Internet News Startups Taiwan-based M17 grabs $26.5Mn in Series D to take its interactive streaming platforms to Japan, U.S. M17 Entertainment, the Taiwan based startup that runs a slew of popular… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 13, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Spotify launches Group sessions, a shared queue feature for real time group participation Spotify today announced the arrival of its newest feature, Group sessions, which… Upneet SinghMay 12, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube, Facebook take down viral “plandemic” conspiracy video on coronavirus pandemic Multiple Social Media platforms including Youtube, Vimeo and Facebook have recently come… Arshnoor KaurMay 11, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Spotify signs licensing deal with Saregama adding 100,000 tracks to its Indian catalog Swedish music streaming company Spotify, which has steadily grabbed a decent pie… Arshnoor KaurMay 11, 20202 minute read
Internet News Facebook Desktop re-design with dark mode goes public It has been in talks for quite a while and Facebook’s latest… Arshnoor KaurMay 8, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook tests new features, including a ‘People are Talking About’ tab in groups and detailed job applications Facebook is registering never seen before numbers due to coronavirus. And even… Staff@The Tech PortalandUpneet SinghMay 8, 20202 minute read
Internet News Swedish podcast platform Acast teams up with JioSaavn to expand content reach in South Asia Swedish podcast hosting platform Acast has announced its partnership with Reliance-owned JioSaavn,… Ayush JainMay 8, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Security Zoom acquires encryption-tech company Keybase, will soon offer end-to-end encrypted video conferencing Zoom is making yet another rapid action move in its ambitious plan… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 7, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook announces first members of its ‘truly autonomous’ Oversight Board for better content governance Facebook has today announced the first 20 members of its proposed 40-member… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 7, 20202 minute read
Disney+ now has 54.5 million subscribers Disney on Tuesday unveiled that it had surpassed 54.5 million Disney Plus… Navjot KaurMay 6, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Delhi women commission issues notice to Instagram over a group that shared morphed images of underage girls On Sunday, a series of disturbing screenshots went viral on Instagram when… Navjot KaurMay 6, 20203 minute read
Code Internet News WWDC 2020 Apple’s ‘virtual-only’ WWDC 2020 pushed back to June 22, a 2 week delay in light of COVID 19 Apple, like most other companies, had announced that most of its events… Upneet SinghMay 5, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News India allows non-essential ecommerce deliveries, cab services in orange and green zones amid extended lockdown In view of rising coronavirus cases in certain select regions in the… Upneet SinghMay 1, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook now has a combined monthly user base of over 3 billion While announcing its quarterly financial numbers, Facebook also gave us a pretty… Upneet SinghMay 1, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News ‘Meet’ JioMeet, the newest video conferencing app from Reliance With security concerns continuing to plague Zoom and relative unpopularity of alternatives… Upneet SinghApril 30, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Twitter books loss in Q1’20, clocks 24% Y-o-Y growth in monetizable daily active usage Twitter has announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2020, and… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 30, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Zoom admits to having misreported its ‘300 million’ daily active users mark: The Verge Zoom, the embattled video conferencing app, has admitted to having misreported numbers… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 30, 20201 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News As Mark Zuckerberg praises lockdown efforts, Elon Musk terms it “fascist” Much like the American populace, two Silicon Valley billionaires have had starkly… Shalabha SarathApril 30, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Facebook posts revenue growth in Q1’20 but ad revenues decline, defers Q2 guidance Its earnings season folks, and we have some relatively good news from… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 30, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Google makes ‘Meet’ free for everyone starting next week As big as Zoom has become in the last couple of months,… Upneet SinghApril 29, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Google-parent Alphabet beats Q1’20 earnings estimates, but warns of a ‘difficult’ 2nd quarter Despite the growing traffic on places such as Facebook and Google, ad… Upneet SinghApril 29, 20202 minute read