Culture & Policy

Facebook to discontinue Nearby Friends, Weather Alerts, and other location-based features soon

In 2014, Facebook had rolled out a Nearby Friends feature that notified…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
May 10, 2022
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Elon Musk could make Twitter public again, in a few years: WSJ report

Elon’s intentions point to the classic practice of private equity firms. They takeover companies with high potential, facing problems within, and try to clean it up before taking it back to public trading.

Guntas Singh
May 5, 2022
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Elon Musk might already have a new face for Twitter CEO, plans to monetize tweets

According to a Reuters report, Elon had conveyed a profound distrust in the company’s current management to Chairman Bret Taylor, and has already decided on a replacement for current CEO Parag Agrawal. Proposed Names were not revealed bas yet.

Guntas Singh
May 1, 2022
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Elon’s Twitter buy-out: Jack Dorsey conveys trust in Elon Musk as a solution

Jack Dorsey, Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has come out in…

Guntas Singh
April 27, 2022
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Post Musk deal, Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal talks to employees about company’s uncertain future

Despite initially adopting a ‘poison pill’ strategy, Twitter has eventually caved in…

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April 26, 2022
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With Earth Day incoming, Apple says 20% of all material used in production last year was recycled

With Earth Day round the corner, tech giant Apple has removed the…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 20, 2022
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WhatsApp Pay gets Indian payments regulator nod for user cap increment to 100Mn

When it comes to making payments online, WhatsApp is not the first…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 15, 2022
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At $43Bn, Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter with his “best and final offer”, days after declining board seat

The story of Elon Musk and Twitter is not over yet, but…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 14, 2022
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IMDb TV has been rebranded to Amazon Freevee

Going forward, Amazon’s IMDb TV will be rebranded as Amazon Freevee in…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 14, 2022
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Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal to step back from ride-hailing ops, to focus on electric, quick commerce

Bhavish Aggarwal, the co-founder and CEO of ridesharing giant Ola, has decided…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 13, 2022
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Elon Musk opens “Giga Texas” Tesla Factory at Cyber Rodeo event

Adressing a crowd of around 1,000 in an indigenous Texan outfit (Not…

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April 8, 2022
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Twitter will finally let you “unmention” yourself from tweets or threads you don’t want to be a part of

If you are on Twitter and part of a community, one thing…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 8, 2022
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Mass layoffs at edtech unicorn Unacademy, months after raising a $440Mn round

In a situation that looks scaringly similar to the much storied Better.com…

Staff@The Tech Portal
April 8, 2022
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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 Singh
April 1, 2022
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Google Meet gets picture-in-picture, emoji reactions, YouTube streaming and more features in latest update

Google is bringing a slew of new features to Google Meet, which…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
April 1, 2022
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Netflix, Spotify and other “reader apps” can now include in-app links to their websites on Apple’s App Store

With increasing heat from regulators and consecutive fines levied on it, Apple…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
March 31, 2022
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Australian competition watchdog sues Facebook-parent Meta for not taking down misleading crypto ads

Advertisements make up a chunk of Facebook-owner Meta’s revenue. However, the same…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
March 18, 2022
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Paytm Payments Bank barred from onboarding new customers by India’s central bank, RBI

Paytm Payments Bank has been asked by the Reserve Bank of India…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
March 11, 2022
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UPI payments in India can now be done using feature phones, won’t require internet connection

UPI (Unified Payments Interface) has been nothing short of a revolutionary fintech…

Staff@The Tech Portal
March 8, 2022
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Apple halts sales of its products in Russia as Ukraine invasion enters Day 6

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of stopping, Big…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
March 2, 2022
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Ashneer Grover, Bharatpe’s cofounder on voluntary leave, resigns as MD and Director

Ashneer Grover, BharatPe cofounder who took a voluntary leave amid several financial…

Soumyadeep Sarkar
March 1, 2022
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Ola to scale down Ola Foods, some cloud kitchen brands to integrate with Ola Dash

Following subscriber loss, Netflix could soon roll out live-streaming

Ahead of Musk takeover, two Twitter managers fired, hiring is paused

End of an era: Apple announces the end of iPod, to sell iPod touch till stocks last