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Twitter Suspends 70 Million Fake Accounts in Two Months

7Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

News

Twitter Suspends 70 Million Fake Accounts in Two Months

Leading Microblogging website Twitter Inc. suspended over 70 million fake accounts in two months (May and June), as per the latest report revealed by the Twitter sources to The Washington Post. In the report of the Washington post, Twitter said that they are running a massive clean-up drive to clear out bots and trolls on the platform. The impact of this campaign is that the rate of suspension of accounts is doubled since October. Over 1 million accounts were suspended a day in recent months. Twitter is now on image makeover campaign, clearing all the fake and spam accounts on its website. The most popular blogging site between celebrities is looking to stop spam and abuse of fake accounts. However, these aggressive measures against unwanted accounts may impact the Twitter user...

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are Spying on You – Here is the Proof!

24Jun By No Comments

BLOGS

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are Spying on You – Here is the Proof!

Just the other day I received an email from Google Maps with the subject “Google Maps Timeline.” Upon clicking the email what I found left my jaw drop…quite literally! My “March in Review” apparently, was every place I had ever visited, every day of the week. It also highlighted my most frequently visited locations, the number of miles I walked, drove and unique places I visited. The only thing that was missing was perhaps the number of calories I burnt! Speaking of calories, they knew how much I walked and had all the data from my smartwatch. They knew how long I was sleeping, My REM cycle and how many times a year I fell ill. If anything, this information was a treasure trove for someone like my ex. Plus, my email is not hard to get a hold of considering that it’s logged in on my phone...

WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

11Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

News

WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

The well-known messaging app Whatsapp has stated that it shares only limited data of payment service with its owner firm Facebook and the parent company does not utilize the data for the commercial purpose. The messaging app has been lately working on its payment feature had to postpone the launch due to the ongoing Facebook data scam. Whatsapp payments service has partnered with UPI to launch an in-app payment service on its platform and, at present, is in beta version in India. Its users are concerned how much of their information is being shared with Facebook and how is the social media using it. This is the reason why WhatsApp has been compelled to put up an explanation in this regard. On its official website, Whatsapp claimed, "Facebook does not use WhatsApp payment information fo...

Facebook Shutting Down its ‘Trending’ Topics Feature

2Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

News

Facebook Shutting Down its ‘Trending’ Topics Feature

World's leading social media platform Facebook is shutting down its manipulated "trending" news section after four years, a company executive has said. The trending section creates problems for Facebook with fake news, political balance and the limitations of artificial intelligence in managing the elections, person and party ideology & manipulate peoples behaviour. Facebook launched "trending" in 2014 as a list of headlines to the side of the main news feed, it was a straightforward move to steal users from Twitter by giving them a quick look at the most popular news of the moment. The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn't popular. It was available only in five countries and accounted for less than 1.5 percent of clicks to the websites of news publishers, according t...

Online Knowledge Sharing Platform Quora Now Avaliable in Hindi

31May By NitishNo Comments

News

Online Knowledge Sharing Platform Quora Now Avaliable in Hindi

Online knowledge sharing firm Quora will now available in Hindi, a move that will allow about 500 million Hindi speakers to engage on the platform in Hindi. Founded in 2009 by Adam D'Angelo, former CTO of social networking giant Facebook. About half of Quora's user base is from outside the US, including from India. The question-and-answer platform already supports languages like Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese. The platform gets over 200 million unique monthly visitors. "Quora's mission is to share and grow the world's knowledge. The platform has been popular in India for years now and with the addition of Hindi language, we expect the participation from India to grow further," Quora India Country Manager Gautam Shewakramani said to Pixr8 team. Shewakramani said the c...

16Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

ANALYSIS

How Cricketers like Virender Sehwag Make Rs 30 Lakh Using Social Media

While he may have retired professionally for over a year now, nonetheless he continues to rule our hearts not only with his masterful strokes but also as a newly found social media entertainer! Yes, we are talking about our very own Viru paaji (nickname). Virender Sehwag the most destructive batsmen to have adorned Indian cricket industry is now making it big in the world of social media with his maiden skill to grab eyeballs through his unconventional, funny and witty Tweets like never before! "I have, in the last six months, made around Rs. 30 lakh through my Tweets", says, a much pleased Sehwag. While people can't stop gushing over his witty tweets, the brands to have not been able to resist the temptation of showcasing him for their brand promotion! Given the magnificent scope of cri...

