Platform Number One

WhatsApp ties down users to a single active account on one device, even if they can choose to use the popular messaging platform on different devices. To access a secondary account tied to a different phone number, users have to log out from their primary account on the same device. That is about to change. The Meta owned instant messenger announce...

Twitter could increase the character limit for tweets on the platform to 1000 characters, as per a tweet by Elon Musk. The microblogging platform's new CEO responded to a user's request for 1000-character tweets on the platform. Musk has previously shown interest in the idea of increasing the character limit on a number of occasions since his takeo...

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter was followed by an increase in instances of racial slurs on the platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activity, according to a digital civil rights group. The number of tweets containing one of several different racial slurs soared in the week after Elon Musk purchased the microbl...

Ryan Felton, a Hollywood producer from Atlanta has pleaded guilty in scamming crypto investors to maintain his outlandish life. The 48-year-old has confessed to have promoted two initial coin offerings (ICO), one for an entertainment streaming platform called ‘FLiK’ in 2017 and another for a crypto exchange called ‘CoinSpark’ in 2018. As pa...

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk says everyone will have a place on the platform-including those he doesn't like. Even so, one user suspects his days on the social media platform are numbered: the teen tracking his private jet.

The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.

Australian online share trading platform SelfWealth is set to offer crypto-related services to its base of over 100,000 users. The company is currently waiting for approvals from Australian financial watchdog AUSTRAC. In its initial phase, SelfWealth will allow users to trade in five cryptocurrencies.

Amazon is taking India's Enforcement Directorate to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing shows.

Twitter and other social media platforms have removed about 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medical crisis or spreading fake news around the pandemic.

In its release notes on the Microsoft forums, the Skype team confirmed that the latest version of Skype 8.68 is rolling out for all platforms, across Windows, Linux, Web, Android, iPhone, and iPad. The release notes confirm that Skype for Android is getting the background blur feature, almost two years after its first rollout to desktop users in Fe...

Mi A3 Android 11 update that caused bricking of the phone for several users has now been stopped from rolling out. The move comes from Xiaomi after facing a large number of complaints on social media.

In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Within hours, an avalanche of new sign-ups pushed the servers of one of its Bangalore-based rivals, Roposo, to breaking point.

Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturer recently released a new teaser video on its official YouTube channel featuring its product plans over the next 18 months or so. The teaser video highlighted that the carmaker will be revealing at least 12 new cars before the end of next year. Apart from this, the company also went ahead to give the first glimps...

The Mi A3 price in India starts at Rs. 12,999 for the 4GB RAM base variant. The 6GB RAM variant will retail at Rs. 15,999. Xiaomi will also provide a number of offers for the buyers of the Mi A3.

Facebook started adding its name to some screens on its Instagram photo-sharing platform this week, one of the first links it has given users to its ownership of the popular platform.

WhatsApp ties down users to a single active account on one device, even if they can choose to use the popular messaging platform on different devices. To access a secondary account tied to a different phone number, users have to log out from their primary account on the same device. That is about to change. The Meta owned instant messenger announce...

Twitter could increase the character limit for tweets on the platform to 1000 characters, as per a tweet by Elon Musk. The microblogging platform's new CEO responded to a user's request for 1000-character tweets on the platform. Musk has previously shown interest in the idea of increasing the character limit on a number of occasions since his takeo...

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter was followed by an increase in instances of racial slurs on the platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activity, according to a digital civil rights group. The number of tweets containing one of several different racial slurs soared in the week after Elon Musk purchased the microbl...

Ryan Felton, a Hollywood producer from Atlanta has pleaded guilty in scamming crypto investors to maintain his outlandish life. The 48-year-old has confessed to have promoted two initial coin offerings (ICO), one for an entertainment streaming platform called ‘FLiK’ in 2017 and another for a crypto exchange called ‘CoinSpark’ in 2018. As pa...

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk says everyone will have a place on the platform-including those he doesn't like. Even so, one user suspects his days on the social media platform are numbered: the teen tracking his private jet.

The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.

Australian online share trading platform SelfWealth is set to offer crypto-related services to its base of over 100,000 users. The company is currently waiting for approvals from Australian financial watchdog AUSTRAC. In its initial phase, SelfWealth will allow users to trade in five cryptocurrencies.

Amazon is taking India's Enforcement Directorate to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing shows.

Twitter and other social media platforms have removed about 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medical crisis or spreading fake news around the pandemic.

In its release notes on the Microsoft forums, the Skype team confirmed that the latest version of Skype 8.68 is rolling out for all platforms, across Windows, Linux, Web, Android, iPhone, and iPad. The release notes confirm that Skype for Android is getting the background blur feature, almost two years after its first rollout to desktop users in Fe...

Mi A3 Android 11 update that caused bricking of the phone for several users has now been stopped from rolling out. The move comes from Xiaomi after facing a large number of complaints on social media.

In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Within hours, an avalanche of new sign-ups pushed the servers of one of its Bangalore-based rivals, Roposo, to breaking point.

Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturer recently released a new teaser video on its official YouTube channel featuring its product plans over the next 18 months or so. The teaser video highlighted that the carmaker will be revealing at least 12 new cars before the end of next year. Apart from this, the company also went ahead to give the first glimps...

The Mi A3 price in India starts at Rs. 12,999 for the 4GB RAM base variant. The 6GB RAM variant will retail at Rs. 15,999. Xiaomi will also provide a number of offers for the buyers of the Mi A3.

Facebook started adding its name to some screens on its Instagram photo-sharing platform this week, one of the first links it has given users to its ownership of the popular platform.