Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook looks to integrate Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger : New York Times As Facebook continues to face scrutiny over the quality of encryption and… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 28, 2019No comments2 minute read
China Culture & Policy Internet News Microsoft’s Bing gets blocked in China Yet another day, and yet another block behind China’s great internet firewall.… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 24, 2019No comments1 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter starts rolling out a new web interface to select users ‘There’s a new Twitter coming’. That’s what the microblogging site announced via… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 23, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google will now show you how much each political party spends on Google ads for Elections 2019 Google is stepping up its campaign to make world’s largest democratic exercise… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 22, 2019One comment2 minute read
Code Internet News Security Over 770 million emails and 21 million passwords exposed in fresh data breach Over the past year, we’ve grown accustomed to hacks and data breaches… Raghuram GaddamJanuary 19, 2019One comment2 minute read
Google Internet News Google’s G Suite web apps are getting the Material Design overhaul Google is now spreading its user interface approach — Material Design —… Jeet SutharJanuary 17, 2019No comments1 minute read
Enterprise Internet News Fintech giant Finserv acquires First Data for a record $22 Billion While fintech focus has mostly revolved around startups and their financing for… Raghuram GaddamJanuary 17, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook to invest $300 million over a span of 3 years in local news media The Newsroom business model is currently in a very precarious state. Traditional… Raghuram GaddamJanuary 16, 2019No comments2 minute read
CES 2019 Gadgets Internet News All of Google’s #CES2019 announcements, right here The mega Las Vegas consumer electronics event is underway, and there have… Jeet SutharJanuary 9, 2019No comments2 minute read
Consumer Tech E-commerce Internet News Amazon and Flipkart join forces to battle Indian Government’s new e-commerce policies The two largest players in India’s e-commerce sector – Flipkart and Amazon… Raghuram GaddamJanuary 4, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Security ‘HackerGiraffe’ hacks into Google chromecasts, exposing a bug that has existed for over 5 years Hackers take control of over thousands of Chromecast streaming devices, exposing the… Raghuram GaddamJanuary 3, 2019No comments3 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet US Court dismisses facial recognition lawsuit against Google over lack of “concrete injuries” There has been a development in the ongoing Rivera vs Google case… Raghuram GaddamDecember 31, 2018No comments1 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet ‘Everything is fake’, says Ex Reddit CEO Ellen Pao on Internet companies’ traffic metrics On Wednesday, the New York Magzine published an article titled How Much… Raghuram GaddamDecember 30, 2018One comment2 minute read
Applied Sciences Consumer Tech Facebook Global Internet IT & Web-tech News Instagram’s tap/swipe-to-scroll update receives users’ grunt, taken down Instagram made all its users lose their minds in the holy holidays… Raghuram GaddamDecember 28, 2018No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Security Child porn sharing WhatsApp groups expose present social media’s inefficient moderating systems In wake of Tech Crunch’s recent report on the issue of child… Raghuram GaddamDecember 28, 2018No comments3 minute read
Apple Global Internet News Security Government requests to Apple saw a 9%rise globally, compared to previous year Earlier on Monday, Apple Inc. published their bi-annual Transparency Report for the… Raghuram GaddamDecember 26, 2018No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Security India’s proposed Data Protection Bill bans cross-border transfer of personal data There’s more information on India’s new, proposed data protection bill, that is… Raghuram GaddamDecember 24, 2018No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Facebook Global Internet Security Facebook says it only provided access to user data after explicit permission The New York Times has once again called out Facebook Inc. regarding… Raghuram GaddamDecember 19, 2018No comments2 minute read
Futurism Internet News Space SpaceX is reportedly raising $500Mn to fuel its hyper speed internet ambitions Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly in talks to raise a hefty $500… Raghuram GaddamDecember 18, 2018No comments1 minute read
Internet News Security Hackers find a way to deliver commands to malware via memes on Twitter Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new form of virus that… Raghuram GaddamDecember 18, 2018No comments2 minute read
Gaming Internet News Pokémon GO creator Niantic is reportedly raising $200Mn Gaming startup Niantic Labs, which initially started within Google in 2010 and… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 16, 2018No comments1 minute read