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FP TrendingNov 28, 2022 10:47:45 ISTFrom health monitoring to the option of listening to audiobooks, an Apple Watch comes with plenty of features. Apart from the beneficial features, it also offers a lot of customisation options related to its look. Users can choose a variety of watch faces to decorate their Apple Watch as per their mood. When the Apple Watch first debuted in 2014, there were just 10 standard faces. However, since then, the variety has considerably increased and the number has reached as many as 31…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 28, 2022 10:07:48 ISTWhatsApp has suffered a major data breach. Data of over 500 million users from across the world, was leaked online and put up for sale on a number of hacking groups and communities by an anonymous seller. Given that WhatsApp has a user base of over 2 billion, the fact that over one-fourth or 25 per cent of users have had their data compromised,  is a massive setback for the Meta-owned messaging app. The leaked data, which includes data from Indian users as well, is being sold very…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 22, 2022 10:54:26 ISTAfter conducting a poll among his followers, Elon Musk reinstated the account of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump. Among the 15 million or so Musk’s followers who voted in the poll, about 52 per cent favoured the reinstatement. However, it seems that Trump isn’t interested in returning to the platform. After Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account, the former US President said he won’t be returning to Twitter as he doesn’t see any reason for it. Image…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 22, 2022 11:17:51 ISTIt seems that the world simply cannot have enough of Koo, India’s multilingual microblogging platform that was developed as a foil to Twitter and its “western interests.” The indigenously developed social media platform was recently launched in Brazil with support for the Portuguese language and has been really well received by the Brazilian people. Within 48 hours of its launch, the app had over 1 million downloads in Brazil. It occupied the Number 1 spot on both, the Android Play…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 22, 2022 13:02:18 ISTAlthough there are reports going around that says Elon Musk is set to terminate a few more people from Twitter’s ad sales team, the current CEO of Tesla and Twitter in a recent all-hands meeting with Twitter employees said that he is done with the process of terminating people from the organisation and will now start hiring “the right people” soon. After all the terminations and resignations, the total number of people working at Twitter as of Monday, stands at 2,700, down from…

FP StaffNov 22, 2022 14:23:48 ISTThe Indian government is likely to tax online gaming at the rate of 28 per cent under Goods and Services Tax, instead of the current 18 per cent. It is also likely to suggest a new, revised formula for calculating the amount on which the GST would be levied. The Indian government has finally decided that online gaming essentially falls under the category of ‘demerit goods’ and hence should attract a 28 per cent GST. Image Credit: Pexels At present online gaming attracts 18 per cent GST,…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 22, 2022 16:54:25 ISTAt a recent all-hands meeting at Twitter, Elon Musk announced that he will be postponing the relaunch of Twitter Blue or the paid verification programme indefinitely. The only condition where he is comfortable in relaunching Twitter Blue, is when they’re confident about significant impersonations not happening. Elon Musk plans on battling impersonation of major corporate advertisers and organisations by using different colours for different badges. Image Credit: AFP One of Musk’s…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 22, 2022 17:53:57 ISTOne of Elon Musk’s goals with Twitter is to add a whole bunch of niche features that would make sense for people to actually buy a subscription and pay for those features. He had also announced that he had major plans on how DMing works on the platform. Musk plans on adding a bunch of niche features that would make Twitter Blue or other subscription services worthwhile for users to pay for. The first set of these features will focus on DMs, video and voice chats. Image Credit: AFP…

FP TrendingNov 23, 2022 07:47:03 ISTThe introduction of digital payment methods has made life easier for people. Nowadays, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is becoming a more popular choice than cash purchases because almost everyone accepts it, from retailers in luxurious malls to small florists on the street. However, a bad internet connection can sometimes give headaches to individuals while making UPI payments. But this issue can also be resolved by using a USSD code to access UPI. The USSD method makes online…

FP TrendingNov 23, 2022 07:53:01 ISTFollowing its introduction in 2016, the United Payments Interface (UPI) has seen tremendous growth in India. The reason UPI is so popular as a payment system is that it makes online payments and money transfers incredibly simple by combining various bank accounts into a single mobile application. Representational Image. News18 The newest feature addition from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which administers UPI, enables the option to withdraw money from any bank ATM…