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WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram global outage

WhatsApp, Facebook And Instagram Down For Many Users Around The World

Users from different parts of the world took to Twitter on August 4 to report problems regarding Facebook and Instagram.

We are tiny: says SpaceX founder Elon Musk to NASA

Chinese tech giant Huawei is all set to build a 4G network for the metro in Ukraine’s capital city Kiev

Samsung teases new Exynos chipset to power the Galaxy Note10

Samsung and Microsoft partnership ahead of Brooklyn event

Ahead of Samsung‘s Unpacked event slated to be held next week in Brooklyn, the Seoul-based tech giant has reportedly updated its partnership with software major Microsoft.

WhatsApp Frequently Forwarded Message Label

WhatsApp Rolling Out ‘Frequently Forwarded’ Message Label in India

WhatsApp has started rolling out the ‘Frequently Forwarded’ message’s label on both Android as well as iOS apps to let users know if the message they have received has been forwarded over five times. Long forwarded messages will also be truncated, and users will have to tap to read the full message. This new label is available for all the users who are on the latest version of WhatsApp.

Google and Apple have stopped snooping on users conversations

After facing flak, tech giants Google and Apple have now stopped snooping on users’ conversations. While Apple has suspended the program that let its virtual assistant Siri listen to users’ recordings for “quality control”, Google has stopped listening and transcribing Google Assistant recordings in Europe.

Gartner: depicting decline in worldwide phone shipments

Gartner : Worldwide phone shipments to go down 2.5% by the end of 2019

Gartner predicts the life span of a high-end smartphone would increase from 2.6 years to nearly 2.9 years through 2023. Smartphone sales worldwide would decline by 2.5 percent in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever, a new report by Gartner said on Thursday.

Sex tech startups Protest Against Facebook Policies

Sex Tech Companies Rebel Against Facebook Policies

In a protest against Facebook’s policies over banning of ads on their Pages and accounts, several sex and wellness tech startups run by women gathered outside the company’s New York office.

Facebook has approached Netflix for launching its own TV streaming service

Facebook is launching its own TV streaming service this fall and has reportedly approached Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and other media companies for a new TV chat device for making video calls from TVs.