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Zomato

Zomato allows female employees to avail 10 days of ‘period leave’ per year

Zomato-India’s biggest food delivery platform and a household name at this point,…
Google CEO

Google has been asking employees to avoid certain language to fend off regulators

Google, along with 3 other major tech companies (Amazon, Facebook and Apple)…
Facebook

Facebook will let employees work remotely until July 2021 along with $1000 for supplies

Facebook will now let all its employees work from home through July…

Google will provide digital learning tools to 23 million students in India’s Maharashtra state

The state government of Maharashtra and Google are partnering up to promote…

Trump signs executive order to ban any transactions with Bytedance and WeChat in the US

U.S. President Donald Trump today signed two separate executive orders, each of…

Google removes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels for their alleged attempts to spread disinformation

Google has deleted more than 2,500 youtube channels linked to China in…

Twitter, Youtube and Facebook take down Trump video clip where he claims children are immune to COVID-19

In a rare uniform action taken across the aisle by social media…
Twitter

Twitter faces $250M in fines as FTC investigates the platform for alleged misuse of user data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Twitter for misusing user data…
Trump-image

Trump asks for a “substantial portion” of the Microsoft-TikTok deal, sets a deadline for 15th September

TikTok is getting tossed around everywhere in the US, with no conclusion…

Australia plans to make internet giants such as Facebook and Google pay for local news and content

In a move that could act as precedent for other governments globally,…
Google CEO

Google finally held accountable for the 2016 data merge with DoubleClick

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai clearly prepared for last night’s Congress meeting, but…
Tim Cook in front of an Apple Logo

Apple grilled by Congress for suppressing competition and extracting commissions on App Store

Last night’s Congress hearing turned out to be a ruthless probe in…
TikTok

TikTok gets a $50 Bn valuation tag from ByteDance investors amid takeover bid: Report

In continuation of Bytedance’s efforts to distance TikTok from its Chinese roots,…

Facebook postpones second quarter results as Zuckerberg prepares to appear before Congress

The Wednesday of July 29th will become a historical date, for the…
Google

Google will allow employees to work from home till July 2021

Google has extended work from home till July 2021, allowing its over…
TikTok

Tiktok announces a $200Mn ‘Creator Fund’ for U.S. creators

In a bid to not lose its current biggest market (after the…

Facebook forms new ‘equity and inclusion team’ to study racial bias within FB, Instagram’s platform algorithms

The conversation around Facebook and potential racial bias, backed by political motives,…

Spotify introduces video podcasts to select creators, with a global rollout planned soon

Spotify today announced in a blog post that it is rolling out…