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Viber Introduces AI-Powered Message Summary Feature for Users
- Monday April 15, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Manas Mitul
Viber, or Rakuten Viber, has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature for users. The cross-platform instant messaging platform is offering a chat summarisation feature that will allow users to get up-to-date with unread messages with a brief summary using AI. The feature is being rolled out to select regions, and the company ha...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple, Google, and Meta to TikTok and Microsoft — Tech Giants Cutting Ties With Russia
- Friday March 4, 2022
- Jagmeet Singh
Tech giants including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have restricted or withdrawn their products and services in Russia and Belarus over the past week. AMD, Dell, and Intel are also amongst the leading technology companies that are limiting operations in the Russian Federation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Bumble, OKCupid Android Apps Plagued With an Old Flaw That Puts Millions of Users’ Data at Risk: Check Point
- Monday December 7, 2020
- Tasneem Akolawala
Check Point notes that 13 percent of Google Play apps analysed by them in September used the Google Play Core library, and 8 percent of those apps continued to have a vulnerable version. Viber and Booking.com apps updated to patched versions after Check Point notified them about the vulnerability. Google acknowledged this bug in April and rated it ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Social Media Shutdown Raises Fears on Free Expression
- Tuesday April 23, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
NetBlocks says Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, and YouTube following the Easter bombings.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Bombings: Government Blocks Social Media After Easter Sunday Attacks
- Monday April 22, 2019
- Associated Press
The NetBlocks observatory said it detected an intentional blackout of popular services including Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and Viber in Sri Lanka.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media Networks To Prevent Communal Violence
- Wednesday March 7, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Afghanistan Moves To Block WhatsApp, Telegram Messaging Services
- Saturday November 4, 2017
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied.
- www.ndtv.com
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Trai Suggests Norms For App-Based Calling On Telcos' Network
- Wednesday October 25, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
The Trai recommendations are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps such as Whatsapp, Viber and Google Duo
- www.ndtv.com/business
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TRAI Suggests Framework for App-Based Calling on Mobile Networks
- Wednesday October 25, 2017
- Press Trust of India
The TRAI recommendations to the DoT are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Google Duo.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Saudi Lifts Ban on WhatsApp, Skype Calls but Will Monitor and Censor Them
- Friday September 22, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
Lifting the ban is part of the Saudi government's broader reforms of the economy to help boost businesses and diversify the economy in response to low oil prices.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Saudi Lifting Ban On Skype, WhatsApp Calls, But Will Censor Them
- Thursday September 21, 2017
- World News | Reuters
All online voice and video call services - such as Microsoft's Skype, Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger, and Rakuten's Viber - that satisfy regulatory requirements were set to become accessible overnight.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk, Claims Study
- Friday August 11, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
A study has highlighted the importance of what is called an 'authentication ceremony' to help mitigate the risk.
- www.gadgets360.com
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In A First, A Social Media Blackout In Kashmir To Curb Street Protests
- Wednesday April 26, 2017
- India News | Edited by Aloke Tikku
Concerned that street protests in Kashmir valley were showing no signs of ebbing, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block 22 social media and instant messaging sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter for the next one month in Kashmir.
- www.ndtv.com
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Viber Pins Hopes on New Services Platform to Better Compete With Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
- Friday February 3, 2017
- Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg
Chief Executive Officer Djamel Agaoua plans to roll out in March a new version of the app, which will function more like a platform than a single-purpose app.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Viber Introduces AI-Powered Message Summary Feature for Users
- Monday April 15, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Manas Mitul
Viber, or Rakuten Viber, has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature for users. The cross-platform instant messaging platform is offering a chat summarisation feature that will allow users to get up-to-date with unread messages with a brief summary using AI. The feature is being rolled out to select regions, and the company ha...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple, Google, and Meta to TikTok and Microsoft — Tech Giants Cutting Ties With Russia
- Friday March 4, 2022
- Jagmeet Singh
Tech giants including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have restricted or withdrawn their products and services in Russia and Belarus over the past week. AMD, Dell, and Intel are also amongst the leading technology companies that are limiting operations in the Russian Federation.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Bumble, OKCupid Android Apps Plagued With an Old Flaw That Puts Millions of Users’ Data at Risk: Check Point
- Monday December 7, 2020
- Tasneem Akolawala
Check Point notes that 13 percent of Google Play apps analysed by them in September used the Google Play Core library, and 8 percent of those apps continued to have a vulnerable version. Viber and Booking.com apps updated to patched versions after Check Point notified them about the vulnerability. Google acknowledged this bug in April and rated it ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Social Media Shutdown Raises Fears on Free Expression
- Tuesday April 23, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
NetBlocks says Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, and YouTube following the Easter bombings.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Bombings: Government Blocks Social Media After Easter Sunday Attacks
- Monday April 22, 2019
- Associated Press
The NetBlocks observatory said it detected an intentional blackout of popular services including Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and Viber in Sri Lanka.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media Networks To Prevent Communal Violence
- Wednesday March 7, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Afghanistan Moves To Block WhatsApp, Telegram Messaging Services
- Saturday November 4, 2017
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Trai Suggests Norms For App-Based Calling On Telcos' Network
- Wednesday October 25, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
The Trai recommendations are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps such as Whatsapp, Viber and Google Duo
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
TRAI Suggests Framework for App-Based Calling on Mobile Networks
- Wednesday October 25, 2017
- Press Trust of India
The TRAI recommendations to the DoT are meant for service providers holding valid telecom licences and exclude calls made from mobile apps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Google Duo.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Saudi Lifts Ban on WhatsApp, Skype Calls but Will Monitor and Censor Them
- Friday September 22, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
Lifting the ban is part of the Saudi government's broader reforms of the economy to help boost businesses and diversify the economy in response to low oil prices.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Saudi Lifting Ban On Skype, WhatsApp Calls, But Will Censor Them
- Thursday September 21, 2017
- World News | Reuters
All online voice and video call services - such as Microsoft's Skype, Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger, and Rakuten's Viber - that satisfy regulatory requirements were set to become accessible overnight.
- www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk, Claims Study
- Friday August 11, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
A study has highlighted the importance of what is called an 'authentication ceremony' to help mitigate the risk.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
In A First, A Social Media Blackout In Kashmir To Curb Street Protests
- Wednesday April 26, 2017
- India News | Edited by Aloke Tikku
Concerned that street protests in Kashmir valley were showing no signs of ebbing, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block 22 social media and instant messaging sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter for the next one month in Kashmir.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Viber Pins Hopes on New Services Platform to Better Compete With Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
- Friday February 3, 2017
- Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg
Chief Executive Officer Djamel Agaoua plans to roll out in March a new version of the app, which will function more like a platform than a single-purpose app.
- www.gadgets360.com