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WhatsApp May Roll Out ‘Disappearing Chats’ Feature
October 2 (India Today) - Two years back WhatsApp introduced Delete for Everyone feature on its platform introducing a 7 minute limit for deleting the messages. The company gradually increased the limit to over an hour. Now the Facebook-owned social messaging company is working on a new feature that would allow WhatsApp users to set a self-destruct limit to their...
Samsung ends mobile phone production in China
October 2 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The shutdown of Samsung’s last China phone factory comes after it cut production at the plant in the southern city of Huizhou in June and suspended another factory...
Modi calls upon best brains in Asia to collaborate for solutions to global warming, climate change
September 30 (The Hindu) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for collaborative efforts among the “best brains in Asian countries to offer innovative solutions” to global warming and climate change. Pointing out that “technology unites people, even across countries and across continents,” Mr. Modi, who handed over prizes to winners of the Singapore-India Hackathon 2019 at the IIT-...
Google opens AI research lab in Bengaluru to advance computer science research in India
September 21 (India Today) - India is one of the key markets for Google. The company in the recent past has launched a number of India centric products and initiatives, like the BOLO app, rail Wi-Fi project and its flood forecasting initiative that piloted in Patna, that cater to the needs and requirements of the people living in India. Now...
Chennai techie gets US$ 10,000 for finding defect in Instagram
Techie Laxman Muthiyah showed how this defect be exploited to easily hack Instagram accounts.
India’s improvised electric rickshaws are a boon and a bane
India's improvised electric rickshaws help cut the country's oil bill and lessen pollution, but are also crude and unsafe.
China storms global pop culture with its iconic new products
According to a recent survey with a sampling of over 6,000 people, TikTok, a social media video app, Chinese sci-fi works and Wuxia (or fiction) novels, among others, have been trending globally.
As Instagram tests its ‘like’ ban, influencers will have to shift tactics to make money
July 23 (CNBC) - Instagram’s test of hiding “likes” on posts just expanded to more markets around the globe. For influencers, or individuals who work with brands to promote services or products on social media, this will likely mean a continued shift away from “vanity metrics” — such as likes or follower counts — and a focus on actual sales. Facebook-owned...
Fourth Industrial Revolution exhibition in Colombo was a huge draw
"Being allowed to participate in the technology exhibition is an affirmation of my ability. I will further improve the robot and strive to be able to put it into commercial applications in the future," said polytechnic student Pereira.
Two women and the men who handle the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission
Supporting head of mission and ace data specialist, Ms.Vanitha as mission director for spacecraft aspects is Ritu Karidhal. An Indian Institute of Science alumnus, Ms. Karidhal was deputy director operations for the Mars Orbiter Mission of 2013.
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