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Google unveils its ‘Switch to Android’ app for iPhone users
San Francisco : Tech giant Google has quietly launched its most awaited 'Switch to Android' app on the App Store in some countries, including the US. According to TechCrunch, the app promises to make the transition between mobile platforms…
WhatsApp gets NPCI nod to extend payments service to 100 mn Indian users
New Delhi : In a major flip to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make deeper inroads into the Indian digital payments ecosystem, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has approved an additional 60 million users on unified payments…
Twitter board to evaluate Elon Musk’s ‘unsolicited, non-binding’ $43 bn offer
San Francisco : Twitter on Thursday said it will carefully review the "unsolicited, non-binding" proposal from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to acquire the micro-blogging platform for more than $43 billion."The Twitter Board of Directors will…
Sundar Pichai announces $9.5 bn for new offices, data centres in US
San Francisco : Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced to invest approximately $9.5 billion for new offices and data centres in the US this year, creating 12,000 new full-time jobs and thousands more among local…
Twitter acquires OpenBack to make push notifications better
New Delhi : Twitter has acquired OpenBack, a Dublin-based push notifications company, for an undisclosed sum as the micro-blogging platform aims to make notifications timely, relevant and engaging.In a tweet thread, Jay Sullivan who is…
Twitter investor sues Elon Musk for hiding his stake
San Francisco : A Twitter investor has sued Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for failing to disclose his stake in the micro-blogging platform as sought by the US laws.The lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan federal court by Marc Bain Rasella…
YouTube suffers global outage, firm says fixed all issues
New Delhi : Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday morning suffered global outage as users reported several issues like receiving error messages while trying to watch videos along with logging problems.YouTube users also reported issues with…
Meta to let creators sell virtual items in social VR app Horizon Worlds
San Francisco : Meta on Tuesday announced it is testing new features in Horizon Worlds, its social virtual reality (VR) app, that will help creators sell virtual items and make money. In a conversation with Vidyuu Studios, Meta CEO Mark…
Google sues scammer for running ‘puppy fraud scheme’
San Francisco : Google has sued a scammer who used a network of fraudulent websites that claimed to sell basset hound puppies with alluring photos and fake customer testimonials in order to take advantage of the elderly during the pandemic.…
Meta to stop people from sharing private residential info of other users
San Francisco : Meta (formerly Facebook) is ending an exception to its existing rules that allowed users to post private residential information of people on its platforms if it was "publicly available" elsewhere.Reacting to a decision by…