2018 has not been the best year for Facebook. The company, which usually has a very strong presence on the Wall Street, has been running into trouble...
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Digital Economy expected to reach $240 billion in SE Asia, says Google-Temasek study
While the world focuses on China and India as the next big growth grounds for the digital economy, the meteoric growth in the Southeast Asian digital...
On its 20th India anniversary, Intel inaugurates a $165Mn design centre in Bengaluru
Intel India has today inaugurated yet another, state-of-the-art design centre in India as it celebrates completion of 20 years in the subcontinent...
Human rights groups ask Facebook to introduce due process for content takedowns
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Human Rights Watch are among a consortium of over 70 human rights group that have joined together in asking...
ISRO successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-29
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) now has yet another feather to put in its cap. On Wednesday, that is today, the organization...
WhatsApp selects 20 teams to research the spread of misinformation through its platform
Fakes news is becoming an increasingly pertinent issue that is affecting everyone. Governments across the globe have come to realize the detrimental...
Amazon’s two new HQs will come up in NYC and Arlington, Virginia
After months of discussions and speculations, Amazon has now finally announced the location of its “2” new headquarters. Yes, not one...
Binny Bansal resigns as Flipkart Group CEO over allegations of personal misconduct
Flipkart co-founder and Group CEO Binny Bansal has put down his papers from his current position, after an independent probe by found him guilty of...
China’s latest crackdown on social media results in over 9800 accounts being blocked
In what is perhaps one of the biggest crack downs that the Chinese Government has involved itself in on the internet in recent time, country’s...
Legendary comic writer Stan Lee dies at 95
In what comes as a huge shock to comic fans and movie-buffs across the globe, legendary writer Stanley Martin Lieber, better known as Stan Lee, has...
At IIT Delhi, Jack Dorsey talks about Twitter ‘Edit’ button
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has spoken out about the call to add an edit button to the social media platform. While speaking at the Indian Institute of...
Alibaba Singles’ Day crosses $30Bn in GMV, but growth slows
Alibaba’s Single’s Day are pretty grand events. This year, the company has opened up its event to buyers across the globe, and the...
Income, immigration, and tax data stolen in massive Healthcare.gov breach
In a massive breach of data, hackers targeted Healthcare.gov applications and made off with data associated with thousands of people, by breaking...
After wide spread employee protests, Google to change sexual harassment policies
After over 20,000 of its employees and contractors decided to walk out of offices last week in protest against workplace policies, Google has decided...
Virgin Hyperloop One gets a new CEO and Chairman
Virgin Hyperloop One is getting a brand new leadership. Incumbent CEO Rob Lloyd has left the company after spending three years on point, and is...
Twitter, Press, Tesla and more : Here is the meat from Elon Musk’s 80-minute, candid interview
Christmas came early for Recode’s Kara Swisher, who recently got the opportunity to interview billionaire, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and...
Mastercard approaches US Govt. as Rupay surges ahead in India’s lucrative digital payments market
Things are heating up between payment network corporations as MasterCard continues to loose customers to the Indian Government backed RuPay Payment...
“We don’t run the company by referendum” : Sundar Pichai on Google employee walk-outs
Yesterday (Thursday), thousands of Google employees staged a walk-out worldwide protesting against sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace...
Google employees stage protests by walking out of offices
For quite a while now, Google has been touted as the place to work. Great salaries, bars and canteens, fantastic benefits have made the company the...
India leads the world with maximum number of internet shutdowns : Freedom House report
Freedom House recently released a report – Freedom on the Net; Rise of Digital Authoritarianism. The report discussing several key aspects of...
Apple yet to pay $7Bn worth of royalty payments, says Qualcomm in court
Continuing on the series of patent related legal battle that Apple and Qualcomm are currently embroiled in, the latter has accused former of not...