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08 Apr 2018
MaharashtraThis woman fought with a tiger using just a stick
23-year-old Rupali Meshram from Maharashtra fought a tiger who attacked her goat, with a stick, and then posted her selfies on Facebook.
07 Apr 2018
Facebook MessengerFacebook will allow users to "unsend" messages in Messenger
After it was reported that Mark Zuckerberg's sent messages on Messenger were erased from personal chats, Facebook has come up with plans to launch an "unsend" feature for all users.
07 Apr 2018
Donald TrumpIt's time you stop trusting Mark Zuckerberg with your information
Mark Zuckerberg is a deeply ambitious man with a penchant for making mistakes and negating/avoiding them for as long as he can. When he cannot, he apologizes, promises to do better and moves on to the next big mistake.
06 Apr 2018
Facebook MessengerFacebook allowed data scraping through phone numbers for years
Facebook recently revealed that a maximum of 87 million users could have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
06 Apr 2018
TinderTinder logs out users after Facebook updates data privacy policies
After Facebook recently revealed that a maximum of 87 million users could have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal and updated its data privacy policies against third-party apps, Tinder users who had signed up through Facebook Login have been booted off the dating app.
05 Apr 2018
IndiaFacebook enhances security features ahead of elections in several countries
Terming 2018 a "big year" for elections in several countries including India, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it has deployed technology tools like artificial intelligence and thousands of people to work on security as the company's "major focus" is to protect the integrity of the elections on its platform.
05 Apr 2018
United States of America87 million users affected by Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has revealed that a maximum of 87 million users could have been affected by the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal.
05 Apr 2018
SnapchatAfter Facebook, BlackBerry sues Snapchat's parent company for patent infringement
A month after suing Facebook for patent infringement, BlackBerry has now accused Snap Inc. of using its patented technology in the Snapchat app.
04 Apr 2018
University of CalcuttaNIRF 2018 ranking: IIT-Kharagpur ranks in top-list of five categories
Figuring in the top list in all five categories in NIRF 2018 ranking, IIT Kharagpur Director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti has said it is great to see the institution tops in architecture and law.
03 Apr 2018
BCCIBCCI media rights: Google, Facebook, Jio in the race
Google, Facebook, Reliance Jio along with broadcasters such as Star India, Sony Pictures Network India and streaming service Yupp TV, will be competing each other in the first e-auction of BCCI's media rights, scheduled for April 3.
01 Apr 2018
WhatsAppA lot can happen in a hot internet minute
A report from statistics portal Statista, titled 'Digital Economy Compass 2018,' has comprehensively outlined the current digital landscape, highlighting how much the internet has taken over our lives.
31 Mar 2018
United States of AmericaIf you can't #DeleteFacebook, you can at least #ConfuseFacebook
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted how Cambridge Analytica obtained user data of 50 million people from Facebook without their permission to allegedly help Donald Trump get elected as the US President.
31 Mar 2018
Walt DisneyMalayalam movie-producers paid me less as I'm "black": Nigerian actor
A Nigerian actor, who played a prominent character in a recently released Malayalam movie, has accused its producers of "racial discrimination" as they allegedly paid him less compared to his Indian co-stars.
30 Mar 2018
Kapil SharmaSiddharth Sagar, Kapil Sharma's co-star from 'TKSS', is missing
Comedian Siddharth Sagar, who featured in 'The Kapil Sharma Show' as 'selfie mausi', has gone missing for the last four months, suggest latest reports.
30 Mar 2018
TechnologyFacebook even saves your unpublished videos. What?
In yet another shocking revelation about Facebook, it has been reported that the social media giant stores all the videos that were recorded through its webcam but never published.
30 Mar 2018
SnapchatSnapchat pulls a Facebook: May allow third-party apps
According to reports, Snapchat is soon going to allow people to use their Snapchat accounts to connect with third-party apps.
29 Mar 2018
IndiaRavi Shankar: Govt will take action after Facebook responds
After whistleblower Christopher Wylie emphatically stated that controversial UK-based data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica worked extensively in India, the government has become alert.
29 Mar 2018
Social MediaFacebook's new privacy and data tools put 'You' in command
Days after the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal, the social networking giant has announced a new set of changes which allows you to easily find and manage privacy settings, while giving you more control over your saved data.
28 Mar 2018
TechnologyMozilla launches extension that prevents Facebook from tracking you
Mozilla has launched a Firefox extension called Facebook Container that "isolates your Facebook identity from the rest of your web activity" and keeps it limited to Facebook.
