Chinese social media users, whether citizens or officials, are getting more and more aggressive about India as the LAC stand-off continues — and some of the content is borderline ugly and much of it dismissive or insulting about India. On June 17, a China-based Twitter account — @frankwhuwhu — tweeted out, “India is a perverted […]

Zoom will offer its free and paying users end-to-end encryption for video calls and launch a trial version in July, the video conferencing provider said on Wednesday. The company said to help prevent abuse, it will only make the feature available to users who provide a verified phone number. California-based Zoom had originally planned to […]

Happy Thursday! India’s top startups that count Chinese investors among their largest backers are likely to find more hiccups in raising capital amid anti-China sentiment in the country. The military standoff in Ladakh, the worst in over four decades, may dry up fresh funding. Its impact, according to experts, will be more profound for early […]

Audio streaming service Spotify is continuing its aggressive push towards podcasts through a new multi-year deal with Warner Bros and DC. As per the deal, Spotify will produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts around the DC Universe. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Spotify said that it is […]

Amid the pandemic, Paytm said it has signed a new office deal to consolidate its workforce in Delhi-NCR by taking up around 5.5 lakh sqft n Noida’s Sector 98. The annual lease cost for the company would be Rs 70-80 crore. Paytm will house around 5,000 of its staff across two towers in Skymark (earlier […]

As economic activities pick up across the country, restaurants are now pressing online food delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato to change commission structure, reduce discounts and levy new fees for deliveries. The aim is to be able to stave off closure of restaurants. Restaurants are telling platforms to bring these changes, and especially do […]

Facebook said on Tuesday it would affix labels to political ads shared by users on their own feeds, closing what critics have said for years was a glaring loophole in the company’s election transparency measures. The world’s biggest social network has attached a “paid for by” disclaimer to political ads since 2018, after facing a […]

Chinese smartphone and electronic brands in India are likely to tone down or change advertising and marketing pitches amid extreme anti-China sentiments in the country after the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers in clashes with Chinese troops along Ladakh border. Chinese brands and celebrities endorsing them run the risk of the anti-China sentiment […]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is reviewing Facebook‘s acquisition of 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms. The CCI looks to prevent misuse of data in all the deals it assesses, Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said, as per reports. Gupta, however, did not comment further on the Facebook-Jio transaction pending examination. CCI is also examining if […]

Happy Wednesday! As migrant labourers flee India’s cities to get back to their hometowns, staffing firms are seeing a surge in demand for workforce from e-commerce, logistics, hygiene products and safety gear companies. And with work from home and online schooling likely to stay here for a few more months, laptop and tablet makers are […]