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Apple iOS 13 to roll out today: Dark Mode, smarter Siri, and everything else that's new

Several apps have been rebuilt from the ground up and several features heavily redesigned.

Google rolls out new Truecaller-like spam protection feature on Android Messages

The feature is rolling out in phases, and will be available for all in a few days.

Is Google in the process of dropping the 'Android' branding entirely?

Android Pay was recently renamed to Google Pay, Android Messages to Messages and Android Wear to Wear OS.

WhatsApp 'Delete for everyone' feature update may have rules that beat the purpose

You might no longer be able to delete a WhatsApp message without the permission of the receiver.

Facebook apologises for decorating Lombok earthquake posts with balloons, confetti

Many people on the island have been using Facebook’s Safety Check feature — launched in 2014.

WhatsApp's building an India-based team to combat fake news circulation

The messaging app is under fire over abuse of its platform for circulation of fake news that has incited mob fury.

TRAI’s new regulation mandates subscribers' consent for commercial calls

The TRAI regulation mentioned "A major abuse of the current regulations will thus be stopped,".

Apple to fix bug which causes a malicious link to freeze the Messages app on iOS and MacOS devices

It is not confirmed yet but Apple is likely referring to the stable release of iOS 11.2.5, which is nearing the end of its beta testing stage.

TRAI directs telecos to ensure that only SEBI-registered brokers send investment SMS's

TRAI noted, that some unscrupulous persons or entities "masquerading" as SEBI-registered investment advisors are sending out investment advise.

WhatsApp claims to have over one billion daily users worldwide

The monthly active users of Facebook-owned WhatsApp are over 1.3 billion and it supports 60 languages globally.