28 Mar 2018
SpaceXAfter Tesla and SpaceX, Playboy joins #DeleteFacebook movement
In another major blow to social media giant Facebook, Playboy has decided to pull down its Facebook page after data breach allegations.
28 Mar 2018
Mark ZuckerbergZuckerberg refuses to appear before UK parliamentary committee for questioning
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has refused to appear before a UK Parliament committee that's investigating data misuse on social media in the light of the recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal.
27 Mar 2018
IndiaAnand Mahindra proposes to fund an Indian alternative to Facebook
With the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal now spiralling into India as a BJP-Congress political row, billionaire businessman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to weigh in on his idea of creating an Indian alternative to social networking giant, Facebook.
27 Mar 2018
IndiaWhistleblower: Cambridge Analytica worked extensively in India
Former employee of Cambridge Analytica (CA) on Tuesday said that the UK-based data analytics firm worked "extensively" in India.
27 Mar 2018
IndiaFacebook will remain EC's social media partner: CEC Rawat
Observing that utilization of social media cannot be stopped due to instances of "aberrations," Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat said Facebook would remain the poll panel's social media partner during the Karnataka Assembly elections.
27 Mar 2018
IndiaFacebook data breach revelations: Cyber agency cautions Internet users
Cautioning Internet users against online data thieves after the recent Facebook data breach revelation reports, the Indian cyber security agency has advised them to desist from sharing their vote preferences and Aadhaar details on social media platforms.
27 Mar 2018
Donald TrumpFarhan Akhtar joins the #DeleteFacebook movement, deletes his personal account
Actor Farhan Akhtar on Tuesday announced he has "permanently" deleted his account from social networking website Facebook.
26 Mar 2018
Rahul GandhiBJP: Congress shared users' data with Singapore-based firm
The Cambridge Analytica (CA) controversy continues to simmer.
26 Mar 2018
iOSFacebook has been collecting call, SMS records from Android devices
After the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal blew up in the last few weeks, users have become more aware of data privacy and security on the social media platform.
25 Mar 2018
Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg apologizes to Britons through full-page newspaper ads
Following the backlash over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken out full page adverts in British newspapers to apologize.
25 Mar 2018
Elon Musk#DeleteFacebook: Mozilla, Sonos join the bandwagon
Mozilla has announced to temporarily distance itself from Facebook.
24 Mar 2018
IndiaTyping BFF on Facebook? Don't, it won't help
If you want to check how easy it is to spread fake news and misinformation on Facebook, the BFF hoax is a glowing example.
24 Mar 2018
BCCIGiants Facebook and Google in race for Indian cricket's digital-rights
Social networking giant Facebook and the world's biggest search engine Google, are in the race to acquire Indian cricket's digital rights.
24 Mar 2018
SpaceX#DeleteFacebook: Elon Musk deletes Facebook pages of Tesla, SpaceX
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has deleted both the companies' Facebook accounts after he responded to WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton's tweet urging people to support the #deletefacebook movement.
23 Mar 2018
Commonwealth Games (CWG)After Facebook controversy, Commonwealth Games to not collect visitor details
Learning from Facebook's data-breach scandal, Commonwealth Games on Thursday dropped the idea of collecting information of visitors, whom it would have provided free/fast Wi-Fi during the multi-sport event.
22 Mar 2018
XGoogle, Facebook, Twitter's top security execs to leave their companies
In a rather interesting turn of events, top security executives at tech giants Google, Facebook, and Twitter have decided to leave their respective organizations in the last three days.
22 Mar 2018
Social MediaMeet Christopher Wylie: The 28-year-old behind the Facebook data stir
Call him what you may, a genius storyteller, a data harvester, a politicker, or a whistleblower, but at 28, Christopher Wylie knows enough to have influenced three key global events - Brexit, 2016 US presidential election and #DeleteFacebook movement - each changing, challenging the world as we know it.
22 Mar 2018
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook's Mark Zuckerberg finally speaks up on Cambridge Analytica scandal
After five days of collective outrage from the public and lawmakers alike over Facebook's blatant disregard for data privacy and security, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally broken his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
22 Mar 2018
Donald TrumpWill #DeleteFacebook save us from an expected apocalypse?
Seventy years ago, we met Winston Smith, whose ever-changing reality was defined by Big Brother.
21 Mar 2018
InstagramShop while socializing! Instagram Shopping launched in eight new countries
Exactly one-year ago, on March 21, Instagram had rolled out its Shopping feature in the US after initial testing in 2016.
