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Facebook’s Nearby Friends feature that lets people share their current location with other Facebook users, will no longer be available starting May 31 this year. As per user reports on social media platforms, the Meta owned company has started informing users about the discontinuation of Nearby Friends and other location-based features. The functionality allows users

Social media platform Facebook (Now Meta) on Thursday filed its response in the Delhi High Court on the petition related to the suspension of social media accounts. Meta said that it is a private entity and does not discharge public function and therefore the jurisdiction of the High Court cannot be invoked against it. Meta

Pinterest TV Studio app has been silently launched and is available for select creators on its platform. The new app is currently available on both Android and iOS. The Pinterest TV Studio app is said to make it easier for creators to livestream. It will allow creators to start a livestream with improved streaming setup,

Elon Musk’s decision to accept some foreign investors as part of his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,000 crore) buyout of Twitter runs the risk of inviting the kind of regulatory scrutiny over US national security that social media peer TikTok faced, legal experts say. Musk disclosed on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Qatar’s sovereign wealth

Bengaluru’s traffic has often messed up our minds. The traffic jam is a great trouble for daily commuters. Needless to say that delivery agents in Bengaluru also have to face this problem every day for hours at a stretch to provide orders to customers’ doorsteps. Given the daily hustle of hour-long traffic and scorching hear, a Swiggy

At the 19th Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS), Informa Tech held the Towards F5G Evolution, Promoting Industrial Prosperity session. At this session, David Wang, Huawei Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, gave a keynote speech titled Driving Industry Development with F5.5G. “The broadband industry has seen rapid development

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series’ premium smartphone has turned out to be one of the best-selling phones for the company. One of the smartest features that sets apart the Samsung Galaxy S22 from other models is the introduction of Smart Widgets that the users can swipe through. Now, the South Korean smartphone maker appears to be

UK comms regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into Shell Energy, with regard to rules around end-of-contract and annual ‘best tariff’ notifications to broadband and landline customers. Ofcom introduced new rules in 2020 which stated that broadband, mobile, home phone and pay-TV companies have to warn their customers when their minimum contract period is coming

Question marks are appearing over the use of millimeter wave (mmWave) technology for 5G, with growth in investments in the sector slowing last year. While the numbers do not directly point to problems in the mmWave market, particularly given that it outperformed expectations in the previous couple of years, it is not too much of

The government is likely to hold 5G spectrum auction in early June, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister said that the Department of Telecom is working as per expected timeline and the process is on to resolve industry concerns around spectrum pricing. Asked about the schedule of the spectrum auction, Vaishnaw said

Those who would dictate the parameters of public discourse are unhappy Twitter is being acquired by someone they can’t control. Tellingly, the thing that seems to alarm Musk’s critics the most is his stated commitment to free speech. By definition free speech means allowing speech not everyone likes. In fact, that’s just a definition for

A sort-of rebrand means EE will become the flagship brand for consumers, and will ‘expand into new areas’ – though the BT brand will remain on home standalone broadband and landline services. The essence of it seems to be that there will be a greater emphasis on EE branded converged bundles, while BT will be

Infinix Note 12, Hot 12, and Smart 6 HD have been launched as three new models by the brand, part of China’s Transsion Holdings. While the Infinix Note 12 and Hot 12 are the brand’s new mid-range options, the Smart 6 HD is its new budget model. The Infinix Note 12 comes with features including

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kashyap Mehta, VP Business Development – Strategic Accounts at TEOCO, explores the complexities of deploying subsea cables. Today, high-speed telecommunications form the cornerstone of modern societies: from instantaneous financial transactions, to rolling 24-hour news updates, undersea cabling

Recipe for Success – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by NETSCOUT 1 day ago Recipes are the foundation of the food business and for good reasons. They help chefs assure the quality of food by using proven techniques, trusted ingredients, and prior successes. Similarly, the tech industry leans on its proven leaders. However, with new

Fitbit has started rolling out Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications to nine of its products. Earlier this month, Fitbit had received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s new photoplethysmography (PPG) algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation (AFib). This new algorithm will be employed to power the new feature on Fitbit wearables.

4 advantages of container-based architecture for RAN deployments – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Red Hat 1 hour ago A container-based platform can open new opportunities for service innovation and reduce costs with greater agility and shorter time to value. Read this two-pager to discover the reasons why selecting Red Hat OpenShift is beneficial

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Albrecht von der Recke, Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder of fonYou, explore the potential of frictionless finance in a telecoms concept. Embedded or “frictionless” finance is emerging as one of the primary disruptive drivers of the