Whatsapp’s India unit reports Rs 62 lakh profits in first full year of operations
Whatsapp Application Services, the Indian unit of Facebook-owned Whatsapp, reported net profits at Rs 62 lakh for the financial ....
Indian government second only to US on Facebook data requests in H1 2019
Requests for Facebook data by the Indian government increased 36.81% during the first six months of 2019 over comparable period ....
Facebook India reports jump in FY19 revenues and profits
Facebook India Online Services, the Indian arm of the US-based social media giant, clocked a 71% growth in revenues for ....
Facebook collaborates with SAIF Partners to mentor India’s SMBs
Facebook India has collaborated with venture capital firm SAIF Partners via its initiative, VC brand incubator program to fuel ....
Can Facebook News grab viewers from other publishers amid allegations of fake political ads?
Facebook recently rolled out a news section on its website, which chief executive Mark Zuckerberg described as “a dedicated ....
Enterprise Tech Dispatch: British parliamentary committee questions Zuckerberg over Facebook ads; Elon Musk tweets using personal satellite
The chair of the British parliamentary has questioned Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook's ad policy. SpaceX CEO tweets using ....
Govt to notify new intermediary rules by January 2020
The notification of new intermediary rules by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) will be completed ....
Half a dozen senior Ola executives quit; Delhi HC seeks govt response over VoIP breach
Ride-hailing giant Ola sees several senior executives quit. Government likely to wait before placing the draft Personal Data Protection ....
TechThisWeek: 5G auctions; Flipkart and Amazon; Facebook and Twitter; Cars24
Inaugurating the annual India Mobile Congress, communications and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced ....
People should decide what is credible, not tech companies: Zuckerberg
Just days after Twitter announced that it will be curbing how users can react to world leaders who break the rules on posting ....
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 ....