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Instagram to launch vertical feed for Stories soon
According to a TechCrunch report, navigating with vertical swipes up and down would make Stories experience more like Reels, recently launched by Facebook to compete with the Chinese short-video making app.Vertical swiping feels more natural than taps and horizontal flicks, the way we do on smartphones and other apps.
Google subsea cable set to deliver 250TB data per second
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean between Virginia Beach in the US and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez on the French Atlantic coast, the system expands Google's global network to add dedicated capacity, diversity, and resilience, while enabling interconnection to other network infrastructure in the region.
K-pop tweets hit 6.7 billion in 2020: Twitter
The figure represents a jump of 600 million from 6.1 billion K-pop tweets in 2019.The social media company said that Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop by volume, followed by Thailand and South Korea.
Twitter India officials face jail term if they fail to obey government order
Apart from the jail term or fine, the government can also ban the platform in India for allegedly motivating a campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in the society on "unsubstantiated" grounds, as per the notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
Top India challenges ahead for new Amazon CEO
The fact is that just like Bezos, Jassy also treats India as one of the key growth markets. In 2018, Jassy had said that the Asia-Pacific region has huge potential to write the next growth story for Amazon Web Services (AWS), with India playing a key role in Cloud adoption among both enterprises and the governments.
YouTube growing fast, Shorts gets 3.5B daily views: Sundar Pichai
During the Q4 2020 earnings call with analysts late on Tuesday, Pichai said that at YouTube, the company is building products to help creators benefit from two important trends -- live video and short-form video. "More than 0.5 million channels live-streamed on YouTube for the first time in 2020, from artists performing in their living rooms to churches moving their services online," Pichai informed.
Buy Samsung Galaxy F62 with flagship chip under Rs 25K in mid-Feb
The South Korean electronics major will unveil Galaxy F62 which is its first mid-segment smartphone with a flagship-grade processor in mid-February, sources told IANS. The biggest USP of Galaxy F62 will be its flagship Exynos processor, which will make the device the fastest smartphone in the segment.
Wikipedia introduces new universal code of conduct
Launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, the code's standards include clearly defining acceptable behaviour; delineating harassment on and off the projects for all Wikipedia participants; preventing the abuse of power and influence to intimidate others, and combating deliberate introduction of false or inaccurate content.
Microsoft to add new features to Office mobile apps
The company will be delivering some of its promised "conversational AI" technology in Cortana starting with iOS, new ways for users to create short videos using Microsoft Lens and other productivity updates for Teams, Outlook and other Office apps.
Samsung launches affordable Galaxy M02 smartphone in India
The 3GB+32GB variant will cost Rs 7,499 on Amazon.in, Samsung.com and all key retails stores.As an introductory offer, consumers can avail a special discount of Rs 200 on Amazon.in for limited time, the company said in a statement.
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