Apps Internet News Twitter to pull the plug on Fleets from August 3rd owing to lack of usage Social media platforms, by large, usually follow the same blue print. A… Upneet SinghJuly 15, 20212 minute read
Internet News Twitter says largest number of account information demands in second half of 2020 came from Indian government Social networking giant Twitter has been at loggerheads with the Indian government… Manasi VarmaJuly 15, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News RBI bans MasterCard from issuing new cards amid data storage row In a blow to credit and debit card vendor MasterCard, the Reserve… Manasi VarmaJuly 14, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google Meet puts 60-minute cap on group video calls for free users Over the last year, Google Meet has become indispensable to millions, as… Manasi VarmaJuly 14, 20212 minute read
Internet News Twitter takes down fake accounts it had mistakenly verified Months after it brought it’s verification process back to life, Twitter Inc.… Manasi VarmaJuly 13, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in compliance with IT rules Twitter Inc. might have been the last social media platform to agree… Manasi VarmaJuly 12, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News WhatsApp temporarily holds new privacy policy roll out in India, will await passing of new data protection bill Messaging platform WhatsApp has been in quite a bit of trouble with… Manasi VarmaJuly 9, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Ex US prez Donald Trump files class-action lawsuits against Google, Facebook, and Twitter Former President Donald Trump is not one to accept defeat easily, as… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 8, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google faces new antitrust lawsuit filed by US state attorney generals, targeting Play Store commission Seems like Google has really not had any time to catch its… Manasi VarmaJuly 8, 20213 minute read
Business Internet News PhonePe further widens gap with GPay, owns 46% market share of UPI in June UPI payments have been becoming increasingly popular in India over the past… Manasi VarmaJuly 7, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News No protection will be given to Twitter for non-compliance with IT rules: Delhi HC The feud between Twitter and the ruling BJP government just got rougher… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 6, 20213 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook takes down 30 million pieces of content in compliance with India’s new IT rules Major social media intermediaries have bowed down to the Centre and its… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 3, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News UPI records all-time high of 2.8 Bn transactions worth ₹5.47 lakh crores in June The pandemic sent waves across the digital payments sector, raising it to… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 2, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Flipkart launches Shopsy, a Shopify like platform to help small businesses go online Walmart owned Flipkart is trying its hand at building a Shopify of… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram working on ‘Exclusive Stories’, a feature that is similar to ‘Super Follow’ on Twitter Tech giants are facing scrutiny across the globe, thanks to a massive… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google publishes first transparency report under IT rules, says it received more than 27,000 complaints in April The new IT rules have come into effect, binding the major social… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20212 minute read
Internet News Server leak puts Byju’s student data at risk, now resolved With the shift to online education thanks to the pandemic, edtech start-ups… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20212 minute read
Business Internet News Reliance Jio and NXP Semiconductors collaborate on 5G hardware for upcoming Jio Phones After joining forces with Google for the software side of its new… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook backs India’s new IT rules, says they “make sense” The new IT rules have been a source of contention between major… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20212 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News [Update: Map withdrawn] Twitter shows India’s J&K and Ladakh territories as separate countries Update: The map has now been removed. Before: Twitter and the Indian… Upneet SinghJune 28, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India quits amidst feud with government In the latest development in the Twitter v/s Indian government feud, the… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
