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  • McDonald’s Customer Eats Meal Slowly, Gets Fined Rs 10,000 for Violating 90-Minute Parking Time Limit

    McDonald’s Customer Eats Meal Slowly, Gets Fined Rs 10,000 for Violating 90-Minute Parking Time Limit

    Mumbai, January 26: In a bizarre incident that took place in United Kingdom, a man was reportedly fined Rs 10,000 (£100) after he took a lot of time to complete his meal at McDonald’s. The shocking incident took place at Cambridge in England. After being asked to pay Rs 10,000, the man called the meal as the most expensive McD meal he ever had.

    According to a report in News18, the man has been identified as Shapour Meftah. During his visit to McDonald’s at Newmarket Road in Cambridge, Meftah parked his car at the parking place meant for McDonald’s customers. He and his brother had a lovely meal at the fast-food restaurant, however, things turned ugly when Meftah allegedly received penalty notices from a parking company. McDonald’s Says There Is No Xylitol in Its Ice Cream After Fake News Goes Viral.

    The UK Parking Control, a private parking company issued penalty notices to Meftah for exceeding time limit that is allotted to McDonald’s customers in order to park their vehicles. Speaking to CambridgeshireLive, a distraught Meftah said, “It was parking from hell—the most expensive McDonald’s I’ve ever had.”

    Reportedly, Meftah was issued penalty notices for his two visits to McD which took place on January 4 and January 6. The fine of the two penalty notices amounted to Rs 10,000. Interestingly, Meftah was issued a ticket for allegedly violating the 90-minute time limit constraint which was meant for McDonald’s customers to park their vehicles at the private parking space. McDonald’s To Sell All Its 850 Stores in Russia.

    After he was issued a fine of £100, Meftah said that there were no signs at McDonald’s which mentioned about the 0-minute arking rule. He accepted that he had ordered a bit more and took time to eat it. However, he didn’t know that his favourite meal at McDonald’s would burn his pockets.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jan 26, 2023 12:50 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Twitter To Increase 280 Character Limit to 4,000, Says CEO Elon Musk

    Twitter To Increase 280 Character Limit to 4,000, Says CEO Elon Musk

    San Francisco, December 12: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the micro-blogging platform will increase the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000. It all started when a user asked Musk, “Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?” To this Musk replied, “Yes”.

    Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk’s post. While one user said, “It would be a big mistake. Twitter’s purpose is to provide fast news. If this happens, a lot of real information is lost,” another commented, “4000? That’s an essay, not a tweet.” On the other hand, Twitter on Sunday started to roll out ‘Community Notes’ to all users globally. Elon Musk Increasing Twitter Character Limit from 280 to 4000: Report.

    According to the company, “Community Notes aim to create a better informed world by empowering people on Twitter to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading Tweets.” “Contributors can leave notes on any Tweet and if enough contributors from different points of view rate that note as helpful, the note will be publicly shown on a Tweet,” it added. Twitter App Down: Microblogging Platform Back to Life After Brief Outage Including in India As Elon Musk Speeds Up Platform.

    Meanwhile, Musk on Monday called all the bots on the micro-blogging platform to attack him. He wrote, “Calling all bots & spams. Please attack me!”

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 12, 2022 09:58 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Elon Musk Increasing Twitter Character Limit from 280 to 4000: Report

    Elon Musk Increasing Twitter Character Limit from 280 to 4000: Report

    Elon Musk has been making changes in Twitter since his takeover. Now the billionaire has confirmed that Twitter would increase the character limit from 280 to 4000. Twitter CEO confirmed this update when asked about if Twitter is up for increasing the character limit from 280 to 4000. To this, Musk replied “Yes.” Elon Musk Says ‘The Bots Are In for a Surprise Tomorrow’ in Cryptic Tweet Day Before Twitter Blue Relaunch.

    Elon Musk is Increasing Twitter Character Limit:

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  • Twitter To Up Its Character Limit From 280 to 1000! Elon Musk Teases Update in Response to User’s Tweet

    Twitter To Up Its Character Limit From 280 to 1000! Elon Musk Teases Update in Response to User’s Tweet

    California, November 29: Twitter rants are set to grow bigger.

    The microblogging site’s character limit might soon expand to 1000 characters from its previous limit of just 280 characters.

    CEO Elon Musk teased the update in response to a user’s suggestion.

    “It’s on the todo list,” Musk wrote. Facebook Parent Meta Fined $276 Million by Irish Data Regulating Body Over Data Leak of Over Half a Billion Users Including Indians.

    According to a report by Mashable, Twitter was referred to as a “microblogging service” mainly due to its limit of 140 characters for its tweets. Eventually, the limit was increased to 280 characters in 2017. The news was announced on Twitter’s official blog.

