WhatsApp tipline gets 70k requests to verify messages

The India tip line was set up under a research project to combat fake news during the general elections held over seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and was launched by PROTO, an India-based media skilling startup.

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Leaked data were already public: Chtrbox

Accounts said to have been leaked are in the early thousands, not in millions, says company.

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4.8 billion downloads in just 3 months, India tops in app instals

MXPlayer only Indian firm to figure in top 10 most downloaded.

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After US muscle flexing, Flex halts shipments to Huawei

US contract manufacturer stops all shipments to Chinese firm, including from Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

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Google experiences 'indexing' issues, users see stale search results

Users searching for updated news content -- not finding latest results for a few hours.

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UST global elevates Krishna Sudheendra as CEO

Sudheendra is taking over as the CEO from Sajan Pillai, who has retired.

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4G tablet market grows 62% in India in Q1, Lenovo leads

Lenovo with 26 per cent led the market, followed by Samsung at 17 per cent and iBall also at 17 per cent. Apple was fourth with 9 per cent market share.

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