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WhatsApp bans over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in March
"In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we've published our report for the month of March 2022. This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp's own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform," a WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement.
Nearly half of Elon Musk's 90mn Twitter followers are 'fake'
According to Twitter auditing tool SparkToro, of Musk's 87.9 million followers (at the time of the research audit), roughly 48 per cent are fake, reports Time. These are the accounts that are "unreachable and will not see the account's tweets because they're spam, bots, propaganda, etc. or because they're no longer active on Twitter". Musk currently has nearly 90 million followers on Twitter.
Apple, Samsung now have almost 60% global tablet market share
Apple iPadOS shipments (sell-in) fell 6 per cent (year-on-year) to 15.8 million units in Q1 2022, with worldwide market share climbing 1.7 percentage points to 39 per cent as the tech giant outpaced the market, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. Samsung led the Android market with only a 1.2 per cent decline in Q1 2022 to 8.2 million units. Its market share increased by 1.8 percentage points to 20 per cent during the same period.
CIA names Nand Mulchandani as first Chief Technology Officer
With more than 25 years' experience working in Silicon Valley as well as the Department of Defense (DoD), Mulchandani brings substantial private sector, startup, and government expertise to CIA, CIA said in a statement.
Samsung likely considering price cuts for upcoming foldable phones
According to TheElec, Samsung was reviewing using batteries from Chinese battery maker Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) for its upcoming foldable smartphones. The company is likely considering including ATL as a supplier for its foldable phones to save on costs as analysts expect Samsung to lower the price tags of its latest foldable phones launching later this year.
Google's 'Pixel Watch' expected to offer 300mAh battery
According to a source familiar with the matter, the Pixel Watch has a battery that comes in at 300mAh, reports 9To5Google. The report also mentioned that the smartwatch is likely to come with cellular connectivity, however, it is not clear which of the model will support the feature.
WhatsApp working on showing status updates in chats list
According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it has not been rolled out to beta testers yet. "Another improvement for status updates is coming in a future update of WhatsApp beta," the report said. "If you have an Instagram account, you know that it is also possible to view status updates right within the list of your private chats. Today, we can finally announce that the same feature is also coming to WhatsApp!" it added.
After setting Twitter on fire, Musk now says he has no political side
The world's richest man last week supported Trump's social network app 'Truth Social' by sharing its App Store ranking on his microblogging handle. "The far left hates everyone, themselves included!" Musk said in a fresh tweet.
"But I'm no fan of the far right either. Let's have less hate and more love," he added.
Microsoft rolls out new feature for Office Insiders on iOS
According to Windows Central, the Insider version of Word on iOS now supports listening to documents even when a device's screen is locked. Additionally, the Insider Office Mobile app now keeps track of PDF email attachments sent to Outlook. The documents will appear within the Shared tab in Office Mobile.
ED seizes Rs 5,551 cr assets of Xiaomi Technology India under FEMA
On March 3, the Income Tax Department had said that it conducted raids against Chinese firms, which deal in telecom products, and learnt that the companies were involved in tax evasion through fake receipts. The I-T Department had detected suppression of income of Rs 400 crore at that time. The raids were conducted in the second week of February across India, including the National Capital Region (NCR).
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