Apps Internet News Instagram is testing its TikTok lookalike “Reels” in India Instagram is reportedly testing its short video feature- ‘Reels’ with a small… Chinni SinghJuly 6, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook gets into education, launches a new certified curriculum in Indian schools through CBSE Facebook has launched “Facebook for Education” initiative in India, the world’s second… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook agrees to review its hate speech controls after a prolific advertising boycott Facebook has managed to piss off just about every single one of… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 20202 minute read
Internet News Amazon Prime Video gets ‘Watch Party’ to let you jointly stream content with family and friends Amazon has announced a new “Watch Party” experience on its video streaming… Upneet SinghJune 30, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Donald Trump gets temporarily banned on Twitch just as Reddit bans the r/The_Donald subreddit It is pretty much a fact now, that Donald Trump and social… Upneet SinghJune 30, 20203 minute read
Google to bring free listings directly to its main page, building on the “more free listings” initiative Google has been veering away from paid listings, as was announced in… Upneet SinghJune 29, 20202 minute read
Crypto Internet News Telegram to pay $18.5 million in fines to SEC as its cryptocurrency service TON goes down Telegram’s Pavel Durov’s plans of running his own cryptocurrency platform are officially… Upneet SinghJune 27, 20203 minute read
Now Verizon boycotts Facebook ads, announces suspension of ads on the platform Verizon has announced that it will be suspending all advertisements on Facebook,… Upneet SinghJune 26, 20202 minute read
Internet News Startups Byju’s raises fresh capital from ‘Bond’, the VC fund co-founded by Mary Meeker Byju’s, the unicorn edtech behemoth, that has continued to reel in external… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 26, 20202 minute read
Internet News Google will pay publishers for content that it licenses for a ‘new news experience’ For quite some time now, there have been debates around how Google… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 25, 20202 minute read
E-commerce Internet News Flipkart introduces Tamil, Telugu, Kannada language interfaces As urban markets saturate, ecommerce companies are increasingly looking to further spread… Chinni SinghJune 24, 20201 minute read
Apps Internet News Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is… Chinni SinghJune 24, 20202 minute read
Internet News Security Government warns of possible mass phishing attacks using ‘Free COVID-19 testing’ as bait COVID-19 has, by a long margin, been one of the biggest health… Upneet SinghJune 21, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Trump’s tweet on fake news gets flagged for “Manipulated Media”, hours after Facebook removed his campaign ads Twitter and Donald Trump seem like an abusive couple, for neither can… Upneet SinghJune 19, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook removes Donald Trump’s controversial campaign ads for going against its policies on ‘organised hate’ Facebook, on Thursday, removed a set of ads run by Trump’s re-election… Chinni SinghJune 19, 20203 minute read
E-commerce Internet News Amazon Flex, the service that lets independent contracters deliver orders, is now available in more than 35 Indian cities Amazon has scaled up Amazon Flex’s delivery reach to more than 35… Chinni SinghJune 19, 20202 minute read
Internet News Twitter introduces Audio Tweets for iOS users Twitter on Wednesday, launched audio tweets which will allow users to share… Chinni SinghJune 18, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News US Justice Department to roll back protections enjoyed by social media companies on user content: WSJ Following Donald Trump’s dramatic signing of an executive order to curtail protections… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 17, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Jio Platforms gets another $250Mn from L Catterton, world’s largest consumer-focused PE firm From announcing deals in days, Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms has brought it… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 13, 20201 minute read
Business Internet News TPG invests nearly $600Mn in Jio Platforms, total fund raise nears $13.5Bn Continuing with its record fund raising spree, Jio Platforms has now announced… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 13, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News UK antitrust watchdog probes Facebook ‘s $400 million acquisition of Giphy Facebook ‘s acquisition of Giphy and the subsequent addition to Instagram was… Upneet SinghJune 13, 20202 minute read