Culture & Policy Internet Twitter closes thousands of fake news accounts worldwide Social media platforms are the epicentre for the spread of fake news.… Tamaghno ChaudhuriSeptember 20, 20191 minute read
Internet Automattic: the WordPress Company, just moved to a $3B valuation with its fresh $300Mn round Founded in August 2005, and most notable for WordPress.com , AUTOMATTIC announced… Tamaghno ChaudhuriSeptember 19, 20193 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet Amazon launches Amazon Music HD with lossless streaming audio for over 50 million songs Amazon just announced its “highest quality lossless audio” streaming service, the Amazon… Tamaghno ChaudhuriSeptember 17, 20192 minute read
Facebook pays a massive $5 billion in fines over anti-trust issues. After over a year of speculation since the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)… Tamaghno ChaudhuriSeptember 6, 20192 minute read
Facebook to shut off the Discover tab, introduces new tools for connecting people & businesses on Messenger Facebook has introduced some hefty new tools and updates for businesses and… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 29, 20192 minute read
China Culture & Policy Internet US President Donald Trump slaps 5% additional retaliatory tariffs on $550 billion worth of Chinese goods President Donald Trump, in a series of tweets, retaliated to the Chinese… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 25, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Android releases will no longer be named after “something sweet” Since 2009, all Android versions were named after “something sweet” such as… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 23, 20192 minute read
E-commerce Internet Amazon’s big retail move in India : Acquires 49% in Indian retail giant Future Group’s parent On Thursday, Amazon made a much anticipated move to tap into the… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 23, 20191 minute read
Internet Flipkart rolls out free video streaming service on its mobile application The Indian entertainment market is already brimming with video streaming giants like… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 19, 20192 minute read
Apps Consumer Tech Internet Twitter leads $100Mn round in India’s regional social networking platform, ShareChat As Twitter battles out a rather stagnated user-base in the world’s most… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 16, 20192 minute read
Gadgetry Internet Samsung and Xiaomi witness massive gains in European smartphone market While smartphone sales are hitting a plateau globally, European market is giving… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 14, 20192 minute read
Now, Google’s job listings face antitrust complaints in the EU: Report Google could soon need an even larger army of legal counsels as… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 14, 20192 minute read
Business Cloud Computing Internet Reliance Jio and Microsoft partner to open cloud data centres across India Microsoft is emboldened by the financial performance Azure has delivered so far.… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 12, 20192 minute read
Internet Flipkart could come up with its own video streaming service before Diwali: Report If the ecommerce war between Flipkart (now Walmart) and Amazon India wasn’t… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 5, 20191 minute read
Apps Internet Google to revamp ‘News tab’ on desktop site, making it more readable for users Looks like Google News tab would be revamped. Google announced this week,… Vinol TauroJuly 12, 20192 minute read
Internet After an hour long outage, Twitter is back online For close to in the late hours of yesterday night, the world… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 12, 20191 minute read
Consumer Tech Internet Amazon isn’t obligated to offer a phone helpline anymore in the European union Looks like you won’t find customer phone support for Amazon in Europe… Vinol TauroJuly 11, 20192 minute read
Internet Facebook and Twitter reportedly not invited to the ‘social media summit’ at the White House The White House is reportedly going to host a “social media summit”… Shreyes MadgaonkarJuly 8, 20192 minute read
Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram services now restored after global tech glitch If you have experienced issues with downloading images on any of three… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 4, 20192 minute read
Internet Alphabets’ Loon Project to reach Kenyan skies for first commercial trial The Loon Project, owned by Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. and aimed at… Vinol TauroJuly 3, 20192 minute read
Facebook fined $2.3 million for violating Germany’s internet transparency laws Social media colossus Facebook, finds itself in trouble over transparency, once again.… Shreyes MadgaonkarJuly 2, 20192 minute read
