In what will easily become one of the most anticipated public market debuts in the technology sector, a Wall Street Journal report states, that Uber...
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Facebook to check all Indian political ads amid Election season
Following the Cambridge Analytica blunder, and multiple other breaches and privacy issues, Facebook is now taking a more cautious approach to ensure...
Alexa to get smarter with Alexa Answers – a new crowdsourcing program by Amazon
Amazon burst onto the personal assistant scene (and fairly dominated it since then) when it launched the first Echo device in 2014. It was one of the...
Microsoft Edge is moving to Chromium, the platform that powers Chrome
Confirming what had become a speculation among the tech community for sometime now, Microsoft has said that it will be moving Edge to the Chromium...
Google is killing Allo, confirming (once again!) that IM isn’t really its game
Google simply doesn’t get it, does it ? The instant messaging arena is just not Google’s game to play, and the internet giant has once...
Documents leaked by UK lawmaker reveal Facebook offered preferential access to users’ data
Facebook’s privacy laws are once again under fire as documents reveal potentially damning evidence of the company providing preferential access...
Google employees write to CEO Sunder Pichai, demand equal treatment for Contractors
Controversy stirs once again in Google’s offices. This time, a group of Google employees wrote to the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai...
Facebook ends platform policy that bans applications for replicating its features
Facebook has today announced that it will now allow developers to build features on the platform that are similar to what Facebook is already...
Head of Alibaba video platform resigns amid corruption probe
Yang Weidong, president of Chinese vide streaming behemoth Youku has stepped down amid rising tensions in the Chinese film industry. Youku is Alibaba...
Tencent Music is moving ahead with its $1.2 billion IPO in the US
Tencent Music, which commands a total domination over the music streaming industry in China, is moving ahead with its IPO in New York, seeking as...
Quora says data of 100 Million users compromised
Yet another incident of a massive data breach has come up, and the affected platform is Quora this time. In a blog post penned by Quora CEO Adam...
Facebook launches ad breaks in India, allowing video creators to monetise content
Recently, Facebook hosted ‘Creators Day’ in Mumbai, an event which unites video creators from all over the country, in order to educate...
Minneapolis-based Insurtech upstart Bright Health raises $ 200Mn in Series C, now valued at $950 Mn
The insurance space which many claim as being quite unremarkable over the past few years, is now witnessing a huge shift thanks to the introduction...
Six4Three lawsuit claims Facebook had plans of selling API access in 2012
There’s more legal trouble for Facebook, and this time, its company’s plans of selling API access in the past that have come to light...
AWS launches RoboMaker service for building intelligent robotics apps
Amazon Web Services has today announced the availability of AWS RoboMaker, a new service that makes it easy for developers to develop, test, and...
Spotify to launch in India in Q1 2019; secures deal with major music rights holders
India’s lucrative and competitive music streaming market will now see a big global entry. Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming...
Lawmakers from 9 countries bash Facebook at hearing
Facebook has been in the news for all the wrong reasons of late. Rather ironic, considering that it is one of the largest sources of delivering news...
This Cyber Monday was the biggest day in Amazon history
Cyber Monday is a win-win occasion for both retailers, and customers. And it seems like Amazon has emerged as the biggest winner this year. The...
Whatsapp Business head is the latest high profile departure from Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg’s “employee number four” Neeraj Arora adds to Facebook’s growing list of high profile departures. He is said...
Cyber Monday sales expected to reach $8 Billion: Adobe
Black Friday has come and gone, and it has caused several billion dollars to fly out of buyers pockets and into the waiting arms of online retailers...
DPC acts against LinkedIn’s use of 18 million non-user e-mail addresses to target its ads
The Irish Data Protection Commission has issued a brand new report according to which, LinkedIn, the social networking website for professionals, has...