregate data and provide a user interface, but lack human curation that works to synergise raw data and is harvested through AI

Virus of cyber kind: Only behavioural change can ensure digital security

Between February and March, there was a 12 per cent increase in the number of devices in India that received at least one threat

India feature phone market declines 24% in first quarter of 2020: Report

Leading the feature phones shipment in India is itel which increased its market share from 7%in Q1 2019 to 22 per cent in the same quarter this year

Facebook launches 'Messenger Rooms' for group video chat to target Zoom app

In Facebook Messenger Rooms, the users can post links in their News Feed or in Groups or event pages

iQOO 3 smartphone gets a price cut, now starts at Rs 34,990: Details here

The iQOO 3 would be available on Flipkart and company's online store as soon as e-commerce resume operations, which are currently suspended in view of country-wide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic

Apple plans to use its own processors in Mac computers by 2021: Report

The iPhone maker is working on three processors for its Mac-series computers. These chipsets will be based on company's A14 processor, which will power the company's next iPhone

ValueAct eyes stake of over $1.1 billion in Japanese gaming major Nintendo

ValueAct has picked up about 2.6 million shares, or about a 2% stake, in Nintendo. Shares of the Japanese company rose more than 2% as trading started in Tokyo

This gold-medallist swimmer's enterprise flies drones to kill Coronavirus

Garuda Aerospace, whose drones have been spraying disinfectants in Chennai Corporation areas and govt hospitals, has also won orders from Varanasi for sanitising several parts of the city

IBM gets 'The Weather Company' going to empower farmers during lockdown

Firm's 'operations dashboard' works as a meteorologist-in-a-box to provide weather data insights