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Google services get down globally, Tweeple send hiccups to Internet Explorer
Alphabet Inc’s Google services faced a massive global outage on Tuesday morning. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, the Google services including Google Search, Google Maps, Google Photos, and Google Drive were hit by a global outage

Alphabet Inc’s Google services faced a massive global outage on Tuesday morning. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, the Google services including Google Search, Google Maps, Google Photos, and Google Drive were hit by a global outage.
Users attempting to use the search engine were met with a 502 or 500 error. An error page read that the server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.
Downdetector showed more than 40,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the world’s largest search engine. However, the services were resumed after facing a brief outage but people were quick to share their dismay on Twitter.
Some of them were even missing the turtle-slow browser, Internet Explorer while some switched to Twitter to confirm if Google crashed down.
Here’s how people reacted!
Initially, there was no official statement from Google, but later the multinational company issued an apology for a software update issue that caused a global outage.
Google in an apology wrote that we’re aware of a software update issue that occurred late this afternoon Pacific Time and briefly affected the availability of Google search and Maps. We apologize for the inconvenience. We worked to quickly address the issue and our services are now back online, the statement read.
The disruption lasted for almost an hour. The issues started at about 6:37 am IST when reports of problems started to surge above the baseline, and they peaked at about 7:07 am. By 7:22 am, the impacted services had resumed their normal schedule.
Earlier this month, Microsoft Teams services were also hit by a global outage.
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Jammu and Kashmir government issues guidelines on use of social media by government employees
The provisions were related to the issue incorporated in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rules, 1971.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday issued an elaborate set of guidelines regarding the use of social media by government employees in the Union Territory.
The provisions were related to the issue incorporated in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rules, 1971.
As per the circular issued by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, no government employee shall, through any post, tweet, or otherwise, discuss or criticize on social media, any policy pursued or action taken by the government, nor shall he/she, in any manner, participate in any such discussion or criticism on social media pages/communities/ microblogs.
- No Government employee shall, in any radio broadcast or in any document published in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance make any statement of fact or opinion:
- i) which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Government of India, Government of Jammu and Kashmir or any other State Government;
- (ii) which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of India or the Government of any other State in India; or
- (iii) which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Government of India or the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of any foreign State.

- Employees, directly or indirectly, shall not publish, post or release any information on social media that is considered confidential or that is not meant for public dissemination, nor shall they pass any official document or any part thereof to any Government employee or any such person to whom he is not authorized to communicate such document or information.

- No Government employee shall post grievances pertaining to their workplace on social media in the form of videos, posts, tweets or blogs or in any other form, but will follow the already established channels of complaint redressal existing in the departments.
- No Government employee shall post, tweet or share content that is political or anti-secular and communal in nature or subscribe to pages, communities or twitter handles and blogs of such nature.

- A Government employee may, for the purpose or removing misapprehensions, correcting mis-statements, and refuting disloyal and seditious propaganda, defend and explain to the public the policy of Government in his posts and tweets on social media.

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Realme C55 to launch in India tomorrow; check price, specs, and other details here
Unfortunately, the phone is not 5G and has 5GHz Wi-Fi and 4G LTE connectivity.

Realme C55 is officially launching in India on March 21. The low-cost smartphone will be introduced at 12:30 pm.
As per the online leaks ahead of the launch, the smartphone will have specifications like a MediaTek Helio g88 chipset, a 90Hz refresh rate FHD+ display, and others which have already been introduced in Indonesia.
Unfortunately, the phone is not 5G and has 5GHz Wi-Fi and 4G LTE connectivity.
Real C55 price in India
According to the leaks online, the smartphone will range from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 in India with a 5,000mAh battery. The price for the 6GB RAM+128GB storage variant is said to be approximately Rs 13,300 while the variant with 8GB RAM and 265GB of storage is priced at Rs 16,000.
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Realme C55 specifications
The Realme C55 is likely to have a 64MP primary camera and 33W rapid charging similar to its Indonesia debut. The screen is a 6.72-inch FHD+ IPS LCD with a rate of 90Hz. The front camera also has a punch-hole cutout in the centre and a 2MP depth lens is attached to the main camera which is 64MP.
Moreover, selfies and video calls can be taken with an 8MP selfie camera.
The smartphone’s dual rear camera system has a 64-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor for optics. With a 5,000mAh cell, it can be charged at 33W SUPERVOOC.
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WhatsApp update: Now users can post voice notes on status, here’s how
Users can also forward their own voice notes from chats to a Status.

WhatsApp leaves no stone unturned to keep users hooked to its platform. The instant messaging app works round-the-clock to add new features to make it easier and compelling for the users.
Recently, the Meta-owned platform has added a new feature that will allow users to record and post voice notes on the Status. Not only this, users can also forward their own voice notes from chats to a Status. According to the feature tracker, the Voice Status feature is being rolled out with the new WhatsApp version 23.5.77 for iOS.
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Here’s how to share voice notes on WhatsApp status.
- Firstly, the users have to go to the App Store and update the WhatsApp app, if not done yet.
- Then, open WhatsApp on your phone.
- Go to the Status tab located at the bottom left screen on iPhone.
- Click on the pencil icon located at the bottom right corner of the screen.
- A microphone icon will show up, tap on it to start recording a voice message.
- Hold down the microphone icon and start recording your message. You can record for up to 30 seconds.
- Release the microphone icon when you are done recording your message.
- After listening and reviewing your recording, tap on the send icon to share your recording as a status update.
WhatsApp is also rolling out a feature for iPhone users that will allow users to multitask during a WhatsApp video call without the video being paused. However, this feature is already available to Android users.
If you own Android and have still not enabled the PiP (Picture-in-Picture) mode, then here’s how to do it.
- Go to the phone’s settings.
- Click on General and Picture in Picture and flip the Start PiP Automatically toggle to green.
- Once enabled, your iPhone will support the PiP mode in WhatsApp.
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