India tops the list of govts that seek to censor online content
The Indian government has made the maximum number of content removal requests to major online platforms compared to its counterparts ....
TechThisWeek: Adam Neumann, Facebook ICC, IRCTC IPO, Alibaba and Ant Financial
Things have gone south all too quickly for WeWork, the SoftBank-backed co-working company that’s become the poster child ....
Enterprise Tech Dispatch: US MNCs moving jobs out due to visa curbs, glasses back in focus for big tech firms
The Trump administration's curbs on H1-B visas have been a bone of contention for Indian IT services companies looking to ....
Facebook gets 4-year exclusive digital rights for ICC matches in India
Mark Zuckerberg-led social media platform Facebook has bagged exclusive digital content rights for four years for cricket matches ....
SC asks govt to review intermediary act, UIDAI says linking Aadhaar to social media needs new law
The Supreme Court asked the government to frame guidelines to curb misuse of social media while ensuring privacy as part of its ....
Enterprise Tech Dispatch: Indian banks join blockchain wagon, social media firms irk cybercops
Large Indian IT services firms and startups have been trying to use distributed ledger technology or blockchain to solve issues ....
Enterprise Tech Dispatch: Facebook acquires mind control tech startup, Huawei warns of stopping investments
Mark Zuckerberg-led social network Facebook is acquiring New York-based mind control tech developing startup CTRL-Labs for $500 ....
Madras HC wants to know if WhatsApp complies with IT Act; Flipkart focuses on small towns for festive sale
The Madras High Court has asked the social messaging platform Whatsapp to confirm whether it complies with the Information Technology ....
Listen: There’s a lot more to blockchain than cryptocurrencies
In June this year, Mumbai based Koinex became the latest cryptocurrency startup in India to shutter operations. In a blog post, ....
Facebook vice president Nick Clegg pitches for cross border data flow
Nick Clegg, vice president, global affairs and communications, Facebook, believes sharing data is important for national security. Clegg ....
Govt may ask Facebook, Google, others to sell public data of users: Report
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is considering issuing guidelines to make it mandatory for technology ....
SC postpones WhatsApp hearing on Facebook plea
The Supreme Court today postponed the hearing against messaging platform WhatsApp on Facebook’s plea to transfer the case ....
Snapchat parent opens India office, to build local team
US-headquartered Snap Inc, which owns multimedia messaging platform Snapchat, has launched India operations by opening an office ....
Naspers leads $125 mn funding round in social commerce platform Meesho
Social commerce app Meesho has raised $125 million in a funding round, led by South African consumer internet group Naspers. The ....
WhatsApp global head stresses on keeping messages private
Messaging platform WhatsApp is committed to keeping conversations private, global head Will Cathcart said while addressing ....
Facebook, T-Hub shortlist 10 AI-focused startups for accelerator programme
Social media behemoth Facebook Inc and the Telangana government-backed startup facilitator T-Hub announced the second edition ....
ByteDance to back local content firms; Facebook may be able to launch WhatsApp Pay soon
TikTok owner ByteDance is scouting investment in local content platforms to capture newer audiences, while Amazon has made a soft ....
Exclusive: Edtech unicorn Byju’s to raise $150mn, valuation to cross $5bn
Edtech unicorn Byju’s, run by Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd, is raising another $150 million (Rs 1,035 crore at current rate) ....
InMobi morphs into holding company, slots its three verticals into new structure: Report
Mobile marketing and advertising platform InMobi has created a holding company with three independent entities for its core businesses, ....
Exclusive: Falcon Edge-backed mobility startup Bounce in talks to raise $50 mn for EV push
Wickedride Adventure Services Pvt Ltd, the Bengaluru-based company that operates dockless urban mobility platform Bounce, is lining ....
US Congress asks Facebook to pause Libra; UK regulator proposes ban on crypto-derivatives
Facebook seems to be getting a lot of tough questions just weeks after it announced that it would be launching its own cryptocurrency, ....