Facebook-owned WhatsApp had reportedly pledged to develop tools that would combat fake messages, to help India crack down on people whipping up public anger through mass message forwards on social media.
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UAE airline offers special WhatsApp service to passengers
Etihad Airways has launched a WhatsApp Business solution, allowing guests to communicate instantly with the airline via the popular messaging app.1 4800
Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet will no longer be technology firms
Following the biggest reorganisation of Wall Street’s industry classification system, chipmakers, cloud-computing sellers and also credit card payment firms will …
Apple to win EU approval for Shazam acquisition
Apple is about to be granted the unconditional EU antitrust approval for its planned acquisition of Shazam, a British music …
Tech companies remove accounts tied to Irananian propaganda
Social media and technology companies Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet jointly removed hundreds of accounts tied to Iranian actors, which cybersecurity …
Aspiring Tesla rival might land investment from Saudi PIF
Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund is in talks to invest in Lucid Motors, an aspiring Tesla rival, according to a …
LG to feature expanded XBOOM audio lineup at IFA
LG Electronics (LG) will unveil its expanded lineup of XBOOM audio products at IFA 2018 in Berlin. In addition to …
Huawei TalkBand B5 now available in the UAE
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has announced its latest wearable device, Huawei TalkBand B5, the fourth generation of Huawei’s TalkBand …
Huawei honours the father of 5G in special ceremony
Huawei has presented a special award to Turkish professor Dr. Erdal Arikan, the inventor of polar codes for 5G, in …
New member joins UAE Artificial Intelligence Council
Abdulla Alsaleh, undersecretary of UAE Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade, has announced on his LinkedIn profile that he has …
Gamers can now experience spy missions in virtual reality
Finnish game developer Catland has announced the launch of a new game titled, The Spy Who Shrunk Me, as well as an undisclosed funding round from acclaimed game industry veterans.