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Paid Telegram Premium service tops 1 mn subscribers: CEO
Telegram in October reduced the subscription cost of its premium tier in India from Rs 469 to Rs 179. Globally, the premium subscription is priced in the range of $4.99 to $6."While it still represents just a fraction of Telegram's overall revenue, Telegram Premium is growing steadily every day, and one day may even rival our ads," said Durov.
Probe into Eloon Musk's move to convert rooms at Twitter HQ into bedrooms
Local TV channel KQED quoted representatives from the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection as saying that they are launching an investigation into "reports Twitter has converted several office rooms at its headquarters into sleeping quarters for employees".
Cybersecurity resilience top priority for Indian firms: Cisco
Around 62 per cent of these organisations say that the security incidents have impacted their business operations. This was revealed in the latest edition of Cisco's annual study, 'SSecurity Outcomes Report'ecurity Outcomes Report' launched on Wednesday in Melbourne.Titled, 'Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3: Achieving Security Resilience', the study identifies the top seven success factors that boost enterprise security resilience, with a particular focus on the cultural, environmental, and solution-based factors that businesses leverage to achieve security.
Meta bars employees from discussing abortion, vaccine efficacy at work
According to a report in Fortune, citing a leaked internal memo, Meta has banned employees from discussing "very disruptive" topics, including abortion, gun rights, and vaccines as part of new "community engagement expectations". "As Mark mentioned recently, we need to make a number of cultural shifts to help us deliver against our priorities," read the company memo.
Microsoft may build 'super app' to fight Apple & Google
The application might combine shopping, messaging, web search, news and other services all in one place, reports AppleInsider. Executives at Microsoft believe that the application will help to grow both Bing search and their advertising business. The tech giant aspires to emulate companies such as Tencent, which has all-in-one applications like WeChat.
Apple Music to soon roll out karaoke mode
Apple Music Sing allows users to sing along with their favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics, the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. Multiple lyric views are available in the new mode, allowing users to take the lead, join in duets, sing backup, and more.
YouTube rolls out Twitch-like emotes
YouTube Emotes is a new way for users to express themselves with fun images across streams and comments, the platform said in a blogpost on Tuesday. Emotes are amusing collections of still images that users can use to create a sense of community.
Apple expands self service repair to iPhone, MacBook users in Europe
Customers in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK can purchase genuine Apple parts and tools for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, and Mac notebooks with Apple silicon. The Self Service Repair Store provides access to more than 200 individual parts and tools, as well as repair manuals. The program enables customers who are experienced with the complexities of repairi, Apple said in a statement.
Google rolls out new features for Pixel devices
The tech giant rolled out VPN by Google One for Pixel 7 and 7 Pro at no extra cost, to protect users' online activity, the company said in a blogpost on Monday. Users can now review their security and privacy settings, risk levels, and other information all in one place, making it easy to protect their phones, accounts and passwords.
HBO Max, Discovery+ streaming service to now be called just 'Max'
The combined platform's expected name, 'Max' is being vetted by the company's lawyers, reports CNBC citing sources. Some senior executives are still debating on a final name so the name might change, but 'Max' is the preference.
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