Culture & Policy News Facebook fined in Italy (again!) over misleading information on data protection The Italian Competition Authority Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM),… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 17, 2021
News YouTube announces roadmap for 2021, plans to expand Shorts in the US, launch 4K on YouTube TV YouTube has announced a list of new features that it will be… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 17, 2021
Apps Internet News Twitter launches voice DMs in India, roll out in phases Twitter users in India, take note. Starting February 17, Twitter will be… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 17, 2021
Culture & Policy News Epic Games takes it fight against Apple to Europe The feud that started last August with Apple removing Fortnite from the… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 17, 2021
News Amazon acquires Sydney-based Shopify competitor ‘Selz’ US e-commerce giant Amazon continues to further its campaign of aggressive expansion,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 17, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Bitcoin waltz past the $50,000 mark buoyed by grand investments Bitcoin, the latest frenzy to take the investment world by storm, has… Upneet SinghFebruary 17, 2021
News Space SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit but booster fails to land SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 2021
Business News Startups Carl Pei’s ‘Nothing’ opens doors for users to invest, shares worth $1.5mn available Nothing is coming on top these days, it seems. Carl Pei, the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 2021
Apps Business News Tata Group agrees to acquire majority stake in BigBasket: Report Tata Group, the car to tea conglomerate, has been looking to build… Upneet SinghFebruary 16, 2021
News Unacademy acquires networking platform TapChief, announces Unacademy Pro The online learning industry has taken the world by storm, and India… Upneet SinghFebruary 16, 2021
Apps Internet News BlueStacks announces BlueStacks 5 with major improvements, just as it reaches 1bn downloads 2020 was inarguably THE year for online gamers worldwide, with the pandemic making… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy News India’s supreme court seeks response from Facebook, Whatsapp over privacy policy change The Supreme Court has decided to intervene to protect the privacy of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 2021
News India to allow local firms to conduct mapping and surveying without license The days of Indian companies seeking licenses to create and publish maps… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 2021
Business News Startups Byju’s closes in on yet another edtech rival, set to acquire ‘Toppr’: Report Online teaching has become the new norm post-2020, where it is being… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 15, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Pencil, a platform for writers, raises $1 million to democratize reading Pencil, a startup that aims to revolutionize the publishing industry by turning… Upneet SinghFebruary 15, 2021
News Space NASA Mars rover Perseverance reaches final arc of descent, set to face “seven minutes of terror” before landing NASA’s very own Mars rover Perseverance is set to complete its seven-month… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 15, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News ISRO and MapMyIndia working on indigenous Google Maps substitute The Government of India’s mission for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat has seen a… Upneet SinghFebruary 14, 2021
Business Internet News Bitcoin attracts Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Jay Z, duo invests $23.6mn for its development Be it Elon Musk or Twitter, popular cryptocurrency bitcoin never seems to… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 12, 2021
Apps Internet News Amid row with Twitter, Indian Govt prepares draft to regulate social media Amid the intensifying face-off between popular microblogging site Twitter and the Narendra… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 12, 2021
Apps Internet News Koo, the Twitter look-a-like from India crosses 3 million users While the government’s cold war with Twitter over the removal of questionable… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 12, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital BharatPe doubles valuation to $900m, raises $108m BharatPe, India’s payments and lending platform, might soon join RazorPay, and other… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 11, 2021