Survey: This is What Indians Do Online & Offline

7Apr By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

ANALYSIS

Survey: This is What Indians Do Online & Offline

India is a fast evolving and developing country with ever-more resources and capital being poured into the Indian web market to digitalize the country. A particular tool that has allowed this digital development has been the introduction of cheap and reliable smartphones in the market which allowed a large portion of the country to afford the technology. Additionally, cheap internet plans contributed significantly to encouraging and increasing the overall internet usage. Consequently, diverse facilities and services emerged from phone apps, allowing users to buy, sell, order and enjoy different types of facilities and services from electronic shopping, to cab hailing, food delivery and more. Presently, India stands among the most internet-friendly ecosystems in the world and the scale a...

3Apr By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

FUNDING

Social Media Analytics Startup Raises Rs 2 crore Funding

Synctag, social media analytics startup received a Series A funding of Rs 2 Crore from private equity company Subhkam Ventures to begin operating in international markets. The private equity firm disclosed that the funding was carried out for a “significant stake” in the AI analytics startup. Investor Mohit Khadaria also participated in the funding round and joined the board of the company as well. Filings reveal that the funding occurred in January. Synctag is now looking forward to step in the markets of New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and UK and scale up the services and products it offers with their fresh capital infuse. This is already the fourth round of funding for Syntag in their three years of activity. They received two rounds of seed funding in 2015 and a third round in 2...

Facebook Made a Mistake: Mark Zuckerberg

22Mar By NitishNo Comments

Entrepreneurs Talk

Facebook Made a Mistake: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his company made mistakes on user data protection and vowed to take steps to prevent the misuse or breach of personal data of users by developers or business partners. The major data breach that was happened yesterday, our reports revealed that 50 million people manipulate in Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign by a UK based political research company called Cambridge Analytica. 33 years old Mark Zuckerberg posted a lengthy Facebook post, broke his silence over the alleged privacy scandal that hit the social media giant. "I started Facebook, and at the end of the day, I'm responsible for what happens on our platform. I'm serious about doing what it takes to protect our community, Facebook has a "responsibility" to protect its user's da...

Twitter Removes 2 lac Followers From Amitabh Bachchan’s Account

23Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

News

Twitter Removes 2 lac Followers From Amitabh Bachchan’s Account

On what is termed to as Twitter's bot crackdown by the outer world, many account holders including Amitabh Bachchan lost thousands of followers overnight. Twitter that is reviewing its services and making changes on the platform for a safer online social experience got into an argument with the users as many of them lost considerable number of followers in a night. One of them was Senior Bachchan who tweeted about the matter last evening. T 2623 - अरे Twitter भाई साहेब , या बहनजी ( पता नहीं ना इनका gender क्या है , इस लिए दोनों को संभोधित किया ), हम कुछ छाप रहे हैं , और आप उसको छपने ही नहीं दे रहे हैं ! अमाँ , 200,000 follower एक ही दिन में काट दिया आपने .. अब इसे तो मत काटो यार !! अब इतना भी ज़ुल्म न करो ? pic.twitter.com/D1F4xYiUyq — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) Februa...

Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

14Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

Tech

Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

Snapchat, a widely used image messaging and multimedia mobile application is facing a major re-approval from its users over its redesign. Last week, Snapchat updated its features and changed the whole platform to target its revenue rates. Since then, the users have bombarded Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc asking Snapchat to reverse the updates. Dear #snapchatupdate , We hate you. Sincerely, Everyone ? — Mitz (@MitzLove) February 9, 2018 The result of such fierce reaction from the users is due to the confusion and struggle, they are going through to use their favourite features on the platform. Such updates include the difficulty to see stories that would easily appear by swiping right from the main camera screen earlier. Now, the whole update have shifted the ...

Twitter Booked Profit For The First Time Since It Went Public

9Feb By AdityaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Twitter Booked Profit For The First Time Since It Went Public

Twitter Inc for on Thursday, posted its first quarter results, which are rather surprising, as for the first time in its history as a public company it generated a hefty profit, thanks to its expansion outside the USA. As soon as the results were announced, the social networking platform experienced a massive boost of 12 percent in its shares, breaking the two-years record. In the fourth quarter of 2017, Twitter made a net profit of $91.1 million against the loss of $167.1 million for the same period, one year ago. Twitter has been running in consistent losses ever since it became a public company in 2013, is now expected to turn profitable all around the year 2018. Even though the number of people using the social media is going down, it is really promising that Twitter has found su...