Culture & Policy Internet News Google publishes first transparency report under IT rules, says it received more than 27,000 complaints in April The new IT rules have come into effect, binding the major social… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook backs India’s new IT rules, says they “make sense” The new IT rules have been a source of contention between major… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 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
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News [Update: Map withdrawn] Twitter shows India’s J&K and Ladakh territories as separate countries Update: The map has now been removed. Before: Twitter and the Indian… Upneet SinghJune 28, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal slams US e-commerce giants for being “arrogant,” alleges they flouted Indian laws India is the second-largest internet market in the world and a large… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Twitter’s Global Legal Policy Leader Jeremy Kessel to be next interim resident grievance officer in India Earlier today, we reported that Dharmendra Chatur has stepped down from his… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Indian court rules no coercive action to be taken againt Twitter India MD for ‘assault’ video Just weeks after the new IT rules in India came into effect,… Upneet SinghJune 25, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Windows 11 now official with new design, support for Android apps; Nadella terms it beginning of a ‘new era’ for Windows Finally, Windows 11 is official. The announcement came in from Microsoft about… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 25, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy News John McAfee, the controversial founder of antivirus software giant McAfee, found dead in Spanish prison John McAfee, the name behind one of the most popular antivirus software… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook, Google fail to halt passage of strict new antitrust bills by US House Committee The going seems only to be getting tougher for US tech giants,… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News After Amazon and Flipkart, Google faces antitrust probe in India over abuse of dominant position in Smart TV sector Antitrust probes have become a common occurrence as tech giants continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy News India tightens e-commerce rules for Amazon and Flipkart, including ban of flash sales and appointment of Chief Compliance Officer In the midst of an antitrust probe, e-commerce powerhouses Amazon and Walmart’s… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20213 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Battlegrounds Mobile India reportedly found sending user data to China South Korea’s Krafton may have hoped for a better time in India… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News NASA continues work on restoring payload computer, bring Hubble Space Telescope back online It has been a few decades since we first started to explore… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 19, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News Flipkart and Amazon challenge Karnataka Court’s ruling that allowed antitrust probe to continue Flipkart and Amazon have challenged the ruling given by the Karnataka High… Manasi VarmaJune 17, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to suceed John Thompson as chairman Hard work and perseverance yield rich rewards, and this has been proven… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 17, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News Transportation Polestar teases its first SUV and Model X competitor-Polestar 3 Tesla has been ruling the electric automobile market for years now, with… Upneet SinghJune 17, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Amazon acknowledges fake review problem, reveals 200Mn fake reviews were blocked in 2020 Amazon Inc., in a new blog post, has confessed to having a… Manasi VarmaJune 17, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News Space SpaceX reportedly ignored FAA’s warnings before ‘explosive’ launch of Starship SN8 in December Elon Musk’s SpaceX has made the headlines multiple times in recent months… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 16, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter loses legal indemnity in India owing to non-compliance of IT rules; UP Police files FIR Social media giants have been inviting more and more scrutiny from governments… Manasi VarmaJune 16, 20212 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Mobile game spending up 40% in Q1 2021 compared to pre-pandemic, reaches $1.7Bn per week: Report The pandemic has given millions of people a lot of free time… Manasi VarmaJune 15, 20212 minute read
