Twitter says it will begin removing suspicious accounts it has locked from its counts of users’ followers. “We are committed to building trust and encouraging healthy conversation on Twitter. Follower counts should be meaningful and accurate. We are removing locked accounts from follower counts,” said Twitter on a post. TwitterRead More

Facebook has removed “treason” as a keyword to identify its users’ interests for advertisers, it said on Wednesday after Danish state broadcaster DR revealed its existence. In an article published on Wednesday, DR cited experts expressing concerns that the tag – that Facebook called an “interest category” – could beRead More

Twitter said on Monday it has removed fake accounts but that does not impact its reported user metrics as was indicated in a report by The Washington Post. The newspaper had said the social media company had suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June, leading toRead More

Shares of Twitter fell 9 per cent on Monday after a report said the social media company had suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June, which could lead to a decline of monthly active users in the second quarter. The slump wiped about $3 billion fromRead More

EU antitrust regulators have postponed to next week a finding against Google’s Android mobile operating system, a person familiar with the matter said, avoiding any clash with a visit to Brussels by U.S. President Donald Trump. The European Commission had scheduled a meeting of national competition agencies for Tuesday toRead More

Four senior U.S. House Republicans sent letters on Monday to the chief executives of Apple and Google parent Alphabet asking questions about location data and mobile phone privacy practices and the handling of customer data. The chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Greg Walden, along with three other seniorRead More

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC said its sales fell nearly 68 per cent in June, its biggest slump in more than two years, as the struggling firm continues to lose customers amid intensifying competition with nimbler manufacturing rivals. Once a favourite with consumers and investors, HTC’s popularity has dwindled with theRead More

Sonos Inc, a maker of hi-tech wireless speakers, filed for an initial public offering on Friday, riding on the back of increasing popularity of streaming music through smartphone apps on connected audio systems. Backed by KKR Stream Holdings LLC, Sonos has grown to become a big player in the competitiveRead More

boAt lifestyle’s latest Rockerz 275 is a wireless neckband style earphone. The new set of earphone comes with a 12mm dynamic drivers and is powered by the CSR8635 chipset which claims to produce ample amount of sound while keeping the bass level high. It has a Frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz.Read More

A few days ago, the Indian government went on to advise popular live messaging service WhatsApp to adopt new ways to curb fake news on its platform. It seems that WhatsApp has already sprung into action and has been found to be testing a new feature that could help usersRead More