WhatsApp limits message forwarding to only one person at a time

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting countries all over the world, misinformation is on the rise on the internet. While it’s easier to track down the origin of posts on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, it’s hard to do the same on end-to-end encrypted platforms such as WhatsApp. In order to limit the damage, the popular chat app is introducing a new limit on forwarding messages: You can now only do that to one chat at a time. That limit kicks in once the message has been forwarded more than five times in total. Just to explain this a bit further, WhatsApp…

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PLDT, KKR, Tencent, IFC invests USD 120 million on Voyager Innovations

PLDT, KKR, Tencent, IFC, and IFC Emerging Asia Fund committed up to USD 120 million towards the expansion of Voyager Innovations.

Voyager Innovations new funding from PLDT, KKR, Tencent, and IFC

Voyager Innovations expansion gets new funding

KKR, Tencent, IFC, and IFC Emerging Asia Fund already invested USD 215 million to Voyager in 2018. This will help the latter to continue to provide greater access to PayMaya in the Philippines as government, businesses, and consumers turn to cashless transactions and digital finance more.

PLDT, KKR, Tencent, IFC invest USD 120 million on Voyager Innovations

The USD 120 million investment Is part of a broader fundraiser for Voyager that is intended to supplement the rapid growth of PayMaya in the Philippines. The company is also in talks with other strategic and financial investors.

The five investors believe that Voyager Innovations' efforts in providing access to digital financial services play a significant role in the Philippines' financial technology industry.

They believe that by investing in Voyager they are only helping get financial inclusion to more Filipino.

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Uber launches a ‘Work hub’ to help drivers find alternative jobs as rides slow down

As the coronavirus spread has caused lockdowns all over the world, ride-hailing companies like Uber, Lyft, and Ola have suspended or curtailed their services in many cities across the globe. As a result, many drivers all over the world are struggling to make ends meet. To help them, Uber has launched a Work Hub to help them find alternative jobs during these tough times via the company’s various platforms. [Read: Uber India starts delivering groceries amid coronavirus crisis] Currently, the offering is available only in the US. If you’re a driver registered with Uber, you can choose to sign up through…

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6 fatal mistakes made by ad tech giants in the 2010s — and what they can teach you

During the last ten years we have witnessed the growth and flourishing of ad tech. Since then, many good things have been said about the roaring success of industry giants. Now it’s time to unveil their fails and learn our lessons.  We live in the heyday of recently-born advertising technology. Ads served automatically grew from 0 to 30 million impressions per day. And that’s only within Google Ads network — imagine the combined numbers coming from hundreds of other ad networks and demand-side platforms.  Every year something great happened. Real-time bidding grew from the method to sell remnant technology to…

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Google Pixel Buds 2 might come to market as early as this month

Google’s famed true wireless earbuds — the Pixel Buds 2 — might launch as soon as this month. The hearables were first announced back in October and were recently listed on the website of US-based retailer Abt Electronics.

Now, a trusted reader tells 9to5Google that the retailer is sending out emails to all those who preordered the next-gen TWS earbuds. The email apparently quotes information from Google itself. It claims that the Pixel Buds 2 will arrive at the retailer’s warehouse sometime in late April or early May.

Here’s what the email reads:

We are writing to keep you updated on the status of your pre-order for the Google Pixel Buds – GA01470-US. We have been informed by Google this new product is expected to be releases (sic) to arrival in our warehouse by end of April/early May. We are continuing to work with Google to receive this product as soon as possible. Once received we will promptly ship your order.

Looking at the above email, it seems likely that Google will release the Pixel Buds 2 in the timeframe noted above. If so, the cordless earbuds will not only be available through various online retailers, but also through Google’s own web store.

However, it should be noted that the US is bracing itself for some tough few weeks ahead owing to the exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases. This might impact the Pixel Buds 2 release date if it’s set for April/May in the first place.

It also looks like colors other than white won’t be available at launch. According to the same retailer, the black model of the Pixel Buds 2 won’t be available until early or mid July. Below is an email the retailer apparently sent to another 9to5Google reader.

We are writing to keep you updated on the status of your order for the Google Pixel Buds black model GA01478-US. We have been informed by Google this new model is expect to be released early/mid July to arrive in our warehouse.

Nevertheless, we will keep you updated as and when Google makes the release date of the Pixel Buds 2 official. Until then, you can read our hands-on impressions of the earbuds here.

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