The numbers that prove India is too ‘important’ for Facebook

The five most popular social media platforms in India are WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Not to forget, Facebook owns WhatsApp and Instagram, making it the largest and most influential platform.

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TikTok Parent ByteDance to Pay $92 Million in US Privacy Settlement

TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million (roughly Rs. 670 crore) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law.

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Twitter reveals its paid service feature called Super Follows

Super Follows feature will allow Twitter users to charge followers for access to exclusive content. “That could be bonus tweets, access to a community group, subscription to a newsletter, or a badge indicating your support.”

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Microsoft failed to shore up defenses that could have limited SolarWinds hack: US senator

A vulnerability first publicly revealed by researchers in 2017 allows hackers to fake the identity of authorized employees to gain access to customers' cloud services. The technique was one of many used in the SolarWinds hack.

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Samsung Galaxy A32 4G with 5000mAh battery made official; price and availability details yet to be revealed

South Korean tech giant Samsung has made official the 4G variant of the Galaxy A32 smartphone — revealing all of its specs. The company is yet to announce its global price or availability.

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GameStop jumps nearly 19%; 'meme stocks' fade after another wild ride

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Dell beats revenue estimates on buoyant demand for desktops, notebooks

Revenue from its client solutions group, which includes desktop PCs, notebooks and tablets, was $13.8 billion, up 17% from a year earlier. The company said it had shipped a record 50.3 million units during 2020.

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Government has new rules for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others: All the details

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Salesforce full-year profit forecast disappoints, shares drop

The software company raised its fiscal 2022 revenue forecast slightly to between $25.65 billion and $25.75 billion, above analysts' average estimate of $25.42 billion.

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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay $92million in US privacy settlement

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Facebook switches news back on in Australia, signs content deals

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Facebook Launches Media Campaign to Defend Targeted Advertisements in Spat With Apple

Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted advertisements, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator.

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How to link PAN card with Aadhaar

The government of India is making PAN-Aadhaar linking mandatory from March 31, 2021. Failing to do so will not only result in a penalty of Rs 10,000 under Section 272B of Income Tax Act, but also make the PAN null and void.

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Brazil regulator approves 5G spectrum auction rules, no Huawei ban

Brazil's telecom companies insisted on a free market, complaining that excluding Huawei would cost billions of dollars to replace the equipment of the Chinese company that supplies 50% of the current 3G and 4G networks.

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Dutch competition regulators nearing draft decision in Apple investigation

If it issues a decision soon, the ACM could become the first antitrust authority to rule on Apple's app-store payment policies, which have long drawn complaints from app developers. The European Commission last year opened a formal investigation into the iPhone maker over some of the same practices.

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Twitter Announces Super Follows Service to Charge Followers for Special Content in Revenue Push

Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue.

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Facebook Switches News Back on in Australia, Signs Content Deals With Three Local Publishers

Facebook ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers.

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Moto E7 Power to go on sale today at 12 pm via Flipkart

Motorola offers Moto E7 Power in two RAM models: 2GB and 4GB paired with 32GB and 64GB internal storage capacity. Both these variants are priced at Rs 7,499 and Rs 8,299, respectively.

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Amazon app quiz February 26, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win Philips air fryer

Name of the winner of today’s quiz will be announced on February 27.

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Flipkart daily trivia quiz February 26, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts, discount coupons and Flipkart Super coins

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize.

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Telegram rolls out new features to take on WhatsApp

As part of the new update, the app is adding support for features like auto-delete, expiring invites, new emojis, improvements in chat imports and reporting system and more.

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10,000 years and 4 million ‘Vikings’: The story of Valheim

The game has hit 5 lakh concurrent Steam players that put it amongst the top 5 most played games in the history of Steam. The game has also been played for a combined time of a mind-boggling 10,000 years. Iron Gate AB, the developers of the sandbox game, announced this accomplishment via a post on the game’s Steam page.

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Facebook is 'looking at' facial recognition technology for upcoming smart glasses, executive confirms

Facebook's head of hardware on Thursday confirmed a report that the company is considering facial recognition technology for its upcoming smart glasses devices.

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