How to stop WhatsApp from eating your smartphone storage

Over the years, WhatsApp photos and videos occupy a huge chunk of your smartphone's storage, especially if you are not in the habit of cleaning the junk out of your media library. If you're wondering how you can stop saving WhatsApp media to your phone's gallery, follow these steps: http://bit.ly/2IN1PiL

How Satya Nadella made Microsoft a $1 trillion company: 15 things to know

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9 out of top 10 apps to come from India soon: GGVC Managing Partner

Eighth annual India Internet Day (iDay) conference organised by TiE Delhi-NCR on April 25. http://bit.ly/2PvQpAk

Elon Musk, SEC to disclose settlement status by April 30

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been requested to provide to the court a joint submission by or on April 30, declaring if they have reached an agreement to settle the dispute over Musk's Twitter use. http://bit.ly/2vq7EtA

Fixing algorithms won't curb fake news on social media, say researchers

Just tweaking algorithms and infusing Machine Learning (ML) into them will not protect us from misinformation and fake news on social media platforms, warn researchers. http://bit.ly/2ILTwn6

Smartphone shipment in India grows 4% to 31 million in March quarter: Report

Smartphone shipment in the country grew four per cent year-on-year to 31 million units in the January-March 2019 quarter, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. http://bit.ly/2IK0KYK

Sony expects annual profit to drop as gaming business slows

Japan's Sony Corp warned its annual operating profit would drop, after two years of record highs, as its previously thriving gaming business slows and its PlayStation 4 (PS4) console nears the end of its lifecycle. http://bit.ly/2W3i0LI

Google announces new website dedicated for reporting workplace harrassment

Facing campus walkouts and widespread criticism over workplace harassment, Google has announced a dedicated website to make it easier for workers to report harassment. http://bit.ly/2DLboe3

JioPhone leads feature phone market in India: Report

With a 30 per cent market share, Reliance JioPhone became the leading feature phone brand in India in the first quarter of 2019, Counterpoint Research said on Friday. http://bit.ly/2GEqTom

This telecom company won't choose Huawei for "core" 5G network

Dutch telecom firm Royal KPN NV said on Friday it would select a Western supplier to build its core 5G mobile network, making it one of the first European operators to make clear it would not pick China's Huawei for such work. http://bit.ly/2UY409C

Google Assistant to now read stories on phones in these countries

Google is now allowing Assistant on Android and iOS devices to read out stories in English to people in India, US, UK, Canada and Australia. http://bit.ly/2IZfPFt

Facebook hit by three new probes over privacy violation

Three countries have opened fresh rounds of investigations against Facebook for users' privacy violations and security lapses. http://bit.ly/2IJIvCU

Apple's programme will let users exchange faulty plug adapters

Apple has announced a "Voluntary Recall and Exchange Programme" for wall plug adapters allowing users to exchange their possibly affected adapters with new ones. http://bit.ly/2IVcVBq

Snapchat will let users play as Bitmoji in video games

Popular photo-messaging app Snapchat will now let its users play as their "Snapchat Bitmoji" avatar in a wide variety of video games as the company has unveiled a Bitmoji for Games SDK that would let video game developers replace their characters with the app's Bitmoji. http://bit.ly/2UI1q2C

Amazon reports Q1 "other" category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $2.7B, up 34% YoY, and subscriptions services revenue of $4.3B, up 40% YoY (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat)

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Amazon reports Q1 “other” category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $2.7B, up 34% YoY, and subscriptions services revenue of $4.3B, up 40% YoY  —  Amazon today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $59.7 billion …