23 Mar 2015
New Facebook feature aims at connecting advertisers to expats
New Facebook feature aims at connecting advertisers to expats To help businesses reach people living abroad, Facebook has launched a new targeting feature that enables advertisers to reach the 92 million-odd expats on the social networking site, a company statement said. “People living abroad use Facebook to connect with friends and family back home,
23 Mar 2015
Former Facebook employee sues the company for sexual and racial discrimination
Former Facebook employee sues the company for sexual and racial discrimination Chiang Hong, a former Facebook employee has sued the company for several claims including sexual and racial discrimination. Hong, who worked for Facebook from June 2010 to October 2013, claims she faced discrimination, harassment and retaliation and was eventually fired, according to The New York
23 Mar 2015
Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide
Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide It’s the ninth birthday of the tweeting birdie. The very first tweet came from co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006. Since then, Twitter has now grown to more than 284 million users worldwide and expanding. Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at the
23 Mar 2015
IBrailler Notes, an app to help visually impaired type quickly on iPad
IBrailler Notes, an app to help visually impaired type quickly on iPad This new app can help blind people type quickly and efficiently on an iPad. Created by Stanford engineer Sohan Dharmaraja, the app — named IBrailler Notes — uses eight keys. What’s different about it is that the keys form around the fingertips when
23 Mar 2015
Revamped Apple TV will be unveiled at WWDC 2015
Revamped Apple TV will be unveiled at WWDC 2015 While Apple Watch is yet to hit store shelves, reports about a new Apple TV to be launched in June have started circulating on the web. According to Buzzfeed, the Cupertino Company will showcase its revamped Apple TV at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC)
23 Mar 2015
Facebook to bring third-party app support for its Messenger
Facebook to bring third-party app support for its Messenger At the F8 developer conference, Facebook plans to announce some big changes for its Messenger app. According to The Next Digit, the social network giant plans to bring about 20 changes to the Messenger in a bid to compete with the successful messaging apps like WeChat and
23 Mar 2015
Amazon’s ‘Unlocked’ service will give away paid apps for free
Amazon’s ‘Unlocked’ service will give away paid apps for free Amazon may soon introduce a new service dubbed ‘Amazon Unlocked’ which will offer paid apps for free. Along with free apps, the service will also make in-app purchases free. The report added that developers can leave Unlocked and when they do, users will have to begin paying
23 Mar 2015
BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for Android, iOS devices
BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for Android, iOS devices Blackberry has now decided to offer a secure server for its BBM enterprise users across platforms to exchange secure messages through a new IM service. To prevent anything similar to the FREAK vulnerability, this service will use encryption keys which are generated by the communicating mobile devices themselves.
23 Mar 2015
Facebook reportedly testing ‘Phone’ Caller ID app for Android
Facebook reportedly testing ‘Phone’ Caller ID app for Android In the bid to go all-mobile, Facebook is now said to be working on a new app that will display information about who is calling. The app dubbed ‘Phone’ will also feature automatic blocking of calls. Looks like, the company plans to launch a Truecaller competitor. Image: AndroidPolice
23 Mar 2015
Lollipop Update for Android One Phones in India “Gradually” Rolling Out: Users Mad
Lollipop Update for Android One Phones in India “Gradually” Rolling Out: Users Mad After having promised Indian Android One phone users a quick update to Android 5.1 Lollipop, Ceaser Sengupta, the Product Management Director at Google has given a status update on Google Plus, according to which the Lollipop update for Android One Phones has