WhatsApp to India: Need partnership with government, civil society to curb spread of false messages

WhatsApp said it is giving people controls and information they need to stay safe as well as making changes to group chats to prevent the spread of unwanted information.

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Saavn, Airtel had access to Facebook user data even after 2015

Facebook is also investigating every app that had access to large amounts of information before it changed its policies in 2014.

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Top IT companies have over $2 billion in tax disputes

TCS, Infosys and Wipro are fighting cases related to tax incentives that they have claimed under the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and SEZ schemes.

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Tech Mahindra signs IT pact with UK university

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Tech Mahindra and the University of Salford at a Manchester-India Business Summit in Manchester.

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Govt asks WhatsApp to immediately stop spread of "irresponsible" & "explosive" messages

According to reports, at least 31 people have been killed over the past one year due to rumours spread via the popular messaging platform owned by Facebook.

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India may become the second largest smartphone market: Xiaomi's Raghu Reddy

Xiaomi, he said, is currently the largest selling smartphone in the country with a growth of over 300 % in 2017.

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New Technology Themes Grab Limelight at TechGig Code Gladiators 2018

Guinness World Record holder - TechGig Code Gladiators - hosted a hackathon in 9 different themes, apart from the core coding competition in the 2018 edition...

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