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WhatsApp to give option to review policy updates amid controversy

WhatsApp has clarified that the update only impacts the way users interact with WhatsApp business accounts.

Indian IT has 'competitive advantage' in employee talent: Nasscom president

How industry uses 'access to technology' will matter in a democratic system, says Debjani Ghosh

Work from home; collaborate in office: Indian IT industry marks change

Zoom calls may work for a few but can they replace a town-hall meeting: Executives are debating

Cabinet approves over Rs 12,000-crore PLI scheme for telecom sector

Scheme on telecom products will be implemented from April 1

Build institutions that will outlive this century: PM Modi to startups

Urges them to look beyond valuations and exits, and create world-class products in order to become globally competitive in the field of technology

MyGate starts omni commerce business with over 80 brands across categories

Plans to empanel over 200 brands by March, test group buying for communities and a resident-to-resident marketplace over coming two quarters

Twitter begins testing voice message feature for DMs in India today

Feature to be rolled out in phases today; Brazil, Japan are the other test countries

SC notice to govt, Twitter to check fake news, hate speech on platform

Notice comes amid govt-Twitter spat over content takedown requests made by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to the microblogging firm

Twitter restores accounts it had withheld after govt's legal request

MeitY Uses recourse u/s 69A of the Act, sends legal request in the matter

CEOs of top tech firms hail tax norms for digital economy in Budget 2021

They say coming in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Budget looks to strengthen many important pillars for economic recovery and future growth

No 'jugaad': Businesses must raise R&D spend, says Economic Survey

India's gross expenditure on R&D is 0.65% of GDP, significantly lower than top 10 economies' spend of 1.5-3%

Tech Mahindra profit rises 14% to Rs 1,310 crore in December quarter

Margin during the quarter was 19.6 per cent, up 140 basis points quarter-on-quarter.

Homegrown players score high on TikTok's exit from Indian market

As of Thursday, top free apps on Google's Play Store in India were Moj, TakaTak, Snacky Takatak, Snapchat and Instagram.

WhatsApp users need device authentication to access the web version

WhatsApp Web will also undergo a visual redesign as the update rolls out to users over the coming weeks

5% users in India delete WhatsApp; 22% pare usage on policy change: Survey

WhatsApp's latest policy seems to have prompted aware users or early adopters to shift to alternative instant messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram

HCL Tech to invest $750K in University of California's health lab project

Funding to be spread over three years, project team will work on innovations in the areas of rapid problem-solving, prototyping and testing of breakthrough healthcare technologies

Time's up: TikTok to shut operations in India after permanent ban

According to sources, the scaling back will occur in two batches over the next few weeks

This serial entrepreneur uses a B2B model to recycle truckloads of trash

Abhay Deshpande's firm Recykal currently collects over 10,000 tonnes of garbage a month from schools, colleges and commercial set-ups, and plans to take it to 100,000 tonnes soon.

Travel firms roll out discounts in domestic circuit to woo customers

With only a few foreign destinations welcoming tourists, players such as Thomas Cook, Yatra.com and MakeMyTrip are tapping demand for stays in villas, havelis and forts with local experiences

Infosys, TCS join global initiative by WEF to end racism at workplace

The founding members include 48 organisations representing 13 industries, with more than 5.5 million employees worldwide and headquarters in three continents