Culture & Policy Internet News Kanye West gets booted from Instagram, Twitter, over anti-Semitic posts The past week has not been a pleasant one for Kanye West,… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 10, 20222 minute read
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Business Global Internet News Pinterest CEO steps down, to be succeeded by Google veteran Bill Ready Ever since the social networking service Pinterest was founded in 2010, it… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 20222 minute read
Apps News Startups Sharechat raises $255 Mn, closes series H round at $5 Bn valuation ShareChat earlier raised $266 million as a part of this round in December last year. The company is now valued at $5 billion. Guntas SinghJune 17, 20221 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing a new full-screen feed The battle for dominance in the social media sphere continues to intensify… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 17, 20222 minute read
Internet News Startups Google, Times Internet, others put in $300Mn in ShareChat: Report As the second-largest internet market in the world, it is hardly surprising… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 31, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News TikTok will be rolling out LIVE subscriptions in beta this week Creators are finally getting their time in the limelight as leading social… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 24, 20222 minute read
Internet News Instagram gets a ‘visual refresh’ with a brighter logo, new typeface Instagram has long solidified it’s claim as the best photo sharing social… Guntas SinghMay 24, 20222 minute read
Business Global News Twitter reports Q1’22 numbers, 16% Y-o-Y increase in revenue at $1.2Bn The status of Twitter as a public company may soon change if… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 28, 20222 minute read
Internet News WhatsApp introduces ‘communities’, allowing users to club separate groups together In what could perhaps be one of the most significant updates to… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalApril 15, 20222 minute read
Code Internet News No F8 developer conference to be held by Meta this year, goes on a ‘brief break’ Once again, a developer conference has been canceled. The only difference? It… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 7, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook bug promoted misinformation and harmful content on news feed for over six months, now fixed Facebook is back in news, and it is back to back in… Guntas SinghApril 1, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Elon Musk says he’s giving “serious thought” to creating a new social media platform Elon Musk is no stranger to the social media sphere, especially since… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 28, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram users get more control over what they see on their feed with ‘Following’ and ‘Favorites’ Meta-owned Instagram has now come forward to finally make chronological feed a… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 24, 20222 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Instagram ceases operations in Russia starting Sunday midnight Instagram users in Russia were notified that Instagram will cease to operate… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 14, 20222 minute read
Apps Business Global Internet News Instagram’s standalone IGTV app’s run comes to an end as focus shifts to keeping videos on the main app Back in 2018, the standalone IGTV app was rolled out so that… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 1, 20222 minute read
Business Internet News Twitter generates $5Bn in revenue in FY2021, clocks 217Mn average mDAUs in Q4 Micro-blogging site Twitter has come a long way from its initial days,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 10, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram to now let users embed user profiles on websites Social media platforms have been in a tight race as the competition… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 18, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook Inc rebrands to ‘Meta’ In a news that may not be a massive surprise to industry… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 29, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Facebook becomes a $1 Trillion company Like it or not, social media platforms have flourished like never before… Upneet SinghJune 29, 20212 minute read