Facebook begins testing News, its new division for journalism
Facebook’s news division, which was earlier reported to be expected, is here. The company is rolling out Facebook News in a restricted test in the U.S. as a home screen tab and bookmark in the Facebook app. What Is This New Feature About? In a...
Google Assistant offers personalized playlists of audio news
Beginning now, when you say “Hey Google, play me the news” to a Google Assistant equipped phone or smart speaker, you will get a tailor-made playlist of the day’s big headlines and stories. That is apparently what many of us are expecting when we hear...
Pendo acquires $100M Series E funding on $1 billion valuation
Pendo is the late-stage startup that assists companies to know how consumers are interacting with their apps. More About The Latest Funding It declared a $100 million Series E funding today on a valuation of $1 billion. Sapphire Ventures managed the round. Also joining were...
China proceeds to forbid international software and hardware from state offices
China has reportedly commanded all foreign PC hardware and operating systems to be returned in the next three years, raising an ongoing tech war. The country has tried this kind of thing before halfheartedly, but this is the most severe effort yet to separate itself...
Amazon now sells movie tickets in India
Amazon has fixed its eye on the following business it desires to disrupt in its important overseas market India: online movie tickets. The e-commerce giant announced this Saturday that it has partnered with local online movie ticketing service BookMyShow to start booking choices on Amazon...
Mark Zuckerberg creates the case for Facebook News
While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg looked cheerful and also joked when he took the stage in front of journalists and media executives, he admitted that there are reasons for the news industry to be cynical. After all, Facebook has been one of the main forces...
Google hires recent Disney and Star executive to manage its India business
Google had announced that it had selected Sanjay Gupta, a recent top executive with Disney India and Star, as the manager and vice president of sales and services for its India business. Introducing Sanjay Gupta Gupta will be substituting Rajan Anandan, who departed the company...
Microsoft OneDrive Personal Vault rolls out globally, starts expandable storage
Previously this summer, Microsoft added an extra layer of security to its Dropbox opponent, OneDrive. The security features, called OneDrive Personal Vault, enable users to preserve their files with two-step verification, such as a fingerprint or facial identification, PIN code, or a one-time code sent...
SUSE’s OpenStack Cloud Dispersal: What’s Next?
Suse is a recently launched independent open-source company behind the eponymous Linux administration. They also have an increasingly broad set of managed enterprise services. Today they have announced a part of a new strategy as it seems to stay on top of the growing trends...
Famous Android phones can be deceived into snooping on their owners
Security researchers have discovered many famous Android phones can be deceived into snooping on their owners by misusing a weakness that gives accessories way to the phone’s underlying baseband software. How Does This Work? Attackers can use that way to deceive weak phones into giving...
