Vivo NEX Camera Review: Just Average At Best The Vivo NEX (Rs. 44,990), one of the most innovative Android smartphones to be released in the last couple of months,has a lot going for itwhen it comes to the unique design, the bezel-display and the flagship performance. But, is it the perfect flagship? Well, in order to find out we’ll have to take a granular look at each aspect of the smartphone, carefully testing and critiquing every feature....
Website Found Selling Data of 250,000 MBBS Applicants For Rs. 1 Lakh A new case of breach of data privacy in India has surfaced in which the data of the applicants of a medical entrance exam is being sold blatantly online. Business Standard reports that a website (Nari Technologies) which offers career counseling has hoarded data of more than 250,000 appearing in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and thisdata is put up for sale for a price of Rs....
WhatsApp Might Soon Let You Forward Messages to Only 5 Chats WhatsApp has been embroiled in a bitter back-and-forth with the Indian government for allegedly acting as a channel for spreading fake news leading to violence and deplorable acts such as lynching. It now appears that WhatsApp is now willing to take a proactive approach to curb the fake news issue, as the company is now testing a new feature that will impose a limit on users’ ability to forward messages....
WhatsApp Payments Roll-Out Delayed Again Due to Privacy Concerns WhatsApp has been teasing its Payments service in India for a long time and if you’re wondering why the feature hasn’t moved past the beta channels, it is because theIndian government is not fully convincedabout how the service stores and uses data of users. As a result, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sought additional details from WhatsApp and its partner banks on the issue....
WhatsApp to Bring Its Fake News Verification Model to India for Upcoming Elections In response to a second notice for taking steps to curb fake news on its platform,WhatsApp senior executives from its US headquarters and India operations have met the Election Commission for its effort to prevent misuse of the platform in India’s coming election cycle. According to WhatsApp, it will look out for spam messaging techniques in the run-up to state polls scheduled for 2018-end, from the time the model code of conduct kicks in, and especially 48 hours before polling....
WhatsApp Will Now Inform Users About Potentially Risky Links WhatsApp is widely abused by spam and misinforming forwarded messages. Often many of these forwards contain malicious links and in an effort of sensitizing users, WhatsApp has introduced a new feature which it wasearlier seen testing. With the latest beta update, WhatsApp willinform users when they receive a link that is potentially malicious, suggesting them to not open the link. To alert users, WhatsApp will add a red label saying “SUSPICIOUS LINK” at the top of the link preview....
Amazon Reports Record-Breaking Shipments During Prime Day 2018 The Prime Day sale recently concluded by Amazon was the biggest and one of the most-profitable shopping fests in the history of the e-commerce giant. Amazon shared a press release, detailing that it managed to facilitate thesale of 100 million products worldwide, with shipments outnumbering those during any of the previous sales including Cyber Monday, Black Friday, and even last year’s Prime Day 2017....
