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China Says Tech Firms Pledge to Counter Online Terror Activities

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Twenty-five Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter images and information online that promote terrorism, the Internet regulator said on Tuesday, months after China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law. The Cyberspace Administration of China said the companies had promised to “handle in a timely way terror-related harmful, illegal information, create a clear Internet space and maintain social stability”. The companies which have signed up include Baidu Inc, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, JD.com and Sina Corp, the regulator said. Tencent, Alibaba, JD.com and Sina did…

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Facebook Messenger Gets Dropbox File Sharing, Video Chat Heads

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Messenger users can now share photos, videos, and other files saved in the Dropbox without having to leave Facebook’s standalone instant messaging app. Dropbox on Tuesday announced the new feature which will be available to both Messenger for Android and iOS users. The app will also soon support Video Chat Heads, allowing users to continue video calls while messaging other users. The cloud storage company explains that Messenger for iOS or Android users on tapping the More button in the app will see Dropbox as an available source. Users will…

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Google Voice Access Beta Lets You Control Your Smartphone by Voice

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Google was supposed to introduce its ‘Voice Access’ service back at last year’s Google I/O conference, but never did so. The search giant has finally launched an ‘Voice Access’ beta app using which people can control several more features of their smartphones with voice commands. Users can now give commands such as ‘Open chrome’ to open the browser or ‘go home’ to navigate back to the handset’s home screen. Unlike other voice apps, the voice access beta app gives you access to some commands which can be used from anywhere…

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Telegram Apps Get Improved Media Sharing, Revamped UI, and Bots 2.0

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Folks at Telegram have been working hard behind the curtains and have introduced more updates to their app. This time the company has updated its Bots platform, calling it Bots 2.0, and has brought a new UI that lets you share and preview content easily than before. Telegram, as a part of the update (v3.8) now lets iOS users easily share photos and videos to other chat windows along with a comment or to other apps such as Firefox, YouTube, Chrome and more. iOS users can also use the ‘Tap…

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Yahoo Messenger Update Brings Support for Hindi and More

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Yahoo India on Tuesday announced updates to Yahoo Messenger for Android and iOS users. The Android update focuses on reaching more users in the country as it gets support for Hindi language. The iOS update on the other hand brings support for third-party keyboards. To be specific, Yahoo Messenger v1.1.0 for iOS and v2.1.0 for Android for the first time supports non-English languages such as Hindi (for Android only), Chinese, French, German, Indonesian and Spanish. The app also syncs and matches users mobile contacts to easily search for friends and…

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Uber Starts Motorbike Taxi Service in Indonesian Capital

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Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance. Jakarta is one of the world’s most congested cities and motorbike taxis ordered from a smartphone app have exploded in popularity in the past 18 months as a way to beat the traffic. Uber said that its “UberMotor” service would provide cheap and reliable transportation for hundreds of thousands of people. The company used a local social media and YouTube star Arief Muhammad to…

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