Culture & Policy Internet Instagram’s hiding like counts experiment is now global What was more of a private beta till now — a test… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 15, 20192 minute read
Facebook removed a staggering 3.2 billion fake accounts, along with millions of posts on child abuse, suicide, drugs and terrorism When you own, control and operate over three quarters of the world… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 14, 20193 minute read
Twitter is seeking public help in six languages including Hindi, to formulate a new policy on fake content Days after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s public announcement of banning all kinds… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 12, 20192 minute read
Facebook and Google could soon curb micro-targeted political ads Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently took to social media, and announced that… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 9, 20192 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Google Former Disney India head Sanjay Gupta to lead Google’s India business Eight months after Google’s former India MD, Rajan Anandan departed to join… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 8, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Airbnb will now verify all rental listings to ensure safety Airbnb has announced that it will now verify every single property on… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 7, 20192 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Startups Founder of Sequoia Capital, Don Valentine passes away Don Valentine, founder of arguably one of the most successful investment firms… Mudit MohilayOctober 26, 20192 minute read
Facebook commits $1 Billion to tackle housing crisis in California Facebook has pledged $1 Billion to support the affordable housing crisis in… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 23, 20192 minute read
Ahead of 2020 elections, Facebook announces steps to curb misinformation Having faced a lot of heat for allegedly interfering with the last US elections,… Mudit MohilayOctober 22, 20192 minute read
Facebook facing a $35 Billion facial recognition lawsuit Facebook has access to a significant number of faces in the world… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 19, 20192 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Startups WeWork morale hits all-time low after another high-profile departure In another classic example of jumping ship to save your own life,… Mudit MohilayOctober 19, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Enterprise Former Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd passes away at 62 In what is the passing of a legend, Mark Hurd who was… Mudit MohilayOctober 19, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Gadgets Nintendo achieves new sales milestone in NA, courtsey the Switch console The Nintendo Switch is an insanely popular console, that has been breaking… Mudit MohilayOctober 18, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Mark Zuckerberg calls out TikTok for kowtowing to the Chinese state Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg called out Chinese short-video application TikTok… Mudit MohilayOctober 18, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy IT & Web-tech YouTube allies with MerchBar to help artists sell custom merchandise The worldwide influence of YouTube today is helping hundreds of thousands of… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 17, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Futurism New NASA spacesuits will help Astronauts move smoothly on the Moon NASA has launched two new space suits in anticipation of the Artemis… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 16, 20193 minute read
Culture & Policy Gadgets All you need to know about Google Pixel 4 and why Google could not launch the device in India Google recently unveiled its latest flagship Pixel 4 and Pixel XL smartphones… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 16, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Harry Potter fans can now receive exclusive content and merch for $75/year Harry Potter fans can never quite get enough of the wizarding world… Mudit MohilayOctober 16, 20192 minute read
China Culture & Policy Internet Apple TV+ show creators warned not to anger China China is a huge market, and being a tightly controlled state the… Mudit MohilayOctober 12, 20193 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Alexa can now speak Spanish, Hindi, and French Amazon has exciting news for Spanish speakers in the US. The company… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 12, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Enterprise Internet Satya Nadella highlights importance of user trust at government conference Speaking from the podium at the Government Leaders Summit held in Washington… Aditya SrivastavaOctober 9, 20192 minute read
