Facebook Now Tells You How Much Time You Spend on Facebook Following Instagram’s lead, its parent company Facebook has now started rolling out the “Your time on Facebook”feature to let users know and manage their time spent scrolling through the feed watching cute cat videos. The social media giantannouncedthis feature to tackle social media addiction or dependency four months ago. It’s now finally here (live on the iPhone XR at the Beebom office) and we decided to take it for a spin to see how well it works, all the features it offers, and whether it’s of any help....

Google Neighbourly App Now Works in Delhi, Bengaluru Back in May, Googleannounced its app Neighbourlyusing which people could ask questions only relevant to their neighborhood. It islike Quora but relevant only to geographical location– or perhaps, Google’s answer to Facebook’s Nearby feature. From asking about the best eatery in your area, to the most learned tutors for your children, to some the best salons in your area, Neighbourly can be used to seek answers for virtually anything....

Google News Pledges Funding for News, Journalism Innovations in Asia-Pacific Google Newshas launched a new innovation challenge to help scribes and publishers in the Asia-Pacific region produce quality journalism in the digital age. The Asia-PacificGoogle News Initiative(GNI) Innovation Challenge will fund selected projects up to $300,000 and finance up to 70 per cent of the total project cost, that inject new ideas into the news industry. “We are inviting proposals for projects aimed at increasing revenue from readers, including subscriptions, membership programmes, contributions and/or new digital products and services,” Google said in a statement....

Hotstar, NewsDog and Other Indian Apps Are Spying on Your Phone’s Mic Many of us cover our laptop’s webcam to avoid being spied on surreptitiously, but your phone’s mic is what you should be more worried about. Some of India’s leading apps and games – including Hotstar, Dainik Jagran, Chhota Bheem Jungle Run and NewsDog – use Audio Content Recognition (ACR) to listen to ambient sound in your vicinity, includingsnatches of what you are watching on TV, or any videos or music that is playing around you....

India PC Market Grows Over 20% as HP Leads The Way The traditional PC market in India grew 20.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018, withHPInc leading the segment with 30.7 percent share andDellat second spot with 22.9 percent market share, International Data Corp (IDC) said on Wednesday. The overall India traditional PC market shipments stood at 2.71 million units — clocking a healthy 20.2 percent growth quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)....

JioPhone 2’s Next Flash Sale On November 22 With Paytm Cashback of Rs 300 The next flash sale of the KaiOS-poweredJioPhone 2kicks off at12:00 PM tomorrowfrom Jio’s official website. If you were unable to buy the second generation JioPhone in its previous flash sale, clear your schedule. Reliance is also offering acashback of Rs. 300if you pay for the device via Paytm, bringing the effective price of the JioPhone 2 down to justRs....

LinkedIn Launches Snapchat Stories-like ‘Student Voices’ Video Snippets Just likeFacebook, Instagram,YouTubeand many other sites that borrowed from Snapchat, LinkedIn has also ripped off the Stories feature. The feature was first spotted by consultantCarlos Gil,however, LinkedIn has confirmed toTechCrunchthat it is working on this feature for students, and it’s called Student Voices. It’s clearly aimed at a younger demographic, which would be a departure from the usual suit-and-tie image of LinkedIn.LinkedIn Student Voices being tested in the US...