Culture & Policy Global Internet News Meta backs ‘Take It Down’, a new service that helps prevent spread of minors’ intimate images online Facebook & Instagram parent Meta is pushing further against the circulation of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Google will now finally allow third-party billing on Play Store in India After failing to avoid the recent antitrust directives imposed upon it by… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Global News WhatsApp experiments a ‘Newsletters’ tool Newsletters, even though many have discarded their importance these days, continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 22, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Meta to bring Twitter-like paid subscription named ‘Meta Verified’ to Facebook and Instagram Meta is taking a page out of Twitter’s book and launching a… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after 9 years, Neal Mohan to take over After helming world’s largest video streaming platform for over nine years, Susan… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Microsoft acknowledges Bing user complaints, including ones that leads to it responding outside of ‘its designed tone’ Bing has been making the headlines ever since Microsoft introduced the AI-powered… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20233 minute read
News Startups PhonePe lands another $100Mn as a part of its $12Bn valued ongoing round Indian fintech major PhonePe has secured an additional $100 million in primary… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 14, 20232 minute read
Business News Alibaba exits Paytm, sells remaining stake Last month, Alibaba sold 3.1% of its stake in India’s Paytm in… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 11, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter brings longer, 4000 character tweets for ‘Blue’ subscribers in the US Elon Musk has been promising longer tweets for a while, and now,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 9, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp brings voice messages, reactions and more to Status WhatsApp is showering its Status updates with love, with a slw of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 7, 20233 minute read
Internet News ChatGPT’s success pushes Google to introduce Bard, its own AI chatbot It was only a matter of time before this happened. The meteoric… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 7, 20233 minute read
Apps China Culture & Policy News India to ban over 230 betting and loan apps, with several of them being China-origin With an overwhelming rise in notorious betting and online “quick loan” apps… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 6, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Indian government to take up equity in Vodafone Idea against nearly $2B worth of dues In a relief to Vodafone Idea, the telecom operator that has fallen… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 4, 20232 minute read
Business News Reliance to accept India’s CBDC as payment option across retail stores The fag end of the previous year saw the Reserve Bank of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 20233 minute read
Business Global News Meta clocks 4% drop in Q4 revenue, Reality Labs continues to bleed, massive buyback sends stock soaring Facebook-parent Meta successfully beat Wall Street estimates for its revenue for the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 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
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
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
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
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
Culture & Policy Futurism Internet News OpenAI begins piloting a professional version of ChatGPT If you are good at something, never do it for free. OpenAI… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 12, 20233 minute read
