WhatsApp rolls out new catalog feature

WhatsApp announces new Communities feature

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a new feature called Communities that will allow admins to organize groups under one umbrella. “Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way people can receive updates sent to the entire Commun...


Tencent to block Chinese gamers' access to foreign, unapproved games

Tencent to block Chinese gamers’ access to foreign, unapproved games

Tencent Holdings said it will shut down a service that allowed Chinese gamers to access overseas platforms to play unapproved foreign games, in a sign of tightening compliance as Chinese regulators more closely scrutinize the industry. The country's largest social and gaming firm said late on Wednesday it will on May 31 update its games speed...


Twitter avoids sharing information on bot accounts

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41.39bn

Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for about $41 billion, just days after rejecting a seat on the social media company’s board. Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to Twitter’s April 1 close, the last trading day before the Tesla CEO’s more than...


Kristen Stewart to star in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

Kristen Stewart to star in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart is set to topline a romantic thriller film by director Rose Glass. Titled ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, the film has been set up at Hollywood Studio A24 and examines a romance fuelled by ego, desire, and the American Dream. ‘Glass’, best known for her 2019 indie hit ‘Saint Maud’, is directing from the script as she c...


Snapchat announces Dynamic Stories for news publishers

Snapchat announces Dynamic Stories for news publishers

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat has introduced a new ‘Dynamic Stories’ feature that will allow publishers to automatically create Stories on the app based on news stories they publish online. Early partners include CNN, Bloomberg, ESPN, and more. The new feature uses a publisher’s RSS Feed to automatically create and pos...


Kangana Ranaut's 'Dhaakad' to release on May 20

Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Dhaakad’ to release on May 20

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut-starrer'Dhaakad’ will be released theatrically on May 20, the makers announced on Tuesday. The action movie is directed by Razneesh Razy Ghai and produced by Deepak Mukut and Sohel Maklai. The 35-year-old actor stars in the movie as ‘Agent Agni’, PTI reported from Mumbai. I enjoyed the lo...