7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (629+ words) App Store page of Bitchat app Hyderabad: Late on July 23, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an arm of the Union Home Ministry, sent GitHub an ultimatum: remove three repositories of the messaging app Bitchat within three hours or lose…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (470+ words) New Delhi: No app can block phone calls originating from 1600 number series that are meant for communications by regulated entities and the government to citizens, telecom regulator Trai said in a statement on Friday. “Under the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (613+ words) New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has submitted its reply to the government’s notice on the “username” feature, and the response is being examined, sources said on Thursday, July 9. The Centre issued a notice to Meta last Wednesday, questioning the proposed username…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (628+ words) New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has been granted more time to submit its response on the contentious ‘username’ feature and assured the government that it will not roll it out in India until discussions are complete, according to sources. The popular…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (172+ words) Hyderabad: A 23-year-old private employee from Hyderabad’s Manikonda was duped of Rs 3.28 lakh in a dating app scam on July 1, after a woman recorded an intimate video call and blackmailed him with threats of circulating the footage on social media....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) New Delhi: The government on Wednesday, July 1, slapped a notice on Meta over the controversial username feature on WhatsApp in India and warned it not to roll it out until consultations on the issue are completed, according to sources. The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (373+ words) New Delhi: WhatsApp on Monday, June 29, began allowing users worldwide to reserve usernames, a feature that will let people connect on the messaging platform without sharing their phone numbers, the Meta-owned company said. A username, the company said, offers people…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) Hyderabad: The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and Karnataka App-Based Workers Union (KAWU) on Monday, June 29, strongly condemned the decision to challenge the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare)…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (178+ words) Hyderabad: A Hyderabad woman, after being kicked out of a residents’ WhatsApp group chat, approached the local police, asking to be added back again, alleging mental harassment. She filed a complaint at the Banjara Hills Police Station, claiming that a…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (292+ words) Hyderabad: The Telangana government is planning to develop India’s first dedicated data centre city near Hyderabad. The proposed project will come up on 1,500 acres at Aloor village in Chevella mandal. The government aims to attract large global data centre operators…...