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Amazon to Retire Prime Now Service
The online retail giant Amazon has announced to shut down its standalone Prime Now delivery app, and the two-hour delivery options will now be available on its main app and website.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 22, 2021
1 min read
US Treasury Wants Cryptocurrency Transfers Over $10,000 To Be Reported To The IRS
The US Treasury Department said it will require any cryptocurrency transfer worth $10,000 or more to be reported to the IRS.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 21, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Restarts Blue Badge Verification
The micro-blogging site Twitter relaunch its new verification application process, beginning with six categories, and review public applications globally to help users earn the blue badge.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2021
2 min read
Facebook Removes Over 18M Fake Covid Related Content
The social media giant Facebook removed more than 18 million pieces of content from its main platform and Instagram globally for violating its policies on COVID-related misinformation and harm.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2021
1 min read
ByteDance Founder Zhang Yiming To Step Down As CEO
Zhang Yiming is stepping down from his role as the CEO and passing the torch to Liang Rubo, another co-founder of the TikTok, the company disclosed on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2021
1 min read
Microsoft Is Retiring Internet Explorer In 2022
Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer next year, after more than 25 years. Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2021
1 min read
Facebook Expands Covid-19 Announcement Tool To India
acebook expanded its Covid-19 announcement tool for the health departments of states and union territories to share essential Coronavirus related updates in India.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
2 min read
Now You Can Check Fleets While Scrolling Tweets On The Timeline
The micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that its users can now check Fleets while scrolling Tweets on their timeline.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
1 min read
Android Now Powers Over 3 Billion Devices
Google’s Android operating system is now running on 3 billion active devices, Google announced at its I/O developer conference.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
1 min read
Indian Govt Directs WhatsApp To Roll Back New Privacy Policy
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has again directed WhatApp to withdraw its much controversial revised privacy policy and has warned action against the platform
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
1 min read
Apple Watch Series 7 Could Feature Flat-Edged Design: Report
Apple is likely to redesign the Apple Watch Series 7 with a flat-edged design similar to its other recent hardware updates, plus release a new color.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
1 min read
Google I/O 2021: Here Are The Biggest Announcement
Tech giant Google finished its live Google I/O 2021 keynote, where the company unveiled a huge number of announcements, including a new look coming to Android, a bunch of features coming to its Google Workspace productivity suite, next versions of Android and Wear OS, as...
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
3 min read
Pinterest Introduces Idea Pins Globally And Launches New Creator Discovery Features
This new access and capability will empower anyone with a business account to create inspiring content and better interact with their audiences, building more engaged communities directly on Pinterest.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
1 min read
Google’s Phone App Can Now Announce Who’s Calling
Google is rolling out a new feature for its Phone app that will announce the name and number of any incoming calls — a move to help users screen unwanted calls.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
1 min read
Microsoft Teams Available For Personal Use With Free Video Calls 24/7
Tech giant Microsoft has launched the personal version of its communication app Teams for use among friends and families that offers all-day free video calling.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Unveils New Power Management Solutions For DDR5 Modules
Samsung announced the industry’s first integrated power management ICs (PMICs) — S2FPD01, S2FPD02, and S2FPC01, for the fifth-generation double data rate (DDR5) dual in-line memory module (DIMM).
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
2 min read
Clubhouse Expanding Its Android App To More Countries
Audio-based social media app Clubhouse is rolling its new Android app in Brazil, Japan, and Russia on Tuesday, India and Nigeria by Friday, and the “rest of the world” throughout the week.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 17, 2021
1 min read
Cloudflare To End CAPTCHA Madness With Trusted USB Keys
Cloudflare, an American web infrastructure and website security company that provides content delivery network services, wants to replace the “madness” of CAPTCHAs across the web with an entirely new system.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 17, 2021
1 min read
China Has Landed Its First Rover On Mars
According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, an entry capsule enclosing them separated from the orbiter at about 4 am Beijing time on 15 May. After several hours it entered Mars’s atmosphere at an altitude of 125 kilometers.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 15, 2021
1 min read
Disney+ Now Has 103M Paid Subscribers
Disney+ now has more than 103 million global paid subscribers, the company said in its Q2 earnings report
Bijay Pokharel,
May 14, 2021
1 min read
