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Homegrown startup Trell surpasses Twitter and Pinterest in India

1 min read . 13 Jul 2020

Opinion | Tech-determinism and catastrophic stupidity

Opinion | Tech-determinism and catastrophic stupidity

3 min read . 10 Sep 2018

LinkedIn is calling for academics to submit project ideas in three broad areas: analytics, economics and artificial intelligence. Photo: Bloomberg

LinkedIn will allow economics researchers to mine its data

2 min read . 23 Aug 2018

Google India already generates about $1 billion in ad revenue, and the app opens a new avenue to potentially sell high-priced targeted local ads while collecting more information about users which can be used to sell ads across other products. Photo: Mint

Google tackles Facebook in India with hyper-local social network

4 min read . 25 Jun 2018

As of December 2017, India had 481 million Internet users, an increase of 11.34% from a year earlier.

Only 16% of rural users access Internet for digital payments: report

3 min read . 20 Feb 2018

The new product targets the relatively cumbersome process of sharing videos or photos on Twitter, whose social network lets people post real-time updates of up to 280 characters and follow others’ feeds. Photo: Bloomberg

Twitter is said to work on Snapchat-style tool for video sharing

1 min read . 25 Jan 2018

Twitter has said it wouldn’t take action against government officials, pre-empting calls that Trump is in persistent violation of its rules. Photo: Reuters

Twitter bans some white supremacists and other extremists

2 min read . 19 Dec 2017

Users, upon tapping on the Discover icon on the lower right hand corner of the Messenger Home screen, can browse recently visited businesses, featured experiences and categories. Photo: Bloomberg

Facebook Messenger to launch ‘Discover’ tab in India

1 min read . 16 Nov 2017

Project Insight has been initiated by the income tax department for data mining, collection, collation and processing of such information for effective risk management with a view to widen and deepen the tax base. Photo: Mint

Project Insight: Taxmen to snoop social networking sites to trace black money

1 min read . 10 Sep 2017

Facebook probe’s first results might come by end of 2017. Photo: AFP

Facebook’s small print might be antitrust’s next big target

4 min read . 03 Jul 2017

The new Skype will be gradually released, starting out in Android devices. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft overhauls Skype for the age of Snapchat and IMessage

1 min read . 01 Jun 2017

Rostow Ravanan, co-founder and chief executive, Mindtree Ltd. Photo: Reuters

Demystifying ‘digital’, the Mindtree way

5 min read . 31 May 2017

Twitter reported a net loss in the fourth quarter of $167 million, after a $90 million deficit in the corresponding period a year ago. Photo: Reuters

Twitter woes deepen as growth sputters; Donald Trump fails to make a difference

3 min read . 10 Feb 2017

Facebook Lite was launched in 2015 for users in developing countries like India where internet speed has been predominantly erratic.

Facebook Lite is popular with mobile users

2 min read . 10 Feb 2017

Internet majors like Google India, Microsoft India, Yahoo India and Facebook, who were issued notice by the apex court said it was not possible for them to auto-block the contents. Photo: iStock

Will set up specialised mechanism to check cyber crime, Centre tells SC

1 min read . 01 Feb 2017

Facebook is banishing perpetual publishers of false information from its lucrative ad network. Photo: Bloomberg

Facebook takes aim at fake news with new ‘trending’ formula

2 min read . 26 Jan 2017

The SC bench also issued notice to WhatsApp and Facebook and sought their responses within two weeks . Photo: Rajkumar/Mint

SC asks government to reply to plea on privacy in social media sites

1 min read . 16 Jan 2017

Facebook said it’s committed to making people feel safe using the social network. Photo: Bloomberg<br />

Facebook and its lawyers slammed by judge in terrorism suits

2 min read . 23 Sep 2016

The new policy announced in May and now in effect no longer factors in certain add-ons, including pictures, into a message’s length. Photo: Reuters<br />

Twitter enables longer tweets as part of growth push

3 min read . 20 Sep 2016

Twitter said it remained committed to India as a strategic market and would continue to maintain a presence in the city. Photo: AFP<br />

Twitter to lay off less than 20 employees at India centre

1 min read . 21 Sep 2016

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