VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Its been at least a decade when we first got to know Orkut as a social networking platform and it seemed that it was the next big thing or a breakthrough in the Business Platform & industry. However, in came Facebook and suppressed Orkut’s chariot of glory while becoming the social media giant it is today. That said, with people vouching to delete their Facebook accounts in the wake of the massive data breach scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, Orkut founder Orkut Buyukkokten has launched ‘Hello’ in India, which is a new social media app and a possible Facebook alternative.For the unknown, Orkut Buyukkokten is a former Google employee and the current CEO of Hello Network, who has now announced his company’s entry into the Indian market amid all the controversies surrounding the data breach scandal involving Facebook.  Built particularly for the new mobile generation, "Hello" brings people together around their interests to create positive, meaningful, authent...

This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of Congress, splitting his visit into two days of questioning. There were expected queries regarding the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, about whether Facebook has grown too large and could be considered a monopoly, and how to better regulate the platform, as a firestorm rocks over its data privacy scandal, with pressure mounting for new regulations on social media platforms. Less expected were the weird and somewhat rambling moments throughout the combined 12 hours of testimony, as members of Congress grappled with the legitimately complicated technology they were questioning. At times, lawmakers relied on slightly clunky metaphors, revealing anecdotes, and corny jokes. The 33-year-old chief executive is expected to face a grilling before a Senate panel , and follow up with an appearance in the House of Representatives the following days. Before launching into his question, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL...

Are you thinking to link your AADHAAR with FACEBOOK …!!!  Please go through the complete story here and then decide... The different news headlines recently factoid the allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - confederated data mining firm, used ill-gotten and data from millions of users to try to influence elections. And in return Facebook said on Wednesday that as many as 87 million people might have had their data accessed - an increase from the 50 million disclosed in published reports by Cambridge Analytica .The BBC has been told that about 1.1 million of them are UK-based. The overall figure had been previously quoted as being more than 50 million by the whistleblower Christopher Wylie, BBC reported on Wednesday also. Facebook revealed and resolutes Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal than previously thought and hence it will restrict the user data that outsiders can access.Durin...