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Koo meets new intermediary guidelines ahead of May 25 deadline
Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Saturday said it has met the compliance requirements of the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2021 ahead of its May 25 deadline set by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…
At 25, India-born Attaluri becoming global icon by fusing mental health with art
At 25, Sravya Attaluri is already a star with thousands following her on Instagram.For Attaluri, a "third culture" child as the Independent described her to be -- born in Hyderabad, India, but brought up in Korea and then Hong Kong -- life…
Now you can check Fleets while scrolling tweets
Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that its users can now check ephemeral, Snapchat Stories-like Fleets while scrolling Tweets on their timeline.The company said that it is rolling out the new feature on iOS and soon on…
Cyclone effects: Navy goes to rescue 297 stuck on oil rig, barge
The Indian Navy (IN) has despatched its warship INS Talwar to an oil rig and a barge with total 297 people stranded on board in the Bombay High Fields vicinity as the fallout of the Cyclone Tauktae continues, here on Tuesday.An official…
Google launches News Showcase in India with 30 news publishers
Google on Tuesday announced it has rolled out News Showcase in India with 30 news publishers including national, regional and local news organisations like Indo Asian News Service (IANS), ABP LIVE, India TV, Zee News, Amar Ujala, Deccan…
Google is turning on two-factor authentication by default
To secure users from online security threats, Google is reportedly enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) on Google accounts by default for users.Users who have set up 2FA will be asked to confirm the right person is signing in to an…
Google launching handshake emoji with 25 skin tone options
Google is launching a new emoji showing multi-skin toned handshake, in a bid to bring gender diversity and inclusion into practice.The multi-skin handshake emoji in 25 options should appear in the next release, Emoji 14.0, meaning the users…
Facebook eyes newsletter biz with new publishing platform
After launching Facebook News, the social network now aims to monetise the newsletter business and will soon start testing partnerships with independent writers for its new publishing platform.According to a report in Axios, the newsletter…
Google launches website to help parents with kids’ tech use
In an effort to give parents more controls over their kids watch time, Google has introduced families.google, a website with resources for family as kids begin using technology.According to Google, two in five parents are not confident in…
YouTube announces supervised content, more parental control
Google-owned video-streaming platform YouTube has unveiled a new feature that would help parents to control what their kids watch on the platform by enabling different content settings on the platform.The new feature will give parents the…