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CAIT urges govt to take immediate steps to secure consumer, business data
Traders body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has urged the IT Ministry to take immediate steps to ensure data security for consumers and businesses in India in the wake of reports that...
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Government seeks Facebook’s explanation over data sharing by June 20
The Indian government has sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20 on reports that the social networking giant shared information of its users with mobile device makers The post Government seeks...
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Facebook Crisis and Network Security
The Facebook- Cambridge Analytica crisis has taught the world a huge lesson that at any point we cannot be casual about our online data and we are not yet in a fully secure state The post Facebook...
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Cambridge Analytica data breach case will be investigated by CBI, confirms...
The minister of electronics and information technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the Central Bureau of Investigation will determine whether the British company violated Indian laws to manipulate the...
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Government may block Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram in specific situations?
The telecom department has sought views of the industry on technical measures that can be adopted for blocking mobile apps like instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc in situations where...
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Facebook in talks with banks to expand customer service
Facebook Inc said on Monday it is in talks to deepen links with banks and financial institutions, saying it can help the firms improve their customer service. The social media company said users of...
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LinkedIn will allow economics researchers to mine its data
The data will be restricted to only those whose academic proposals have been approved. The researchers will only have access to aggregate, anonymized data and will only be able to use it within a...
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India asks Facebook for update on hacking impact
The Information and Technology Ministry has asked Facebook to provide an ‘update’ on the impact on Indian users on account of the recent hacking incident where about 50 million accounts on the social...
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EC Buzz | India asks Facebook for update on hacking impact
The Information and Technology Ministry has asked Facebook to provide an ‘update’ on the impact on Indian users on account of the recent hacking incident where about 50 million accounts on the social...
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Facebook aims to amplify its efforts to expand India’s start-up base
Facebook has said it aims to boost its efforts to expand the start-up ecosystem in India, reiterating its commitment to widen its support to include technology entrepreneurs in different cities The...
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TRAI explores regulation for WhatsApp, Google Duo like apps
Telecom regulator TRAI has launched a consultation to explore the regulatory framework for over-the-top apps like WhatsApp, Facebook and Google Duo that provide calling and messaging services similar...
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Facebook to train five million people with digital skills by 2021
Social media giant Facebook has said it aims to train five million people on skills to help them use the digital media to expand their business and access global markets The post Facebook to train...
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WhatsApp payments in India: How cryptocurrency may change the way you send...
The company is developing a stablecoin — a type of digital currency pegged to the US dollar — to minimise volatility, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal plans The post...
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CES 2019: Intel says it’s developing AI chip in collaboration with Facebook
Intel Corp has said at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that it is working with Facebook Inc to put the final touches on a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip in the second half of...
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Privacy Supreme: Apple blocks Google, Facebook enterprise apps for accessing...
In a bid to send a strong message, Apple recently blocked Facebook and Google from running internal iOS apps. The post Privacy Supreme: Apple blocks Google, Facebook enterprise apps for accessing...
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What Facebook’s Plans to Merge Messaging Platforms Means for Online Safety
While Facebook’s plans to merge the messaging platforms are not yet finalized, the company is in the process of rebuilding the underlying infrastructure so that users who might utilize only one of the...
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Facebook unveils digital skilling and mentorship programme in 5 states
Facebook has announced a digital skilling, mentorship programme aimed at inspiring and guiding tribal girls in five states to become village-level digital leaders for their communities The post...
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Facebook, Telegram working on their own cryptocurrencies
More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant’s own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quite bullish on the project The post Facebook, Telegram...
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Private encrypted communication is the future: Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the future of his company’s product development will be focused on private, ephemeral and encrypted communication, a striking change for the...
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Facebook denies cyber attack as Whatsapp, Instagram, Messenger suffer outage
Users across the globe experienced problems sending messages on Facebook's messaging apps Messenger and WhatsApp. The social networking giant's image-sharing website Instagram also suffered service...
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