Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service said on October 10 it has fixed the latest bug on its platform that allowed hackers to take over users’ applications when they answered an incoming video call. The announcement follows reports from technology websites ZDnet and The Register that the vulnerability, which affected WhatsApp applications on Apple and Android […]
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Up until now, WhatsApp has been working to make for a highly convenient communications app with several features added over its course of life. In fact, the platform has been so widely adopted that WhatsApp came out with a dedicated app for business users a short while ago. All while making it more appealing, the […]
Micro-blogging platform Twitter will now show live streams and broadcasts right on top of your timeline. “We’re making it easier to find and watch live broadcasts. Now, when accounts you follow go live, the stream will appear right at the top of your timeline,” the company tweeted. The new feature will include breaking news, personalities […]
Sleep deprivation because of social media use by a pilot had caused a crash of an Indian Air Force fighter jet in 2013, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Friday in a stunning revelation. Seeking a system to identify if pilots had slept enough before taking off on sorties, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa […]
Carving ink-stained chalks into figurines and shapes was a past time for Thomas Jacob. Over the years, the school student who used to carve the chalks into eye-catching works found that what he enjoyed the most was micro art. From chalks, he moved on to pencils and painstakingly chiselled the soft graphite into pieces of […]
It begins and ends with pyjamas. The first thing Anshu does after arriving at an ayurvedic spa, which provides the setting for Twinkle Khanna’s new novel, is take off her “too-snug” jeans and pull on a pair of pyjamas. “I tugged at the drawstring and made a double knot.” The comfort of loose white cotton […]
Actor Priyanka Chopra and her American singer fiance Nick Jonas seem quite inspired by her friend and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. At their recent outing together to the New York Fashion Week, the newly engaged couple recreated the same pose and picture from the Meghan’s royal wedding to Prince Harry. Will we also see […]
Sonali Bendre is joined by best friends in New York as she fights cancer, they say we stand with you
Sussanne Khan on Friday shared a new picture of Sonali Bandre who has been undergoing treatment for a ‘high grade’ cancer. The best friends posed together in New York City’s Central Park and were joined by Gayatri Oberoi and another member of their gang. The photo shows Sussanne, who appears to have taken it, while […]
Twitter has banned far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The twitter authority has announced that they banned Alex Jones from its platform as well as the account of Infowars, the website he operates. “Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope,” the social network said. “We took this action based on new reports […]
Social micro-blogging site Twitter has started testing a new feature that suggests which accounts people might want to unfollow. This comes after a decade of recommending accounts for users to follow. A few Twitter users reported a notification from the social media firm offering the chance to “control what’s happening” on their news feed. “You […]