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Facebook allows users to watch videos together online

  Facebook allows users to watch videos together online Facebook Inc said on Monday that its users will now be able to watch videos with their friends online using the social media company's Messenger app, enabling them to see reactions in real time. The "Watch Together" feature will allow a user to add up to eight people through a video call and up to 50 people through its video conferencing tool Messenger Rooms. The company launched the tool in July as it looks to take on Zoom Video communications inc that became a household name driven by the coronavirus-driven boom in demand for its platform. Facebook joins a crowded field of companies rushing to dominate the stay-at-home market as millions of people turn to online platforms to stay connected for work, social life and school amid health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. Netflix Inc also has a similar feature called "Netflix Party" that allows multiple users to join in and watch a film on the same screen.

17 malware-infected apps banned from Google Play Store, UnInstall them right Now !

  17 malware-infected apps banned from Google Play Store, delete them right now The 17 apps that have been pulled out of the app store were all affected with a new variant of the malware called Joker. Between July and the second week of September, Google has pulled off 17 apps from the Play Store for being infected with malware. The first lot of 11 apps were banned in July this year followed by six more just a couple of days ago. All of these 17 apps are no longer on the Google Play Store and cannot be downloaded. The 17 apps that have been pulled out of the app store were all affected with a new variant of the malware called Joker. Researchers from Check Point discovered the  11 apps in July  this year that were infected by the malware, Google had been tracking these apps since 2017, according to reports. After those 11 apps were removed, the notorious Joker malware turned up on the Google Play Store again in  six new apps  that have now been pulled off too. Ac...