Tag: users
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WhatsApp vs. Signal: The Privacy Wars Begin
On Wednesday, January 6, Facebook-owned WhatsApp informed its users of an update to their terms and privacy policy. The revamped terms entirely jettison the formerly existing boundaries involving WhatsApp and its parent firm, Facebook, verifying the long-held concern of several users that their personal data will feed Facebook’s indulgences. The upgraded privacy policy came combined…
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How people reacted to Musk’s tweet on Signal
WhatsApp rival Signal witnessed a significant spike in new users after Tesla Inc.. CEO Elon Musk, the newly minted planet ’s wealthiest person, endorsed the messaging support amid reported modifications to WhatsApp’s terms of service.Use Signal– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1610024170000Signal then saw a flood of users attempting to register in, leading to verification issues. “Verification…
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This Y Combinator startup aims to be the Zoom alternative for all Indian startups, SMEs
Abhishek Kankani, Kushagra Vaish, also Palash Goelcha could take part in several coding events and hackathons while at VIT Vellore, much like many other grim engineers and coders before them. While they landed lucrative jobs after completing their engineering — Abhishek (Accenture Analytics), Kushagra (Paypal), along with Palash (CloudSek) — the trio’d chose, if…
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Government issues notice to Twitter
NEW DELHI: India’s cybersecurity nodal service CERT-In has recently already issued a note to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform to get full details of this current international hack targeting high profile customers, since it sought complete details on number of Indian customers changed in addition to influence on data, a source said. The origin privy…
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Tesla will allow users to customise their vehicle’s horn and motor sounds
Tesla will allow users to customise movement sounds and also the horn of their vehicles. Electric cars are so quiet that in most countries they are required by law to create a movement sound for pedestrians’ safety. Until now, these movement sounds have typically represented something similar to a standard engine. Tesla founder Elon Musk is…
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The Untapped Power of Vulnerability & Transparency in Content Strategy
In marketing, transparency and vulnerability are unjustly stigmatized. The words conjure illusions of being frightened, imperfect, and powerless. And for companies that shove carefully curated personas in front of users, little is more terrifying than losing control of how people perceive the brand. Let’s shatter this illusioned stigma. Authentic vulnerability and transparency are strengths masquerading…
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Daily News Roundup: Fake Samsung Updates App Had 10 Million Installs
A fraudulent program called “Updates for Samsung” guaranteed to assist users install the latest firmware updates for their Samsung phones. In reality, it redirected users to an ad-filled site and tricked them into purchasing an expensive subscription. Android updates could be a wreck , which ’s mostly the maker ’s error . If you want…
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Week-in-Review: YouTube’s awful comments and Google’s $1B tech-free investment
Hello, weekend subscribers. This can be Week-in-Review where I give a heavy amount of investigation and/or rambling thoughts on a single story while scouring the remaining countless stories which appeared on TechCrunch to confront my favorites for your reading enjoyment. Last weekI talked about how the gambling industry franchises were demonstrating immortal and this may…
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Twitter users are getting locked out of their accounts because of a viral prank — make sure you don’t fall for it (TWTR)
Regis Duvignau/Reuters Twitter is warning users against falling for a viral prank that causes sufferers to get locked out of their accounts. The prank promises users that altering the birth year on their accounts to 2007 will show a unique, more colorful version of this Twitter feed. Instead, that change flags the user as under…