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50-year-old pleads guilty to duping Facebook, Google

California [USA], Mar 25 (ANI): A 50-year-old from Lithuania pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, in which he scammed tech giants Facebook and Google into paying more than USD 100 million for work that never happened.

2019-03-25T15:31:52.093035+00:00 IST

Amazon is first choice of drunk shoppers, finds survey

California [USA], Mar 25 (ANI): You may have risked your life with drunk driving, but have you ever shopped under the influence of alcohol? Well, it turns out a lot of people make at least one drunk purchase.

2019-03-25T15:14:14.344904+00:00 IST

Some Gmail triggers on IFTTT will not work on March 31

California [USA], Mar 22 (ANI): You may not be able to use some Gmail recipes via IFTTT. The web service announced that due to Google's changes to its API ecosystem, some of the recipes will be impacted.

2019-03-22T18:30:03.258816+00:00 IST

Internet service providers block sites playing NZ terror attack videos

Wellington [New Zealand], Mar 19 (ANI): Following the deadly terror attacks on the mosques in New Zealand, internet service providers are also taking measures to stop the spread of the violent videos online.

2019-03-19T15:23:12.153320+00:00 IST

Soon, subscribe to Twitter conversations without commenting or liking

California [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): To know what is buzzing in the Twitter world, you have to either like or reply on a thread to get the updates. Now, Twitter is looking at changing that to make the platform more 'conversational'.

2019-03-16T13:45:30.697409+00:00 IST

Reddit acts against hate channels following New Zealand mosque attack

California [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): After the deadly mosque attack in New Zealand, Reddit is following the footsteps of other social networking services to act against users on its platform supporting the notorious act.

2019-03-16T13:39:37.263864+00:00 IST

Ok Gboard, translate as I type

California [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): The Google Gboard just got a little more useful. The company has announced that its keyboard now supports Google Translate. This basically means you will be able to translate your text, real-time, as you type, before hitting the send button.

2019-03-15T15:39:54.429917+00:00 IST

Now, add up to 50 participants in Skype group video call

California [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Want to make a big announcement to your big team in another city? You can now do that with Skype which allows you to add up to 50 people in a single group video call.

2019-03-15T15:35:21.671745+00:00 IST

Slack removes accounts related to hate groups

California [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Slack announced that it removed over a dozen accounts because of their affiliation with known hate groups.

2019-03-15T14:56:33.526324+00:00 IST

Google is working on a foldable device: Report

California [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Samsung did it, so will Google. The internet search giant is reportedly working on building a flexible screen device that could potentially be its future foldable phone.

2019-03-15T14:09:13.034600+00:00 IST

Facebook, Instagram deny DDoS attack behind global outage

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Facebook and its related services including WhatsApp and Instagram faced global outage over the last 24 hours. As its services as back, the social networking giant has denied any DDoS (denial of service) attack as the cause behind the outage.

2019-03-14T13:57:10.741640+00:00 IST

Facebook’s outage becomes Telegram’s gain with 3 million new users

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Facebook and its linked services witnessed a global outage over the past 24 hours. The outage period proved profitable for Telegram which reportedly signed up a whopping three million new users.

2019-03-14T13:42:31.904041+00:00 IST

Google Drive gets Material Design update

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Google has extended its Material Design appearance to its Drive cloud service, which makes it easier to use on mobile

2019-03-13T20:19:06.290254+00:00 IST

Twitter beta app gets threaded conversations feature

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Twitter’s anticipated threaded conversation feature is finally making its way to the public, albeit a new beta app called 'Twttr'.

2019-03-13T20:01:06.953864+00:00 IST

Now, dictate Google Gboard even when offline

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): In a bid to make speech-to-text systems even more seamless, Google has announced that its Gboard keyboard will now support voice recognition even if you are not connected to the internet.

2019-03-13T20:00:41.394645+00:00 IST

Google Chrome dark theme is now available on Mac

California [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): It is raining dark mode on the internet. A day after productivity app Slack made its dark mode feature available to everyone, Google Chrome is following suite.

2019-03-13T19:21:58.637203+00:00 IST

Facebook, Instagram down worldwide

New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday suffered a major global outage as people using these social media networks were unable to access it on their phones or desktop.

2019-03-13T18:58:03.130977+00:00 IST

This AI-enabled Chrome extension hides toxic comments to reduce your stress

California [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): Online is a big, bad world and not everyone can be thick skinned so as to overlook the trolls, negative comments or insults. To make your online life slightly stress-free, a Google Chrome extension is taking the help of artificial intelligence.

2019-03-12T17:54:14.738223+00:00 IST

Soon, use Android apps on Windows 10 PC

Washington [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): Microsoft is running a limited beta of a new screen mirroring feature that allows Android apps to be run directly on a Windows 10 PC.

2019-03-12T17:53:18.011091+00:00 IST

Apple to unveil its video streaming service on March 25

California [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): If Netflix and Amazon were not enough for you, Apple is set to join the league of video streaming services. If the latest reports are anything to go by, we might be able to get a peek into the long-rumoured service on March 25.

2019-03-12T17:49:21.006933+00:00 IST

Facebook sues two Ukrainians for using quiz apps to extract user data

California [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): Facebook has reportedly sued two Ukrainian men for allegedly using quiz apps to extract private data on its users to target ads.

2019-03-11T16:54:03.858067+00:00 IST