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DuckDuckGo Surpasses 100 Million Daily Search Queries
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reached a major milestone in its 12-year-old history this week when it recorded on Monday its first-ever day with more than 100 million user search queries.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 17, 2021
1 min read
Apple Is Again Extending Apple TV+ Free Trials To July 2021
Apple will be extending the free year-long trials of its TV Plus service to customers until July 2021, as reported by 9to5mac.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
1 min read
What Is A Reverse Proxy?
A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of web servers and forwards client (e.g. web browser) requests to those web servers. Reverse proxies are typically implemented to help increase security, performance, and reliability.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
2 min read
WhatsApp To Delay Its New Privacy Policy
After massive confusion, WhatsApp on Friday announced a three-month delay of a new privacy policy originally slated to go into effect on February 8th.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Will Transfer White House Accounts On January 20, 2021
The microblogging site Twitter said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the U.S. President-elect swears in on January 20.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2021
1 min read
Snapchat Permanently Bans President Trump
US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 14, 2021
1 min read
TikTok Is Making Teens’ Accounts Private By Default
Tiktok is changing the default privacy setting for all registered accounts ages 13-15 to private. With a private TikTok account, only someone who the user approves as a follower can view their videos.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
YouTube Deletes Trump Video And Suspends New Uploads For A Week
YouTube has removed a new video uploaded to President Trump's account for violating the content policies.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
Google Is Launching $3 Million To Debunk Vaccine Misinformation
The Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
Signal Crosses 1 Million Installs Every Day After WhatsApp’s Privacy Update
Cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal surge to 1 million installs every day after Facebook-owned WhatsApp updated its privacy policy.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
WhatsApp Answered Questions And Rumours About The Updated Privacy Policy
WhatsApp recently updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to mandate data-sharing with all companies in the Facebook family. With some of the rumours going around, Whatsapp has answered some of the common questions they have received.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
PayPal Blocks Website That Helped Send Protesters to Capitol
Paypal has blocked the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo after it helped raise funds for people who attended last week’s violent event in Washington, D.C., as reported by Bloomberg.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Suspended 70,000+ Accounts Dedicated To Sharing QAnon Content
The microblogging site Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol,
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Shares Fall 7% After Banning President Trump
The microblogging site Twitter shares fell 7% in pre-market trading after the social media platform permanently banned outgoing President Donald Trump
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
1 min read
Parler Site Goes Offline After AWS Terminates Hosting
American microblogging and social networking service Parler goes offline after Amazon web services terminate its cloud computing support.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
1 min read
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy
With the new changes to the policy, users will now be forced to accept sharing their data with Facebook to continue using their account or, as an alternative, delete their accounts as WhatsApp says.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
3 min read
Amazon Suspend Parler From Its Web Hosting Service
Amazon suspended Parler from its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit, for violating AWS’s terms of services.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
1 min read
Google Removes Parler App From Play Store
Google has banned the conservative social networking app Parler from the Google Play Store for not removing posts that incite violence in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
1 min read
Apple Suspends Parler From Its App Store
Apple has suspended Parler from the App Store for violating policies, saying the social networking service has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
2 min read
Twitter Permanently Bans Trump
The microblogging site Twitter said on Friday that it has permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 9, 2021
1 min read
