Culture & Policy Internet 100 Million Indians are transacting digitally at least once a month: Nandan Nilekani report Nanda Nilekani-led committee — set up by RBI to delve deeper into… Shreyes MadgaonkarJune 5, 20193 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Facebook fails to block Europe’s top court’s decision on EU-US data transfer Facebook has failed in its final attempt to ward off a referral… Shreyes MadgaonkarJune 4, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Twitter acquires London based Fabula AI for latter’s ML tech to curb spread of misinformation Twitter has acquired Fabula AI, a startup that uses machine learning for… Diya RustagiJune 4, 20193 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Youtube confirms it will make its ‘Originals’ available for free Reaffirming previous talks of making the platform’s ‘Originals’ section available for free,… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 3, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Google’s Thanos easter egg wipes off half of the web, and we’re loving it! There’s no explanation required. Head over to Google right away, and search… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 26, 20191 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Manish Maheshwari joins Twitter as new India MD Twitter’s long drawn search for an MD for its India business has… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 22, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet EU tightens copyright rules, makes it tougher for tech companies to host creative content online In yet another blow to internet giants, especially the likes of Google… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 16, 2019No comments1 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet India is Youtube’s biggest and fastest growing market now : CEO Susan Wojcicki Youtube has thrown in some new numbers at us now, with respect… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 9, 2019One comment2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Whatsapp launches a new tipline for Indian users to report misinformation during elections Whatsapp is looking to go deeper in identifying fake news and is… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 2, 2019No comments1 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Google India and SE Asia head Rajan Anandan joins Sequoia Capital as India MD UPDATE Rajan Anandan has joined Sequoia Capital as their India Managing Director.… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 2, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Facebook removes 687 accounts, pages linked to Indian National Congress for ‘inauthentic behaviour’ In the first such major crackdown announced publicly by Facebook, the social… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 1, 2019One comment2 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet Netflix pilots a new ₹250 (~$4), smartphone-only plan in India Despite rolling out multiple original series — a few of them really… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 28, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 26, 2019One comment2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’ Hugely anticipated for quite some time now, Apple today announced the ‘Apple… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 25, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet EU antitrust body slaps a €1.49 billion fine on Google for blocking rival online advertisers As speculated, Google has received its third multi-billion dollar fine from EU… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 20, 2019No comments3 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Ahead of anti-trust ruling, Google announces new tweaks for Android users in Europe As EU anti-trust head’s press conference nears, Google has announced fresh measures… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 20, 2019One comment1 minute read
Culture & Policy Gadgets Apple Watch detects ‘irregular heartbeat’ in over 4000 users in a medical study The Apple Watch was able to detect an irregular heart beat in… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 17, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook’s new image detection pilot will look to take on ‘revenge porn’ ‘Revenge Porn’ has been an extremely important issue when ti comes to… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 16, 2019No comments2 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Startups Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global A major development coming in from the Private Equity investment market. Lee… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 15, 2019No comments2 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube Music and Youtube Premium are now available in India YouTube Music has been officially launched in India. The video streaming service… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 13, 2019No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy News Uber settles for $20 Million against long standing drivers’ dispute in the US In what could set a precedent of sorts across all of Uber’s… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 13, 2019No comments2 minute read
