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
Consumer Tech Internet News Netflix in talks with India’s Reliance-backed Viacom18 to source more regional content: Reuters The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have helped OTT platforms make some… Chinni SinghJune 12, 20202 minute read
Consumer Tech Internet News Flipkart launches flight bookings for both domestic and international flights Walmart-owned Flipkart will now allow users to book flight tickets through its… Chinni SinghJune 10, 20202 minute read
Internet News Twitter will start labeling conspiracy tweets linking COVID-19 to 5G Twitter has started putting a fact-checking label on tweets that link the… Chinni SinghJune 10, 20202 minute read
Internet News Facebook adds labels to identify state controlled media platforms To further position its place as an “anti false news platform”, Facebook… Upneet SinghJune 5, 20202 minute read
Internet News Security Google reports hacking attempts at Trump and Biden’s election campaigns by Chinese and Iranian hackers American politics has always been like a Netflix drama (No, not ‘House… Upneet SinghJune 5, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News After Spotify, now Facebook inks global licensing deal with Saregama Facebook said on Wednesday that it has entered into a global licensing… Chinni SinghJune 3, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook announces “Manage Activity’, a quick shortcut to deleting old posts When Facebook was created, Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have imagined in his wildest… Upneet SinghJune 2, 20202 minute read
Internet News Facebook to authenticate identity of certain viral user profiles Facebook, in a release late last week, has said that it will… Chinni SinghJune 2, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook employees stage “virtual protest” in light of Mark Zuckerberg’s response to Trump’s recent posts The United States of America aren’t so united at the moment, with… Upneet SinghJune 2, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg has to say on not removing Donald Trump’s recent posts from Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out with an explanation as to… Upneet SinghMay 30, 20203 minute read
Apps Internet News Google further delays Android 11 launch by a month amid nationwide protests in the US We have been stuck with Android 10 for a while now, and… Upneet SinghMay 30, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook’s NPE launches ‘Venue’, a second-screen experience to let fans interact during live events Facebook’s R&D group, NPE team is on a roll. In what would… Upneet SinghMay 30, 20203 minute read
Internet News Donald Trump-Twitter feud escalates after Twitter marks Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” The death of George Floyd will go down as one of the… Upneet SinghMay 29, 20203 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Trump threatens to “shut down or heavily regulate” social media after Twitter labels his tweets for misinformation Donald J. Trump said that he, as President of the United States… Upneet SinghMay 27, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook launches Catchup, an experimental audio calling app that lets you know who’s up for a chat Facebook has announced the launch of its audio-only calling app, CatchUp, that… Upneet SinghMay 26, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News India’s COVID-19 contact tracing app Aarogya Setu is now open source India announced today, that it will be open sourcing ‘Aarogya Setu’, one… Upneet SinghMay 26, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Paytm records over 8.5 million Flight searches as India allows limited domestic flights during lockdown The enforcement of the nationwide lockdown caused many people to be stranded… Upneet SinghMay 25, 20202 minute read