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YouTube most popular platform for Indian language news consumers: Report
New Delhi : Google-owned YouTube is the most popular platform for Indian language digital news consumers, with a whopping 93 per cent using it to access news, a report revealed on Thursday.The report by Google News Initiative in partnership…
Meta introduces new personalisation controls for FB reels
San Francisco : Meta has introduced new personalisation controls for Facebook reels, which will let users customise what they want to see more or less of, so the videos they see are more relevant to them.The company also said that it is…
Twitter lets emergency, transport agencies to access its API for free
New Delhi : Twitter on Wednesday backtracked on its decision to put its application programming interface (API) behind a paywall, and will allow emergency and transportation service providers to access its APIs for free.…
Google pays entire Rs 1,338 cr penalty to CCI in Android case
New Delhi : In probably the first case of a Big Tech giant paying a penalty to the Indian regulators as the government aims to bring a new Digital India Act, Google has paid the entire penalty amount of Rs 1,337.76 crore imposed by the…
YouTube introduces new ad formats for Shorts
San Francisco : Google-owned YouTube has announced that it is rolling out new ad formats to its short-form feature Shorts.The company said that it is expanding Shorts into its video reach campaigns."Video reach campaigns use Google AI to…
WhatsApp bans record over 47 lakh bad accounts in India in March
New Delhi : Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record of over 47 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of March, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Monday.Between March 1 and March 31, "4,715,906 WhatsApp accounts…
Blue badges reappear briefly for legacy Twitter users if they update bio
New Delhi : Legacy Blue tick owners on Twitter were in for a surprise on Monday when a minor edit in their bio resulted in getting their Blue badge back, albeit briefly.A bug in Twitter resulted in legacy blue check holders briefly get…
Twitter to allow media publishers to charge users per article per click: Musk
New Delhi : Elon Musk on Sunday said that Twitter will allow news publishers to charge users per article basis with one click from next month.After announcing new monetising features for content creators, the Twitter CEO is now aiming to…
Instagram to let users add songs to photo carousels
New Delhi : Meta-owned Instagram is testing a new tool that will let users add songs to their photo carousels on the platform.According to Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tool is already available in a "few countries with more to…
WhatsApp rolling out ‘reply with message’ feature within call notifications
San Francisco : Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new "reply with a message" feature within call notifications to some beta testers on Android.The company said that it will be rolling out the feature to even more people over…