Apps Internet News YouTube is finally rolling out ‘handles’ for channels and creators A handle, which is a pretty common feature across social media platforms,… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 11, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Snapchat parental controls make a India debut, access through in-app ‘Family Centre’ After debuting them in the US nearly a month ago, Snapchat has… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 10, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Kanye West gets booted from Instagram, Twitter, over anti-Semitic posts The past week has not been a pleasant one for Kanye West,… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 10, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter expands available options across its ‘Status updates’ test, but Twitter Blue subscribers left out This July, it was discovered that Twitter was testing a feature that… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 4, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta taken to court for circumventing Apple’s privacy rules on iOS and tracking users on Facebook One of the biggest concerns for users online, is the ability of… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 23, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News LinkedIn back online after suffering brief outage LinkedIn is the place to go to for building professional connections in… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 22, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Creators on Facebook to get Creator Endorsements, ‘Rising Creator’ Labels, and more With the popularity of the creator economy on the rise, social media… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 21, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Spotify starts selling audiobooks in the US, 300K titles available at launch Audio streaming giant Spotify has shown a keen interest in audiobooks –… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 20, 20222 minute read
Internet News Security 18-year-old hacker claims responsibility for data breach at Uber Recent times have seen data breaches become a rather common occurrence –… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 17, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google fails to put a stop to its record €4.34 Billion fine in the EU The crackdown on foreign tech powerhouses continues, as the behemoths are finding… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 14, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing an internal prototype of ‘Gifts’, a new monetization feature for creators With creators and influencers proving to be a boon on social media… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 14, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram confirms it is working on a Repost feature Instagram, after being in existence for well over half a decade, is… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 12, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News India’s finance minister asks RBI to create a “whitelist” of all legal digital lending apps Recent times has seen India, the world’s second-largest internet market, crack down… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 9, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Instagram hit with €405Mn fine over privacy settings for children The internet, with all its benefits, has made the maintenance of privacy… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 6, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Indian IT ministry summons Wikipedia execs over vandalism of cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s page In India, the game of cricket is often termed as a religion… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 5, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter Twitter confirms that it is testing the much-anticipated edit button After nearly a decade-and-a-half since its debut, Twitter has hearkened to the… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 2, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook Gaming app to shut down from October 28 Facebook, Meta’s flagship social media platform, has decided to pull down the… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 1, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter Twitter brings podcasts to its Spaces tab It was two-year-old Clubhouse that showed us the immense scope of social… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 27, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Google removes over 2000 personal loan apps from India Play Store for violating its policies With the rise of personal loan scams and frauds, it falls to… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 25, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Massive Facebook glitch results in Feeds being flooded with posts on celebrity fan pages If you tried to access your Facebook account yesterday or so, then… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 25, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp confirms ‘Communities’ is coming to select beta users What’s better than a group? A community. And that is all the… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 24, 20222 minute read
