Category: jio
Indian state government website exposed COVID-19 lab test results
A security flaw in a website run by the government of West Bengal in India exposed the lab results of at least hundreds of thousands of residents, though likely millions, who took a COVID-19 test. The website is part of the West Bengal government’s mass coronavirus testing program. Once a…
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Google brings Lens text translations to KaiOS phones in India
One of the more useful features you can access through Assistant on Android and iOS is Google Lens translations. The tool allows you to snap a photo of something in the real world and let Lens transcribe the text into a language you can read. Google… Source
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Google buys $4.5 billion stake in India’s biggest mobile network
Google is the latest big name to buy a stake in India’s largest mobile network, the company announced today. The search giant is buying a 7.7 percent stake in Jio Platforms worth $4.5 billion, a sum that is coming from Google’s recently-announced $10… Source
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India’s biggest mobile carrier left COVID-19 self-test data unsecured
Jio, the Indian mobile giant Facebook just bought a 9.9 percent stake in, may be at the center of its own privacy snafu. According to TechCrunch, the company didn’t secure a database connected to a COVID-19 symptom checker it launched in March. Secur… Source
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Facebook buys 9.9 percent of India’s biggest mobile network
Facebook is buying a 9.99 percent stake in Jio Platforms, the Indian telecoms giant owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has conquered much of the subcontinent’s telecoms market with aggressively low… Source
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