Business Culture & Policy Internet News Accounts impersonating others without specifying them as parody will be permanently booted off Twitter, declares Musk Elon Musk is all for memes and free speech – the former… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 8, 2022
Business News With growth stalling, Meta now reportedly planning to lay off thousands this week Facebook parent Meta is the latest among US’ BigTech to reportedly look… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 7, 2022
Business Culture & Policy News Mass layoffs lands Twitter in lawsuit, being sued for alleged violation of federal and California laws For months, Twitter was embroiled in a lawsuit with Elon Musk to… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 5, 2022
Business Culture & Policy News Expected mass layoffs at Twitter have begun Twitter layoffs are finally happening. A tumultuous first week at the social… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 4, 2022
Apps Internet News WhatsApp launches Communities, lets groups add up to 1024 members, and more Earlier this year, Meta-owned WhatsApp introduced Communities, a step further than the… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 3, 2022
Business Culture & Policy Internet News Meta to let creators create and sell NFTs on Instagram, expands Subscriptions and launches Professional Mode on Facebook profiles Meta has been working to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Instagram for… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 3, 2022
News Startups Cashkaro gets $16Mn in latest fundraise, targets 100Mn users Cashkaro, the popular cashback and coupouns platform, has announced fresh fundraise worth… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 3, 2022
Business News Amazon freezes hiring in its advertising business, days after reporting Q3 2022 earnings Amazon’s advertising business, which remains one of the more profitable divisions of… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 3, 2022
Internet News Musk announces Twitter Blue to cost $8/month, comes with paid verification, priority in replies, fewer ads, and more Twitter Blue, as reported earlier, is getting a revamp, and now, Elon… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 2022
Apps Business Internet News Google holds policy that mandated use of its Play Billing system for developers in India Both Google and Apple have found themselves in hot waters globally, thanks… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 2022
Culture & Policy Internet News YouTube debuts streaming subscriptions through ‘Primetime Channels’ in the US When it comes to watching trailers and teasers of upcoming films or… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 2022
Business Culture & Policy News Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board of directors, appoints himself CEO, set to fire 25% workforce Less than a week after the ownership of Twitter finally went into… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 1, 2022
Business Global News Elon Musk’s Twitter plans could include a costlier Twitter Blue, paid verification and ofcourse, layoffs It’s not been a week after Twitter passed into Tesla+SpaceX CEO Elon… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 31, 2022
Culture & Policy Internet News Govt notifies changes to IT Rules, grievance appellate committees to be formed, social media platforms mandated to comply Last year, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 29, 2022
Business News Twitter Twitter to cease trading in public markets, shares to be delisted from NYSE on Nov 8 Twitter has passed into new ownership – that of Elon Musk, and… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 29, 2022
Business Culture & Policy News Musk era begins at Twitter, CEO Parag Agrawal, other senior execs reportedly fired This time, Elon Musk did not have any last-hour tricks up his… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 28, 2022
Business Enterprise Global News Twitter “Acquired Twitter because it is important to future of civilisation, can not become a free-for-all hellscape”, Musk note to advertisers After a long time, the end of the months-long standoff between Elon… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 27, 2022
News Startups Mason, a startup that helps sellers avoid marketplace commissions through digital storefronts, bags $7.5Mn in seed round Mason, a two-year-old startup that helps sellers run their own online stores… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 27, 2022
News Startups Venture Capital Udaan delays IPO plans, raises $120Mn in convertible notes Udaan, the B2B e-commerce unicorn, has raised an additional $120Mn in convertible… Staff@The Tech PortalOctober 27, 2022
Business Global News Meta clocks second consecutive drop in quarterly revenue, Reality Labs continues to lose money in Q3 Investors are far from impressed with the performances of tech enterprises in… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 27, 2022
Business Enterprise Global Microsoft News Microsoft clocks slowest Q1 growth in five years, LinkedIn revenue rises by 17% LinkedIn and Microsoft’s search and news advertising divisions were among the several… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 26, 2022