    “many people Tweeted the full 280 limit because it was new and novel, but soon after behavior normalized…….We saw when people needed to use more than 140 characters, they Tweeted more easily and more often,” the official Twitter blog read.

    The character limit has been one of the prime differences between Twitter and other social media services. Musk has shown interest in the idea of increasing the character limit on a number of occasions since his takeover of the platform, as per a report by Mashable. On November 27, a Twitter user suggested to Musk to increase the platform’s word limit from 280 to 420.

    “Good idea” Musk wrote in response. Twitter Rolls Out New Update To Identify ‘Low Quality’ Community Notes.

    Prior to that, another user had suggested “get rid of character limits.”

    “Absolutely”, the multi-billionaire responded. Musk recently announced another major change for the platform with its multi-coloured verification system.

    The three-coloured system would replace the previous ‘Twitter Blue’ service which had to be pulled off within days of its release due to rising number of accounts impersonating well-known brands and personalities while carrying the ‘verified’ check.

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  • Fantasing Gaming: 1 in 2 Indians Want Loss Limit of Rs 50-500 per Game

    Fantasing Gaming: 1 in 2 Indians Want Loss Limit of Rs 50-500 per Game

    New Delhi, November 22 : As the debate on online gaming heats up in India, more than one in two Indians (54 per cent) want a loss limit of Rs 50-500 per game for online and fantasy gaming, a report said on Tuesday. While platform operators term fantasy games as games of skill, most citizens believe they are a game of chance with financial risks involved.

    While the Supreme Court has upheld its position and the position of the Punjab High Court in 2017, ruling that fantasy sports are a game of skill, the public view continues to differ, according to online community platform LocalCircles. Samsung to Bring Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now to 2021 Smart TVs.

    LocalCircles conducted a nationwide survey which received over 33,000 responses from people from 322 districts. For 65 per cent out of 9,507 respondents, online fantasy sports is akin to gambling/wagering or a game of chance with risks in contrast to the position of the Supreme Court.

    Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on October 1 approved the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance, 2022, banning online gambling and regulating online gaming in the state. Qualcomm To Enhance Immersive Gaming Experience on Premium Smartphones.

    This was the second attempt by Tamil Nadu to regulate this industry after the first law, passed in 2020, was struck down by Madras High Court in August 2021 deeming it unconstitutional to ban “games of skill”.

    Last week, the All India Gaming Federation moved Madras High Court challenging this ordinance. The petitioner before the court has contended that games like poker and rummy should not come under the ambit of “betting and gambling” as they are games which require skills.

    According to the report, some citizens have equated these games to state lotteries of the late eighties and early nineties where people lost money regularly but a select few called them a game of skill, using probability theory. Nearly 91 per cent respondents also want a ban on unsolicited spams promoting online and fantasy games.

    “People are concerned about unsolicited messages being sent from online gaming and fantasy sports platforms and 92 per cent want such unsolicited communication to be prohibited. The telecom regulator, TRAI, must act to enforce the same,” said the report.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 22, 2022 07:51 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, Other UPI Payment Apps May Impose Transaction Limit, Here’s Why

    Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, Other UPI Payment Apps May Impose Transaction Limit, Here’s Why

    Delhi, November 21: UPI payment apps like Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm may soon impose limit on transaction. Yes, you read it right. Soon you may not be able to make unlimited payments via Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm and other UPI payment apps. It is because the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which runs the UPI digital pipeline, is in talks with the Reserve Bank on implementation of its proposed December 31 deadline for limiting the volume cap of players to 30 per cent.

    As of now, there’s no cap on volume and Google Pay and PhonePe hold the market share of about 80 per cent. NPCI had proposed a 30 per cent volume cap for third-party app providers (TPAP) in a bid to avoid concentration risk in November 2022. NPCI Launches Open Source BHIM App Licensing Model to Reulate Entities Participating in UPI Ecosystem

    A meeting was has already taken place to comprehensively look at all aspects. Besides NPCI officials, senior officials of the finance ministry and RBI also participated in this in the meeting.  Google Pay Not Authorised by RBI As UPI Payment App? Government Debunks Fake Claim Going Viral on Social Media

    No final decision has been taken to extend the December 31 deadline as the NPCI is evaluating all the possibilities, reported livemint. NPCI is likely to decide on the issue of UPI market cap implementation by this month-end.

    While Paytm, the third ranking payment app wants market capping to be implemented as per the timeline (December 2022), market leaders Walmart-owned PhonePe as well as Google Pay had independently approached UPI regulator National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for an extension of the deadline by at least three more years.

