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2022 in review: Russia war to COP27, top events that shaped the world

The year 2022 is coming to an end and a lot has happened that shaped the world in the year. Let's have a look at some of these significant events

Google to limit personal loan apps from accessing user's contacts, photos

Google also outlined additional requirements for personal loan apps in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nigeria, Kenya, and Pakistan

WhatsApp new update soon let users share high quality photos on iOS beta

Meta-owned messaging platform is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to send photos with high quality on iOS beta.

WhatsApp is back: Services restored after 2 hours of global outage

According to Downdetector website nearly 29,000 reports were flagged by users on the WhatsApp outage

Google Photos users complain of older photographs getting 'corrupted'

Several Google Photos users have complained that their old photographs had been "corrupted"

Instagram now to soon test ultra tall photos to fill entire screen

"You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram, so we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally," Instagram head Adam Mosseri said

Reliance Jio partners with DigiBoxx to offer extra 10 GB cloud storage

In addition to the storage space of 20 GB available at present, Reliance Jio users can now have extra 10 GB space on DigiBoxx by signing up through the JioPhotos app

Google Photos rolls out new filters to show skin in natural shade

At Google I/O, the company released the Monk Skin Tone Scale, an open-source library to help make machine learning of images more inclusive by better interpreting tones and shades

Google Photos now lets you manually tag people in images: Details here

Face tagging feature still relies on the Google's algorithm and its ability to detect person or pet's face

Goa village withdraws 'swacchta tax' imposed on clicking photos, videos

The move came hours after tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said his department has not granted permission for imposition of such a tax and assured an inquiry into the issue

Image of 'hatred of our times' wins 2017 World Press Photo

It won against 80,400 images submitted by 5,034 photographers from 125 countries

SC allows photos of governor, CM, ministers in ads

SC modified their earlier order by which photos of President, PM and Chief Justice of India only in govt ads were allowed