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Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram as it was a ‘threat’ to Facebook
The US House antitrust subcommittee has made public the email exchanges between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former chief financial officer David Ebersman, revealing that the company (and Zuckerberg, in particular) wanted to buy…
New Google fund to address missing data for key research
Google has launched a new Lacuna Fund which is the worlds first collaborative nonprofit effort to directly address the missing labeled data in the field of languages to health and agriculture and more.There is currently a lack of relevant,…
Google spying on users’ data to learn how rival apps work: Report
Google is reportedly keeping tabs to how its users interact with rival Android apps, selectively monitoring how the users interact with non-Google apps via an internal programme to make its own products better.According to a report in The…
Facebook expands Messenger screen sharing to iOS, Android
Facebook has now made screen sharing available globally on the latest versions of Messenger's Android and iOS apps, besides the desktop app and Web.Screen sharing allows people to instantly share their screen with friends and family…
Google redesigning Gmail to make it a productivity hub
Google has announced a major overhaul for Gmail that will expand the service beyond emails and become a productivity hub for workplace.The new design shows four tabs at the bottom of a user's screen: Mail, Chat, Meet for video calling, and…
Google introduces new games, titles for Play Pass users
Google has introduced new features in its Play Pass which connects users to hundreds of apps and games without ads and in-app purchases.Over the past few months, Google Play Pass has added over 150 new titles - from racing games to drawing…
Facebook takes on YouTube, set to launch licensed music videos
In an ambitious bid to take on Google-owned YouTube, Facebook is readying itself to launch officially-licensed music videos for artists on its platform in the US next month.In an email sent to Facebook Page owners linked to artists, the…
140 scientists from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urge to curb Trump post
San Francisco : More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to curb misinformation and hateful posts like the one from US President Donald Trump on glorifying violence on his…