    The Central government had recently said that UPI is convenient and that there were no plans to put any charges on it.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 21, 2022 01:05 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Apple iOS 16 Reportedly Reduces Time Limit for Unsending iMessages

    New Delhi: Apple iOS 16 will let users edit an iMessage for five times and once they reach the limit, the edit option will disappear from the long-press menu. In previous releases of iOS 16, the company allowed 15 minutes to unsend a message. With the latest update, the time frame has been significantly reduced to two minutes. Apple Seeds First Beta Versions of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, WatchOS 8 & tvOS 16.

    The user will still have 15 minutes to edit a message. Furthermore, each of the edits will be logged and visible to both the sender and the receiver of the iMessage, reports 9to5Mac.

    “This means the person you are messaging will be able to see any edits you’ve made,” the report said late on Wednesday.

    You’ll be able to check the edit history by tapping on the “Edited” text that sits below an edited message and all of the edits will appear above the latest one. The change has been spotted in iOS 16 beta 4 that will help users edit and unsend iMessages.

    Other new features in iOS 16 include a redesigned Lock Screen with support for widgets and additional customisation, and an Apple Pay Later installment plan. Live Activity is a new feature that helps users stay on top of things that are happening in real-time, such as a sports game, workout, ride-share, or food delivery order, right from the Lock Screen. In addition, SharePlay is coming to Messages, making it possible to enjoy synced content like movies or songs and shared playback controls all while chatting in Messages.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jul 28, 2022 12:28 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Instagram Silently Limits ‘Daily Time Limit’ Option: Report

    San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram reportedly appears to have quietly removed the ability for mobile users to set a lower daily time limit reminder than 30 minutes. Indeed, the app’s UX design nudges people to choose a three hour ‘limit’, TechCrunch reported on Monday. Instagram Introduces Bulk Delete, Security Checkup Features Globally.

    This daily time limit setting pops up a notification to the user once their app activity hits their preferred limit, reminding them to be conscious of how much time they are spending on the app — and maybe making it easier for them to choose to quit out of the app voluntarily.

    Previously the company supported a user-defined limit for Instagram that could be as low as 15 minutes, or even 10 minutes, per day, when it was making a big PR push to suggest that more ‘mindful’ usage of its services was possible, as concern over social media addiction surged.

    But it seems the attention-loving adtech giant now wants Instagram users to spend longer eyeballing content feeds on the platform where it can cash in by targeting them with ads, the report said. TechCrunch was alerted to the Instagram settings change by a tipster who shared screenshots of their account which show the company nudging them to “set a new value for your daily limit” because, as it puts it, “the available daily limits are changing as part of an app update”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Feb 22, 2022 11:35 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp Likely To Extend Time Limit for ‘Delete for Everyone’ Feature

    New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on extending the time limit for the ‘delete for everyone’ feature. The ‘delete for everyone’ option was rolled out in 2017 and initially had a time limit of seven seconds that later got extended to 4,096 seconds in 2018. Now, As per a WaBetaInfo report, the time limit for using the ‘delete for everyone’ feature may be increased to an indefinite period. WhatsApp Introduces Special Diwali Stickers Pack, Here’s How To Download & Send.

    The publication even shared a screenshot where it showcased that a message from three months ago was still eligible to get deleted for both people. WABetaInfo also reports separately that WhatsApp Beta for iOS (v2.21.220.15) is getting a new video playback interface to allow users to pause, play the video in fullscreen, or close the picture-in-picture window.

    Recently, WhatsApp also started rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android users globally. With the new update, if a user chooses to back up his chat history with end-to-end encryption, it will be accessible only to him, and no one will be able to unlock the backup. Neither WhatsApp nor the backup service provider will be able to access their end-to-end encryption backup.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 04, 2021 08:59 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp’s ‘Delete for Everyone’ Feature Likely To Get Indefinite Time Limit, Video Playback Interface For iOS in the Works

    Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working to extend the time limit for its ‘Delete For Everyone’ feature. The ‘Delete For Everyone’ feature was introduced by the company in 2017 and then the time limit was set to seven minutes. WhatsApp Will Not Work on These Smartphones From Today, Check Full List Here.

    WhatsApp’s ‘Delete for Everyone’ Feature

    WhatsApp’s ‘Delete for Everyone’ Feature (Photo Credits: WABetaInfo)

    As per the WhatsApp Android beta v2.21.23.1 version spotted by WABetaInfo, the time limit of ‘Delete For Everyone’functionality could be increased to an indefinite period. This feature is still under development and should be taken with a pinch of salt.

    WABetaInfo has also shared that WhatsApp on iOS will be rolling out a new video playback interface very soon, which will allow users to play or pause the video in full screen or close the picture-in-picture window.

    As a reminder, this video playback feature was introduced in the beta version of Android devices last month. Several iOS beta testers on v2.21.220.15 have reportedly started receiving this feature. Apart from this, nothing more is known. We expect WhatsApp to announce the roll-out date of these features soon.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 02, 2021 05:13 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).