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WhatsApp may lead India’s next payment revolution, but what’s stopping it?

Money is many things, but it’s not fake news. So why block WhatsApp from spreading it around? India is the laboratory of choice for Western tech firms to test out their mobile payment capabilities so they can be rolled out from Bangladesh to Nigeria. Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the fray two years ago by

Paul Berton: People have lots to say on social media but less so when it really counts

While the last Canadian election in 2015 saw the highest turnout since 1993 at 68.5 per cent, the one before it in 2011 saw the third lowest in history at only 61.4 per cent. – The Canadian Press file photo When a caller recently ranted to me

YouTube’s carbon footprint is huge, but smarter web design could fix it

YouTube’s annual carbon footprint is about 10Mt CO2e (Million Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent), according to researchers — about the output of a city the size of Glasgow. But it doesn’t have to be that way, with a few easy design changes easily slashing that footprint

Social media can be the workers’ voice – but is it loud enough?

Coming as it did the day after the governor of the Reserve Bank, Philip Lowe, told an audience of economists that average earnings for Australian workers were growing at the lowest level since the 1960s, the win by the AMWU against the company behind Streets ice-creams this week was a good

Update your operating system, but you really should back it up first

Do you pay attention to the nagging popups to install updates to your computer’s operating system? Apple and Microsoft both have some pretty decent upgrades to their respective operating systems rolling out this fall and if your hardware can handle it, you really should upgrade. Why? Well,

Twitter Suspends Russia-Linked Accounts, but US Senator Says Response Inadequate

Twitter said on Thursday it had suspended about 200 Russian-linked accounts as it probes online efforts to meddle with the 2016 US election, but an influential Democratic senator slammed its steps as insufficient. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, summoned Twitter officials to testify

iPhone 8 Launch in September, But Availability Will Be Limited: KGI Securities

HIGHLIGHTS KGI claims iPhone 8 to come in three colours only The smartphone will go into mass production in mid-September The iPhone 8 photos suggest no Touch ID integration iPhone 8, the tenth anniversary Apple smartphone, has been in the news for nearly a year, and it seems the

T-Mobile’s Binge On frees Netflix and Hulu from data caps, but not YouTube

T-Mobile USA will exempt a list of video streaming services from monthly data caps with Binge On, a feature that could let some subscribers watch more clips and shows without buying a more expensive plan. Those users will have to be happy with DVD-quality video, though, because

Democrats are staging a sit-in to protest state of being inactive on gun manage — but you may best see it on social media

At one point, C-SPAN resorted to airing a stay Periscope feed from Rep. Scott Peters of California. it’s now not real of the contributors of Congress, who’ve became to social media tools to deliver a good deal–wanted visuals to the story. consultant Charles Rangel used Periscope to

Instagram’s algorithmic timeline: We are angry … but too lazy to take control

Instagram has been quick to reassure users that ‘when your best friend posts a photo of her new puppy, you won’t miss it’ Getty Our social media lives have become a battle for control, although it might not feel like it when we’re scrolling through tweets about