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Facebook disables user's account for sharing a cat photo

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The internet is full of cute cats, but some can have devastating effects. SEE ALSO:  Norway newspaper editor blasts Zuckerberg for censoring iconic Vietnam War photograph On Friday evening, Chennai-based technology blogger Varun Krishnan was locked out of his Facebook account after he shared a photo of an innocent looking cat with a friend. "It might sound stupid but this just happened to me," Krishnan told  Mashable India . "I was chatting with friends, got one cat image on WhatsApp, it was so cute that I sent it to a friend." But when Facebook Messenger app immediately asked Krishnan to re-enter his credentials, he knew something was amiss. "Before I realized, my devices were getting logged off. Even on PC, Messenger notified me that my Facebook account has been disabled,” he added. “My photos, my Facebook Ads account (Varun runs  FoneArena,  a tech blog), they wiped my presence off Facebook in a matter of seconds for a cat photo." ...

Reliance Jio 4G Preview Guide: Getting your free SIM and early impressions

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Reliance Jio seems to be the buzz word in India off late, and quite rightfully so. The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited subsidiary has much-ambitious plans to offer up to 80 per cent of Indians high-speed mobile Internet as well as voice services in the days to come. It hasn't exactly given out a launch date yet, but the company will likely roll out its 4G services sometime in the second half of this year. Previous reports hinted at an August timeframe. It is now being speculated that Jio 4G will go live in October. But that will happen when it will happen. The company's much-talked about Preview (or beta) offer seems to have already ignited a war (of data and voice) of sorts in the Indian telecom sector before the actual roll-out. Every big company ranging from Airtel to Idea is lining up to offer 'free' services to make their subscribers stick, and woo new subscribers along the way. The Reliance Jio 4G services (beta) were initially avai...