Internet News Google announces improved noise cancellation for Google Meet, new widget for Google Keep and more at MWC 2023 The Mobile World Congress (MWC) has, for a long time, been an… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Meta backs ‘Take It Down’, a new service that helps prevent spread of minors’ intimate images online Facebook & Instagram parent Meta is pushing further against the circulation of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Google will now finally allow third-party billing on Play Store in India After failing to avoid the recent antitrust directives imposed upon it by… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Uber launches a simpler, new app interface with new homescreen, personalizations and more Ride-hailing major Uber is launching a redesigned version of its app –… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp for iOS gets picture-in-picture for video calls WhatsApp is taking a page from Apple’s Facetime and introducing a feature… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 21, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Meta to bring Twitter-like paid subscription named ‘Meta Verified’ to Facebook and Instagram Meta is taking a page out of Twitter’s book and launching a… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after 9 years, Neal Mohan to take over After helming world’s largest video streaming platform for over nine years, Susan… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Microsoft acknowledges Bing user complaints, including ones that leads to it responding outside of ‘its designed tone’ Bing has been making the headlines ever since Microsoft introduced the AI-powered… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter brings longer, 4000 character tweets for ‘Blue’ subscribers in the US Elon Musk has been promising longer tweets for a while, and now,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 9, 20232 minute read
Internet News Twitter Blue goes live in India, Brazil and Indonesia Twitter is continuing to gradually expand the roll out of its paid… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 9, 20231 minute read
Internet News Microsoft gains an “Edge” in search engine race with AI, ChatGPT-like capabilities When it comes to search engines, Google continues to capture the lion’s… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 8, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp brings voice messages, reactions and more to Status WhatsApp is showering its Status updates with love, with a slw of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 7, 20233 minute read
Internet News ChatGPT’s success pushes Google to introduce Bard, its own AI chatbot It was only a matter of time before this happened. The meteoric… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 7, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter launches Blue in six more countries, launches new Spaces tab Twitter Blue, which went through a phase of utter confusion during the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 3, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter pulls the plug on CoTweets The pace of sweeping changes across Twitter has slowed down over the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Chrome users on Android can now lock incognito sessions behind biometric authentication Google has announced that it is bringing an additional layer of security… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 28, 20232 minute read
Internet News YouTube teams up with ASU, Crash Course, to offer online courses for college credit YouTube has been pushing into the edtech sector for quite a while… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 25, 20233 minute read
Business Internet News Microsoft doubles down on OpenAI investment with a new “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” OpenAI, which came to the larger internet’s limelight after the breakthrough AI… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 24, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News India introduces stringent endorsement guidelines for social media influencers Being a social media influencer is a career that has appealed to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 20233 minute read
Business Internet News Netflix adds record 7.66Mn paid subscribers in Q4 2022, Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO Netflix successfully exceeded analyst estimates when it came to its performance for… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 20233 minute read
Internet News Instagram gets a ‘Quiet Mode’ to help you take break, among other new ways to manage time, recommendations Social media can be addictive and dangerous alike, and teens are known… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
