'Unknown' location advertisement spends were nearly 74% higher than the next biggest spender, Uttar Pradesh.
On October 29, WhatsApp announced it was suing NSO Group for selling its software, Pegasus, which has the ability to compromise a device and get access to all of a target's data. Spooked by revelations that activists and journalists were spied upon by using NSO Group's spyware, many have moved to alternative messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram.
A new breed of hackers has emerged, whose main aim is not necessarily financial gain but causing disruption
Sectors which attracted big-ticket investments were real estate, energy, banking and start-ups
The decision would help provide ease of doing business and also lead to larger FDI inflows contributing to growth of investment, income and employment.
Data processing compliance is the main reason behind the delay. The government, on several occasions, has made it clear that Indian financial data needs to be stored exclusively onshore and if it is processed outside, it needs to be brought back in 24 hours.
Home ministry sources say there are fears that international lobbies might have been involved in spying, to create a narrative around Indian governance as well as the economy.
Ministry of home affairs and the IT ministry are planning to have a series of discussions with representatives from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and Google on issues around national security and the problem of fake news. Asking for decryption keys from WhatsApp to track conversations on the chat app is also part of the agenda.
'What we are actually missing in India is a platform wherein the government engages with cybersecurity experts, gets them employed and then utilises their capability to deter such attacks.'
Japan's Olympic delay has upended years of careful planning by organisers and spawned costly headaches for small businesses, hotels and even pro baseball teams, compounding a $12 billion price tag. New dates have yet to be set, leaving sponsors and businesses uncertain and scrambling.
The California-based company has been facing flak recently after about a dozen people were beaten up based on incendiary messages being spread on the app through large groups.
The spyware gained access to a person's phone even if the attacker's WhatsApp call wasn't answered. The calls also often disappeared from call logs, and affected Android, iPhone and Tizen-based phones.
'WhatsApp is storing our data on servers which are physically located in another country.' 'We might be having good relations with a particular country at this very moment, where WhatsApp's data servers are located, and in which our data is stored, but tomorrow we might be having bad relations with them, then what is going to happen to that data.'
Under the current terms agreed with the European Union, the UK is due to leave the bloc by May 22 if the British prime minister's repeatedly-rejected divorce bill clears the House of Commons or crash out without any deal in place by April 12.
The investor has now put together a fund of $3.75 billion to back private companies.
Last week, the country's leading exchange, Zebpay, launched trading in Litecoin, which is the eighth-largest cryptocurrency, following rising demand from Indian investors.
The parliamentary committee on IT has recently been in the news for asking global representatives of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to present their views on misuse of social media platforms and its impact on citizens.
Marcus Rashford's penalty and a deflected strike from Mason Mount helped England come from a goal down to overcome top-ranked Belgium 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday and climb above them in their UEFA Nations League group.
The global chocolate market is expected to grow $98.3 billion in 2016.
Pressure had been building on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its president, Thomas Bach, with some athletes and sporting bodies angry that a seemingly inevitable decision had taken so long.
The office will be headed by Twitter executive Peter Greenberger.
Manchester City's Premier League home match against Arsenal has been postponed because players from the London club have had contact with the owner of Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus, who has contracted the coronavirus. Meanwhile La Liga matches will be played without fans for at least the next two rounds of fixtures to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Spanish league said.
About 147 million Indians use their mobile devices to browse through Facebook
This, despite squeeze in start-up funding; $946 mn Bharti Infratel deal is biggest so far this year
WhatsApp was told to delete data of users who chose to opt out of its policy changes before September 25
Rediff.com brings you images of struggle and hope as migrants attempt to reach European countries.
Google is going ahead with a policy revision mandating 30% charge on in-app purchases across all apps on Play Store. This has left developers' community worried about tighter squeeze on their earnings, says Yuvraj Malik.
Operating systems are increasingly subject to cyberattacks, as many are built around legacy technologies with weaker protocols
The government is also trying to curb child abuse and pornography and such platforms act as catalysts in these cases.
Stunning photographs have captured the Perseid meteor shower that has delighted stargazers across the world.
A new study suggests that people who have strong social media networks and receive multiple friend requests are less likely to die.
The more time teenagers spent on phones and TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be.
'No analogy is perfect, but a better liquid to liken data to is water, with the global internet like a great borderless ocean of currents and tides,' Facebook's vice-president, global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg, said in New Delhi.
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WhatsApp to foray into digital payments & expand to other markets
Singapore is the favoured destination as it has traditionally had a stable fund management regime; also, its tax treaty with India is similar to that of Mauritius
31-year-old Dada Prso remains the bedrock of Croatia's hopes
Rangers kept their Champions League hopes alive with a 2-1 win in the Scottish Premier League.
The company was awaiting clarification from the Reserve Bank of India on data storage before it took a final call on data localisation.
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