Apps Culture & Policy News Tiktok, Cam Scanner among 59 China-based apps banned in India due to data security issues Amid rising anti China sentiment in the country, Indian government has decided… Upneet SinghJune 29, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is… Chinni SinghJune 24, 20202 minute read
Apps News Security Twitter is “very sorry” for a security breach that exposed private data of business accounts Twitter is back in cybersecurity news, as the company reports yet another… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 24, 20202 minute read
Apps News StopCovid, the French contact tracing app has sent out just 14 notifications despite 1.8Mn downloads When the world posed the question, “What about contact tracing?”, India answered… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20202 minute read
Apps News Facebook is testing a new ‘Forecast’ app that aims to predict world events, including COVID-19 Facebook has announced an invite only beta for Forecast, a weird app… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp says it is now fully compliant with RBI’s data localisation norms for payments roll out After years of efforts, Whatsapp seems to have finally complied with India’s… Chinni SinghJune 19, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Facebook to add option for turning political ads off in light of U.S. Elections After Cambridge Analytica, everyone was shocked when Facebook said that not only… Upneet SinghJune 17, 20202 minute read
Apps Business News Facebook’s $5.7Bn Jio Platforms deal under scrutiny from Indian antitrust watchdog Facebook’s deal with Jio for a 10% stake in the largest telecom… Upneet SinghJune 17, 20202 minute read
Apps News Google is integrating Meet in the Gmail app on mobile phones Meet, Google’s video-conferencing competitor to Zoom, MS Teams and others, has announced… Upneet SinghJune 17, 20202 minute read
Facebook will save US users from ads bought by foreign state-controlled According to recent news, Facebook has decided to hide all ads from… Partner ContentJune 16, 20203 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next? WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months… Upneet SinghJune 15, 20203 minute read
Apps News Tiktok-parent Bytedance is shutting down ‘Vigo’ short form video apps in India Bytedance, the Chinese internet giant that owns popular short form video app… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 15, 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
Apps Culture & Policy News Instagram announces a ton of new special features to support the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month Instagram has today announced a slew of new features on for its… Upneet SinghJune 12, 20202 minute read
Apps News Facebook tests Google-like Wikipedia info panel in search results Facebook’s battle to take on Google as the web’s search platform, is… Chinni SinghandStaff@The Tech PortalJune 12, 20202 minute read
Apps News Twitter launches its own version of Stories called ‘Fleets’, in India Twitter had started testing its own version of the over saturated ‘Stories’… Upneet SinghJune 10, 20202 minute read
Apps News Uber launches ‘Hourly Rentals’ in India after a successful US launch Uber is launching a new service, dubbed ‘Hourly Rentals’, which will let… Upneet SinghJune 9, 20202 minute read
Apps News Startups Zomato to scale down grocery as food delivery expects to make a comeback Zomato will now return to its homebase, and put its weight behind… Upneet SinghJune 6, 20202 minute read
Apps News Snapchat removes Donald Trump from its ‘Discover’ section Snap Inc., as a result of a decision made last week, has… Chinni SinghJune 4, 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