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Telegram resolves issues after temporary global outage

Popular messaging app Telegram faced a temporary global outage for a few hours on Monday night. Users across the globe including in India began facing issues with the platform on Monday evening. Users were unable to access the platform, seeing error messages such as ‘updating’ or ‘connecting’. ‘#Telegram’ and ‘#Telegramdown” hashtags be...


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British govt. panned for cutting BBC funding

UK’s Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed the BBC licence fee is to be frozen at £159 for two years, according to a report by BBC.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Dorries said the government could "not justify extra pressure on the wallets of hardworking househo...


Meta appoints Meghna Apparao as India e-comm director

Meta appoints Meghna Apparao as India e-comm director

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Meghna Apparao as the director of e-commerce in India to lead the strategy and solutions that are focused on the company’s e-commerce advertisers. Apparao’s appointment comes on the back of a series of senior leadership recruitments in the past two years, and many in ...


Dutch consumer watchdog to vet Apple payment reforms

Dutch consumer watchdog to vet Apple payment reforms

The Dutch consumer watchdog has said it would vet Apple’s move to allow developers of dating apps to offer non-Apple payment options in the Netherlands, to see if the changes are enough to meet competition rules.

Late last month the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ord...