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Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump handle
Social media giant Twitter announced that it is banning US President Donald Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence".On Twitter, Donald Trump's handle is now an empty white page, frozen with 51 followed…
Google testing feature to show videos from Instagram, TikTok
In a bid to retain users on its platform, Google is testing a new feature where Instagram and TikTok videos will appear in their own dedicated carousel in the Google app for mobile devices, the media reported on Wednesday.According to a…
Google to let users turn off YouTube ads for alcohol, gambling
In a respite for millions of users globally, Google has introduced a new control in Ad Settings that will enable people to see fewer alcohol and gambling ads on both Google and YouTube platforms.The feature will roll out in Ad Settings…
Google Fi offering $100 to non-VoLTE customers for an upgrade
Google Fi, a service by Google that provides telephone calls, SMS, and mobile broadband using cellular networks, Wi-Fi will stop activating non-VoLTE phones from January and it is offering a $100 credit to help customers upgrade their…
Twitter allows hardware security keys for iPhones, Android
Twitter has rolled out hardware security key support for Android and iPhone devices, to help users keep their accounts more secure.Now anyone with a security key set up on their Twitter account can use that same key to log in from their…
Twitter kills threaded replies, shuts down beta app twttr
Twitter has turned off its threaded replies experiment as it made conversations hard to read and shut down its beta app called twttr, designed for experiments like threaded replies.The threaded replies experiment was meant to make replies…
Google confirms to shut down ‘Poly’ 3D platform next year
Google has made it official that it is going to shut down Poly, its 3D platform, next year.In an email sent to Poly users, Google said the service will completely shut down on June 30, 2021, and will stop accepting uploads on April 30,…
Google acquires data management company Actifio
Google Cloud has acquired data management company Actifio which is a leader in backup and disaster recovery for an undisclosed sum.Actifio offers customers the opportunity to protect virtual copies of data in their native format, manage…
Google offers people access to paywalled content in News Showcase
Google has announced to start offering people access to paywalled content in partnership with select news publishers, as part of $1 billion News Showcase initiative launched two months ago.The tech giant said that its media partners in…
Google Pay not to charge money transfer fee from Indian users
Google India on Wednesday clarified that Google Pay which is set to kill the peer-to-peer payments facility on its web app in January along with adding a fee for instant money transfers is specifically for the US market and will not impact…