Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp restore services hours after global outage
Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were restored after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people worldwide.
Oct 05, 2021, 06:13 AM IST
Signal pokes fun at WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook’s global outage
Meanwhile, Signal poked fun at the global outage of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
Oct 04, 2021, 23:53 PM IST
Telegram, Signal users surge amid global outage of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
30 p.m., these platforms have been inoperable. Users are experiencing numerous issues as a result of the service outage. WhatsApp users are unable to send messages. While new Facebook and Instagram posts are not being refreshed.
Oct 04, 2021, 23:26 PM IST
Amid WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram global outage, Twitterati have the last laugh!
Memers rose up to the opportunity to make others laugh while people wait for their unsend messages to deliver.
Oct 04, 2021, 21:53 PM IST
Instagram is not toxic for teens, says Facebook
Facebook dismissed the Wall Street Journal assessment of internal research as not accurate and denied the claims that Instagram was toxic for teenage girls.
Sep 28, 2021, 11:14 AM IST
Assam siblings write adorable letters to PM Narendra Modi, CM Himanta Sarma, seek ‘necessary action’, here’s why
Worried about the fact that their baby teeth fell, and the new ones were time much time to replace them, the two cute kids requested “necessary action” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister.
Sep 27, 2021, 09:33 AM IST
Worried about stalking? Here’s how to lock your Facebook profile
Here's how to stop stalkers from peeping into your Facebook profile.
Sep 25, 2021, 19:00 PM IST
Instagram, Facebook announce Creator Day India to help creators build careers, personal brand
The day-long virtual event will provide thousands of aspiring and emerging creators an opportunity to learn, earn and grow their communities on Instagram and Facebook.
Sep 22, 2021, 15:07 PM IST
Arrested spy in Bengaluru was trapped through a fake Facebook account called 'Neha Aka Pujaji' by ISI agent
Accused spy Jitendra Singh took the videos and photos of Army bases, firing ranges and movement of the Indian Army and sent them to the ISI agents.
Sep 20, 2021, 16:45 PM IST
Maximum misinformation on COVID-19 comes from India, followed by the US: Study
The study results also showed that India (15.94 per cent), the US (9.74 per cent), Brazil (8.57 per cent) and Spain (8.03 per cent) are the four most misinformation-affected countries. Earlier, the WHO had warned that false information on COVID-19 is putting people in danger.
Sep 15, 2021, 12:05 PM IST
Instagram could soon allow users to mark others as 'Favourites' to set feed priority
'Favourites' will let users categorise their most important Instagram accounts (friends and creators) as their priorities so that the posts by these marked handles will land higher in the user's feed.
Sep 12, 2021, 17:27 PM IST
Here’s how Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft made billions during war on terror
Four of the five top-spending agencies on Big Tech contracts were "central to foreign policy or were established as a direct result of the Global War on Terror", it said.
Sep 11, 2021, 16:48 PM IST
Facebook unveils Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses in 20 style combinations: Check price, features
Facebook's smart glasses will be sold in select retail stores in the US as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and the UK.
Sep 09, 2021, 22:14 PM IST
Facebook, Ray-Ban to unveil smart glasses on September 9: Check features, launch details
Ray-Ban 's website suggests that the smart glasses will be finally unveiled on September 9, giving a sneak-peak to what has been cooking in the social media giant’s technology labs for years now.
Sep 08, 2021, 18:24 PM IST
Media outlets allowing defamatory comments can be sued, says top Australia court
The High Court dismissed an argument by some of Australia's largest media organisations that for people to be publishers, they must be aware of the defamatory content.
Sep 08, 2021, 12:26 PM IST
WhatsApp's new customisable options soon! Users can hide Last Seen status from specific contacts
As spotted by WABetaInfo, new privacy tools are in development to allow control over exactly who can see parts of a user's profile, reports Android Police.
Sep 07, 2021, 15:33 PM IST
Outrageous! Facebook mistakenly labels black men as 'Primates', apologises for 'unacceptable error'
The social media giant has now disabled its topic recommendation feature, and have apologised to "anyone who may have seen these offensive recommendations."
Sep 04, 2021, 15:51 PM IST
Huge shock to WhatsApp! Irish regulator fines $266 million over privacy breaches
WhatsApp said the fine was "entirely disproportionate" and that it would appeal. Still, the Irish fine is significantly less than the record $886.6 million euro fine meted out to Amazon by the Luxembourg privacy agency in July.
Sep 02, 2021, 19:56 PM IST
Instagram went down in India, other countries, DM, Reels service restored after hours of outage
Online outages detecting platform Downdetector also confirmed that there was a sharp spike in outages on Instagram.
Sep 02, 2021, 16:06 PM IST
Instagram asking users' birth date to enforce child safety measures
The company said that it will allow them to create new safety features for young people and will help in ensuring that the company is providing the right experiences to the right age group.
Aug 31, 2021, 13:36 PM IST