Business Culture & Policy Internet News India introduces stringent endorsement guidelines for social media influencers Being a social media influencer is a career that has appealed to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 20233 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Google to reduce workforce by 6%, lay off up to 12,000 employees The faltering global economy just forced yet another big tech company to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Netflix adds record 7.66Mn paid subscribers in Q4 2022, Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO Netflix successfully exceeded analyst estimates when it came to its performance for… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 20233 minute read
Global News Security T-Mobile, 2nd largest mobile carrier in the US, admits hackers accessed sensitive data of 37Mn customers Mobile telecommunication company T-Mobile, which is the second largest mobile carrier in… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Gadgetry News India smartphone shipments dip 6% in 2022, Samsung takes top spot in Q4’22 India, as the second-largest market for smartphones in the world, has seen… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 20233 minute read
Internet News Instagram gets a ‘Quiet Mode’ to help you take break, among other new ways to manage time, recommendations Social media can be addictive and dangerous alike, and teens are known… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
News Startups PhonePe gets $350Mn in latest round from General Atlantic, valued at nearly $12Bn Fundraising hasn’t been as bright as it was during 2021 for Indian… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
Health News Startups Breathe Well-being, a healthtech platform that helps cut down Type 2 Diabetes medication, gets $6Mn from General Catalyst, others India, for a significantly long time, has been among top 3 nations… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Microsoft confirms 10,000 employees are being laid off across divisions Confirming earlier reports of a big job cut coming in at Microsoft,… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 19, 20231 minute read
Global Internet News Security MailChimp suffers data breach yet again, hackers access partner accounts For the second time in recent months, email marketing firm MailChimp found… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp rolls out ability to share voice notes as status updates for limited users Earlier in September, we received hints about an interesting feature on WhatsApp… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 20232 minute read
News Startups Enterprise AI upstart Mad Street Den raises $30Mn led by Avatar Growth Capital Artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision-focused startup Mad Street Den has scooped… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups GoMechanic, the Sequoia India-backed auto services startup, lays off 70% employees amid financial misreporting In a story that would once again highlight the “growth at all… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 18, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Global News Microsoft preparing another round of lay offs, could impact 5% of its workforce: Report Fears of a recession and adverse macroeconomic conditions have, once again, persuaded… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 20232 minute read
Gadgetry News Apple launches two powerful new M2 chipsets — M2 Pro and M2 Max, and MacBook Pros that come equipped with them Apple made a slew of new critical hardware launches today, including new… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalandSoumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 20234 minute read
Business Cloud Computing Internet Microsoft News Microsoft expands general accessibility of Azure OpenAI, will bring ChatGPT to it ‘soon’ The integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT – the revolutionary chatbot which has been… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 17, 20232 minute read
Microsoft News Startups Microsoft leads investment in cloud-based HR tech unicorn Darwinbox Microsoft has made an equity investment in Hyderabad-based HR tech unicorn Darwinbox.… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 17, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google India antitrust case: Supreme Court questions whether it would practice its India strategy in Europe In yet another blow for Google, India’s Supreme Court declined to stay… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups ShareChat lays off nearly 500 employees amid cost-cutting measures In the latest instance of employees finding themselves out of a job… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 16, 20233 minute read
Business Internet News Amazon is testing an even cheaper Prime membership in India Earlier, the annual subscription price of Amazon Prime got a hike of… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups ‘Restructuring exercise’ results in Ola laying off 200 employees Whether it be 2022 or 2023, some things just do not seem… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 13, 20232 minute read
