News Highlights: Mobility and a growing focus on the user experience will be a strong focus for organizations in 2016. Trusted digital identities will proliferate across increasingly connected environments for greater convenience,
Google and Facebook and Twitter, it is Yahoo’s turn to promise to alert its users if they think their accounts have been attacked by hackers working on behalf of governments (state-sponsored actors).
WhatsApp seems set to be taking on Skype in a bigger way in coming weeks with the planned roll out of a video calling feature. German blog Macerkopf.de has leaked screenshots of
Various Facebook users on Friday reported that they had been “signed up” as supporters of Facebook’s Free Basics service against their will. Multiple users reported being automatically signed up when they scrolled
Facebook is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly from the app, without leaving a conversation or downloading the ride-hailing app. Uber is
Vandals have damaged the entrance to a building in Hamburg that houses the offices of social network Facebook, smashing glass, throwing paint and spraying “Facebook dislike” on a wall, police in the
Motherboard, a tech news site, and the Financial Times earlier reported on Twitter’s warning. One organization that said it received the notice, a Winnipeg-based nonprofit called Coldhak, said the warning from Twitter came
Facebook has defended its ‘Free Basics’ service, previously known as internet.org, in response to the Indian telecom regulator’s consultation paper on zero rating and free data plans, saying its app is non-discriminatory,
Competes with WhatsApp and Facebook in the country SHAREit, the world’s preferred app for cross platform sharing, makes headway in the Indian app market with 100 million local users. Since the availability
Recognition for African developers who are working to deliver apps, websites and services for learning/education and economic empowerment; $US150, 000 awards for winners in two categories Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation
UC Browser is the 3rd most used app in India after Facebook and WhatsApp, according to a report released by The Information based on data provided by Quettra. The report, titled ‘What
Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature in Chennai. The website activated the feature early Thursday morning. The Safety Check feature allows people to mark themselves as “safe” from the floods. Facebook’s
