Internet News India’s largest bank, SBI joins JP Morgan’s blockchain network for faster cross border payments With cryptocurrency on a massive growth spree, the basic framework behind the… Upneet SinghFebruary 27, 20212 minute read
Internet News Indian Newspaper Society asks Google to pay 85% of ad revenue to news publishers, days after Australia’s landmark law The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), the central organization of the Press of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 26, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Australia passes landmark law, makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to pay for news The Australian Parliament on Thursday moved forward with the passing of the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 25, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube to launch parental controls to censor content for graduates of YouTube kids YouTube is planning to launch new parental controls using supervised Google account,… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 24, 20212 minute read
Internet News India was second most targeted by cyberattacks in Asia Pacific in 2020: IBM The lockdown year not only saw an increase in the usage of… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 24, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook v/s Australia: Social media giant restricts users and publishers from viewing or sharing news If you are a Facebook user in Australia, count yourself unlucky. Facebook… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 18, 20213 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter launches voice DMs in India, roll out in phases Twitter users in India, take note. Starting February 17, Twitter will be… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 17, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Bitcoin waltz past the $50,000 mark buoyed by grand investments Bitcoin, the latest frenzy to take the investment world by storm, has… Upneet SinghFebruary 17, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News BlueStacks announces BlueStacks 5 with major improvements, just as it reaches 1bn downloads 2020 was inarguably THE year for online gamers worldwide, with the pandemic making… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News ISRO and MapMyIndia working on indigenous Google Maps substitute The Government of India’s mission for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat has seen a… Upneet SinghFebruary 14, 20212 minute read
Business Internet News Bitcoin attracts Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Jay Z, duo invests $23.6mn for its development Be it Elon Musk or Twitter, popular cryptocurrency bitcoin never seems to… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 12, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Amid row with Twitter, Indian Govt prepares draft to regulate social media Amid the intensifying face-off between popular microblogging site Twitter and the Narendra… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 12, 20213 minute read
Apps Internet News Koo, the Twitter look-a-like from India crosses 3 million users While the government’s cold war with Twitter over the removal of questionable… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 12, 20212 minute read
Business Internet News Bumble sets IPO at $43 per share, aims to raise $2.2 billion Bumble Inc. announced that it has priced its initial public offering of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 11, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter and YouTube comply with Indian government requests to take down content amid farmers protests After the farmers protest took on a somewhat ugly turn on 26… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 10, 20212 minute read
Business Crypto Internet News Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to start accepting it as a mode of payment soon Elon Musk and Co. never seem to stay out of the headlines.… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 8, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter receives directions to ban 1,178 accounts from Indian government amid farmers protests With the ongoing farmers protests in India, Twitter has found itself in… Upneet SinghFebruary 8, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Jammu and Kashmir finally gets back 4G internet, 18 months after suspension Almost two years after they had been suspended by the government, high… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 5, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram bans hundreds of accounts suspected of ‘username hack’ Instagram and its parent company Facebook Inc. have been conducting a months… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 5, 20212 minute read
Internet News UPI sees unprecedented growth in 2020, transaction value reaches ₹ 4.3 trillion in Jan 2021 2020 was the year of contactless payments, and thus, it is not… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 4, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Myanmar military government blocks Facebook and Instagram, silences online activity Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and other… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 4, 20212 minute read