Meta rolls out web version of Threads
- 23-Aug-2023
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it was launching the web version of its new text-first social media platform Threads, in a bid to retain professional users and gain an edge over rival X, formerly Twitter. Threads’ users will be able to access the microblogging platform by logging-in to its website from their computers, the Facebook […]
WhatsApp gets built-in sticker maker on web version
- 25-Nov-2021
The web version of the messaging app, WhatsApp, has gotten a built-in custom Sticker Maker in its update that will enable users to turn ordinary images into stickers. The custom Sticker Maker feature will allow users to send ordinary images converted into stickers via the messaging app. WhatsApp users can use it by clicking the […]
WhatsApp introduces additional security feature for web, desktop versions
- 29-Jan-2021
"Today we’re starting to roll out a new security feature for WhatsApp Web and Desktop: face and fingerprint unlock when linking devices," it tweeted.
WhatsApp rolls out video, voice calling feature to desktop users
- 24-Jan-2021
Several users took to Twitter to share the screenshot of the new feature
Web inventor urges users to seek ‘complete control’ of data
- 12-Mar-2019
Berners-Lee, credited with creating the web in 1989, is on a mission to save his invention from a range of problems increasingly dominating online life
France blocks websites accused of approving terrorism
- 17-Mar-2015
PARIS: France has blocked five websites accused of condoning terrorism, in the first use of new government powers that came into force in February, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results
- 14-Dec-2014
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine on its social networking site.
Right to be forgotten: EU applies rule on Web worldwide
- 27-Nov-2014
BRUSSELS: European privacy regulators want Internet search engines such as Google and Microsoft's Bing to scrub results globally, not just in Europe, when people invoke their "right to be forgotten" as ruled by an EU court.
Madonna’s Palestine peace photo receives angry comments from Gaza supporters
- 02-Aug-2014
NEW YORK: US singer and pop sensation Madonna has once again sparked political controversy by posting a photo calling for peace in the Middle East, referring to the current Gaza crisis and Israel-Hamas war.