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How brands are adopting creative ways to communicate amid Covid-19 lockdown

The problem is deep, if one were to look at the consumer responses to a recent study from Kantar to assess how they expected businesses to act during the coronavirus pandemic

Zoom's sudden popularity sets off scramble in rivals

Facebook, Google and other behemoths are training their sights on Silicon Valley's company of the moment

Facebook-Jio deal may see more foreign e-commerce firms flock to India

WhatsApp's integration into Jio's e-com platform holds the key: Experts

Jio Platforms now more valuable than rest of RIL businesses put together

At Wednesday's price, RIL's market capitalisation stood at Rs 8.64 trillion. This means, the other businesses are being valued by the Street at Rs 4.28 trillion

One-stop shop

Jio-Facebook deal would change India's digital economy

Facebook to invest $5.7 bn in RIL's Jio Platforms to pick up 9.99% stake

Jio Platforms, Reliance Retail and WhatsApp also enter into a commercial partnership agreement

Facebook to buy 9.9% in Jio for $5.7 bn in largest tech FDI for minority stake

In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the two companies are joining hands to help people and businesses in India create new opportunities

WhatsApp likely to increase participants limit for group video, audio calls

The company is yet to reveal how many users will finally be able to join the group call. It will come to know when the new calling feature is rolled out globally

Covid-19 impact: UP Police probing 346 cases of fake news on social media

Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok etc are under the scanner

Keeping up appearances

From lip gloss to mascara, everyone seems to be taking a break from the demands of looking good

Checking fake news

WhatsApp is taking welcome steps to contain the menace

Clean, cook, binge, repeat...

If everybody is "working" from home then how has TV consumption gone up? Who is making all that gourmet food being posted on social media?

Now, you cannot share forward messages with more than one chat on WhatsApp

The latest move from WhatsApp comes at a time when countries across the world are initiating new measures to tackle the spread of rumours and fake news on social media platforms

The evolution of Facebook

The book is weakest in explaining the central controversy plaguing Facebook today: Its ginormous control over the flow of global information and misinformation

WhatsApp limits status video to 15 seconds in India to ease internet stress

You can no longer send videos to WhatsApp Status if they are longer than 16 seconds; only videos having a duration of 15 seconds will be allowed

FB keen on buying 10% stake in Jio; Covid-19 may delay the deal: Report

Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, will get a significant footing in the Indian telecom market if this deal goes through

Centre launches MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp to curb misinformation

This WhatsApp Chatbot is named MyGov Corona Helpdesk and is available to all WhatsApp users

Coronavirus myths: Here are 12 most common misconceptions busted

WHO has now come out with several myth busters to break the chain of fake information and theories being built around the virus

Busting myths: As Coronavirus spreads, so do fake WhatsApp forwards

Fake information and WhatsApp forwards are adding to coronavirus myths as countries scramble to control panic and knee jerk reaction

WhatsApp adds dark mode support for Android, iOS: Here's how to enable it

Social media giant Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday enabled dark mode support for its app through an update