Culture & Policy Internet Whatsapp launches a new tipline for Indian users to report misinformation during elections Whatsapp is looking to go deeper in identifying fake news and is… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 2, 2019No comments1 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Facebook removes 687 accounts, pages linked to Indian National Congress for ‘inauthentic behaviour’ In the first such major crackdown announced publicly by Facebook, the social… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 1, 2019One comment2 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet Netflix pilots a new ₹250 (~$4), smartphone-only plan in India Despite rolling out multiple original series — a few of them really… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 28, 2019No comments2 minute read
Apps Internet Startups Paytm is raising $2 billion at an $18 billion valuation : Report In what will mark possibly the biggest fund-raise for 2019, Paytm is… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 28, 2019No comments2 minute read
Global Internet Startups Uber to buy Middle East rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in cash and stock Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 26, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 26, 2019One comment2 minute read
Gaming Internet ‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices Finally, Apple device owners will have a gaming platform to themselves. A… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 25, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’ Hugely anticipated for quite some time now, Apple today announced the ‘Apple… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 25, 2019No comments2 minute read
Apps Internet Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month Kicking off the event with updates to Apple News, Tim Cook announced… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 25, 2019One comment2 minute read
Internet Startups PhonePe gets $100 million from Flipkart-parent Walmart Walmart is looking to go big in the aggressively expanding Indian digital… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 22, 2019No comments1 minute read
Facebook confirms user passwords were stored in ‘readable format’ on internal systems Yet another day, and yet another security breach at Facebook. It has… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 22, 2019No comments2 minute read
Internet Startups Facebook is reportedly eyeing investments in Indian regional content startups As Facebook’s credibility and its ability to be a more filtered source… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 21, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet EU antitrust body slaps a €1.49 billion fine on Google for blocking rival online advertisers As speculated, Google has received its third multi-billion dollar fine from EU… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 20, 2019No comments3 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Ahead of anti-trust ruling, Google announces new tweaks for Android users in Europe As EU anti-trust head’s press conference nears, Google has announced fresh measures… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 20, 2019One comment1 minute read
Apps Internet Xiaomi launches its own payment service ‘Mi Pay’ for Mi users Xiaomi, after building a size-able counter option to Samsung in the hardware… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 20, 2019No comments1 minute read
Gaming Internet Google’s new ‘Stadia’ platform will let you play high end games, sans the need of high end GPUs Google is making a massive entry into the gaming industry. After being… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 19, 2019One comment2 minute read
Internet Startups Udemy expands to India, opens up its first employee hub in Gurugram Marking its entry into the exciting Indian ed-tech space, Udemy has today… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 18, 2019No comments2 minute read
Internet Facebook shares down by over 2.5% over senior management exits and NZ shooting live stream Facebook is facing the Wall street heat with its sharing falling by… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 16, 2019One comment1 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook’s new image detection pilot will look to take on ‘revenge porn’ ‘Revenge Porn’ has been an extremely important issue when ti comes to… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 16, 2019No comments2 minute read
Internet News Startups Hotstar gets $153 million from Star India and Star US Holdings Novi Digital Entertainment, which owns and operates OTT video streaming platform Hotstar,… Jeet SutharMarch 14, 2019No comments1 minute read
Apps Internet News News Brief [UPDATES:Resolved] Facebook and its family of platforms is currently down for most users Update Facebook has confirmed that the services are now restored. And what… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 14, 2019No comments2 minute read
