Culture & Policy Internet Linkedin’s Chief People Officer resigns over compliance issues LinkedIn’s senior executive in charge of human resources has resigned, supposedly over… Upneet SinghDecember 5, 20191 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet TikTok surges into Top 10 most downloaded iPhone apps of 2019, Youtube, Instagram on top TikTok’s case as a serious contender to take on the likes of… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 4, 20191 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet Google parent Alphabet announces Sundar Pichai as new CEO, Larry Page and Sergey Brin to step down Google’s parent Alphabet Inc has announced that current Google CEO Sundar Pichai,… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 3, 20192 minute read
China Culture & Policy China does it again, makes facial scan mandatory for availing telecom services Oh China, thy art so cruel. In yet another blatant elimination of… Upneet SinghDecember 3, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Startups WeWork will layoff 2,400 employees There’s more bad news incoming from WeWork, though its the employees this… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 22, 20192 minute read
Google to curb political ad targeting and false claims Following global cues, Google too has announced to revise its rules on… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 21, 20192 minute read
Business Culture & Policy E-commerce Amazon tells US Congress that it uses aggregated seller data to develop its own products In order to boost its business in third-party marketplace, Amazon acknowledged to… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 20, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Security Laws allow Federal and State governments to intercept data: India’s Home Ministry India’s winter parliament session has just commenced, and there are already some… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 19, 20192 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Startups WeWork is being investigated by New York State Attorney General: Report To make matters worse for the already gruesomely beleaguered WeWork, a Reuters… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 19, 20191 minute read
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
