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John Perry Barlow, Internet pioneer and songwriter, dies at 70

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Google eyes gaming with ‘Yeti’ streaming service: report

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WhatsApp testing its payments feature in India

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John Perry Barlow, Internet pioneer and songwriter, dies at 70

Google eyes gaming with ‘Yeti’ streaming service: report

New system to decode Facebook emoticons

Kiran Bedi, Anupam Kher Twitter accounts hacked on Safer Internet Day

Twitter accounts of Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi, actor Anupam Kher, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta were hacked

Wandering Around the Web: Musk's non-flamethrower and his astronaut

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Quiz: On the wide world of Internet

‘The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.’

All about the baes

BuzzFeed’s chief copy editor, Emmy Favilla, on how language evolves every day and why it’s ok to skip some punctuations

Google honours Kamala Das’s ‘My Story’ with a doodle

Popularly known by her pseudonyms Madhavikutty and Ami, Kamala Das is prominent in Indian literature for her poetry and short stories.

App to help in speedy verification of passports

Police personnel will be trained in using mobile tablets

Wandering around the Web: Tide pods and social mods

The past week observed further lunacy with the Tide pods craze as well as a gaming upgrade to Facebook

2017 witnessed a 38% rise in social media URL blocking

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube content was covered by official action

Google Doodle celebrates feminist author Virginia Woolf

In the age of the #MeToo campaign, it is only apt to recall a quote by celebrated feminist author Virginia Woolf, the subject of today's Google

Now, an app to report roadkill

Users can upload geo-tagged photos to a public forum

Wandering around the Web: drones and NSFWs

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Google Arts and Culture’s selfie feature in India soon

The feature, which went viral in the U.S. last week, will soon be available in India.

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From making false lashes an everyday affair to shaving her face, the beauty blogger has done it all, while building a $200-million-dollar empire

Have a YouTube channel? Here's how to make money out of it!

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Google launches IT Support Professional Certificate on Coursera

Google on Tuesday launched Google IT Support Professional Certificate, an online certification programme meant for IT support aspirants.The

Livspace: For your ‘right’ home

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Wandering around the web: profanity and repetition

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Cyber threats outpacing abilities of governments, companies: WEF

The increasingly networked, digitised and connected world is vulnerable to cyber threats that can only be addressed by the combined capabilities of the public and private sector.

Google pays tribute to Mahasweta Devi with a Doodle

Google on Sunday celebrated the 92nd birthday of eminent Bengali littérateur and social activist Mahasweta Devi with a doodle that depicts the

ICICI Bank says mobile app malware not a threat to customers

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey to leave Disney board

They will not seek re-election to Walt Disney Co's board because of growing conflicts of interest between the media giant and the technology companies

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Indian eSports gets a professional and entertaining avatar on MTV’s new show, U Cypher

Facebook updates News Feed to make friends, family a priority

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YouTube downgrades Logan Paul partnership after suicide video post

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Download for dinner: here are food podcasts to follow in 2018

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Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa honoured with a Google doodle on his birth anniversary

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How India binge-watched Netflix in 2017

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Gujarat election, Virushka and khichdi among the The Hindu's top 10 tweets of 2017

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Wandering around the web: space and iPhones — all things X

Elon Musk preened in SpaceX’s latest launch for Iridium while iPhone users are suing the tech giant and Edward Snowden unleashes ‘Haven’

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Police arrests 50 people suspected of using “secret groups” on Facebook to deal in guns and drugs.

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