With social media sites like Facebook and Twitter coming down heavily on people sharing violent content, extremist groups appear to be migrating to Google+ to popularise their propaganda, the media reported. According to a report in The Independent on Saturday, Google acknowledged the issue by saying it had “more to do” in order to properly address it and had put dedicated teams in place to do so. “We have clear policies against violent content as well as content from known terrorist organisations and when we find violations, we take swift action,” a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying. Google said it was committed to keeping violent content and hate…
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Facebook on Monday announced its partnership with the National Commission for Women (NCW) to conduct a digital literacy programme aimed at training women scholars in Panjab University. “We are committed to equipping women to express themselves freely. That’s why we invested through our products, policies and community education programmes to create a safe space for women to communicate and share,” said Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director-India, South and Central Asia-Facebook. Launched in collaboration with Cyber Peace Foundation, the programme will enable women scholars to learn using online resources, protect themselves and promote digital literacy to reap the benefits of the Internet.…
WhatsApp Business is reportedly adding a feature to let businesses offer an online catalogue of their products. While WhatsApp is yet to announce the new development, a screenshot showing the online catalogue feature has emerged online to reveal its existence. It could give a boost to the user base of the business-focused app that already has over three million active users. Last month, it was reported that in addition to the existing Android app, the Facebook-owned team is working on a WhatsApp Business app for iOS to expand its presence. The app is also in the rumours to receive a chat filter feature to help businesses…
One of the more disruptive emerging technologies, robotic process automation (RPA), appears primed for significant growth, despite the fact that many organizations remain confused or concerned about the impact these tools might have on their operations. Read also: New robots reduce human error in life science labs For some, RPA is seen as a technology designed to replace full-time human labor outright and therefore to be treated with caution. For others, it has the potential for huge cost savings and can enable enterprises to move people from mundane tasks such as data entry to more exciting endeavors. Recent research indicates that there’s a growing demand…
With loads of apps and other productivity software promising to handle all of your various Mac needs, it’s tough to tell which ones actually have the goods to back up all that talk. So, when you see an app with credentials like Top Paid App, 2015 App of the Year, an Editors’ Choice honor and a stellar 4.6 out of 5 stars from over 1,100 reviews in the Mac App Store, you should probably pay attention. That app is PDF Expert for Mac — and right now, it’s on sale for more than half off at $24.99 from TNW Deals. Love ‘em or hate…
HPE is adding compatibility for full-fat datacentre software to its Edgeline range, demonstrating its commitment to what CEO Antonio Neri has dubbed ‘the intelligent edge’. The company has validated a number of enterprise software stacks for use with its Edgeline EL1000 and EL4000 systems, including VMware, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP HANA and Citrix XenDesktop, allowing customers to run virtualisation and compute tasks at the edge with the same tools they use in their datacentre. “Not a junior version, not a light version, not a pared-down version, but rather the full enterprise-class power is now coming out of the cloud, unleashed…
The Latest Research Report Internet of Things for Diabetes Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2017 – 2025 provides information on pricing, market analysis, shares, forecast, and company profiles for key industry participants. – MarketResearchReports.biz Internet of Things comprises systems and software, medical devices, and services. It has had a significant impact on the overall health care sector and has been beneficial in remote clinical monitoring, chronic disease management, preventive care, assisted living, and personal fitness monitoring. The Internet of Things has transformed the health care sector by lowering costs, improving efficiency, and bringing the…
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in the 15-year dispute between Coca-Cola and Royal Crown Cola over exclusivity rights to trademark the term ‘zero’. Coke had wanted to trademark the term ‘zero’ for exclusive use of its no-calorie soft and sports drinks. RC Cola, part of the Dr Pepper group, argued that zero is too generic to trademark, but Coke countered by arguing that the general public thinks of Coke products when it comes to the term zero. The trademark was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,…
Facebook has updated its advertising policy to prohibit ads for weapon accessories to users under the age of 18, the media reported. The social network currently bans ads for the sale of weapons and modifications, like magazines. But Facebook has taken an additional step of adding an age requirement for ads selling things like holsters, belt accessories or mounted flashlights, CNET reported on Friday. Facebook updated its advertising policy page with examples of what kinds of firearm ads are and aren’t allowed on the platform under the changed policy, which will come into effect from June 21. For example, ads for gun cases,…
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working with Microsoft to deliver a proper desktop app. WhatsApp is one of the few developers that consistently delivered updates to its Windows Phone app, but a report by Windows Central suggests WhatsApp is actually getting ready to deliver a proper desktop app as well, The Next Web reported on Friday. Concept art for a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of WhatsApp showed up on Behance before being promptly removed. It appeared to be a native Windows app with UWP design tenets like acrylic transparency, the report said. Furthermore, a description of the project suggested Microsoft and WhatsApp were working closely on the project. Rewinding a…