Culture & Policy News Startups Zomato promotes food delivery business head Mohit Gupta to ‘Co-founder’ role In what could be a signal to the direction that Zomato’s core… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 25, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News IBM reportedly laying off “thousands” of employees amid strategic refocus towards cloud IBM’s bets in the past have not really landed very well. The… Upneet SinghMay 23, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Amazon India opens up 50,000 contractual jobs as ecommerce demand surges In stark contrast to the overwhelming figures of company layoffs, Amazon India… Shalabha SarathMay 22, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Mark Zuckerberg talks about continued remote working for employees, dynamic pays and new Facebook offices Mark Zuckerberg’s latest overview of Facebook’s plan of action includes pioneering moves… Shalabha SarathMay 22, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook introduces “Lock Profile” feature in India to further safeguard users from non-friends An app like Facebook, which has been held accountable for security breaches… Upneet SinghMay 21, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Google and Apple’s joint COVID-19 contact tracing API now available to health authorities Apple and Google have launched the first public version of their contact… Shalabha SarathMay 21, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Ola lays off 1400 employees as COVID-19 sends revenues crashing Joining the list of Indian unicorns laying off large number of employees,… Shalabha SarathMay 20, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Tiktok gets Disney’s Kevin Mayer as its new CEO Tiktok is announcing a major executive reshuffle today. The Chinese short form… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 19, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Uber lays off an additional 3,000 employees In less than 2 weeks of announcing 3700 job cuts, Uber has… Arshnoor KaurMay 18, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Slovenia declares itself epidemic free, most businesses to re-open next week At times where more than half of the world is in quarantine… Upneet SinghMay 15, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Zomato to lay off 13% staff as hospitality sector bears the brunt of COVID-19’s economic fallout “We need to make sure that we preserve as much cash as… Arshnoor KaurMay 15, 20201 minute read
Culture & Policy The Industries Most Affected By The Covid-19 Pandemic The world was shaken by the news of a deadly virus and… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 15, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India remains the second highest requester of user data from Facebook On Tuesday, Facebook released the social media giant’s annual transparency report for… Arshnoor KaurMay 14, 20201 minute read
Culture & Policy News Key Google Pixel executives, including the brain behind Pixel’s camera, have left the company While the launch of Pixel’s latest smartphone comes in a few weeks… Shalabha SarathMay 14, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Uber makes it mandatory for drivers to wear face masks, will verify that via object detection in selfies As governments globally work towards partially lifting coronavirus lockdowns in lesser affected… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 14, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Electric News Elon Musk violates California county orders, restarts Tesla plant in Fremont Tesla has restarted its only U.S. vehicle factory in Fremont this Monday,… Arshnoor KaurMay 12, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube, Facebook take down viral “plandemic” conspiracy video on coronavirus pandemic Multiple Social Media platforms including Youtube, Vimeo and Facebook have recently come… Arshnoor KaurMay 11, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Spotify signs licensing deal with Saregama adding 100,000 tracks to its Indian catalog Swedish music streaming company Spotify, which has steadily grabbed a decent pie… Arshnoor KaurMay 11, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Facebook to allow its employees to work from home till year end In wake of the Corona Virus pandemic, Facebook has decided to let… Ayush JainMay 8, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Security Zoom acquires encryption-tech company Keybase, will soon offer end-to-end encrypted video conferencing Zoom is making yet another rapid action move in its ambitious plan… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 7, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Swiggy Co-founder Rahul Jaimini resigns as CTO Rahul Jaimini, Swiggy’s co founder and CTO, has decided to part ways… Upneet SinghMay 7, 20202 minute read