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Is India's richest man Mukesh Ambani betting on US-China tech war?

US-traded Chinese technology firms such as JD.com and NetEase are looking for an alternative home closer to the mainland in case tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate

Facebook shuts down efforts to make site less divisive among users

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg had in public and private expressed concern about 'sensationalism and polarisation'

Reliance looks at Nasdaq listing for Jio Platforms; IPO likely by 2021

Morgan Stanley is likely to be appointed the lead banker to manage the overseas listing, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citibank may also be roped in for the IPO, another source informed.

Wealth managers advise clients to invest in US-oriented offshore products

International funds delivered 6.8% returns in one year, against large drawdowns in domestic funds

Facebook brings in new Messenger feature to protect minors from scams

Facebook started rolling this feature out on Android in March and would bring this to more people around the world on iOS this week

Zoom's privacy glitches

Banning the platform is not the right solution

JioMart goes live across India, offers range of products for home delivery

The app is not yet available on Apple or Google Play Store and has to be downloaded from jiomart.com

Samsung India ties up with Facebook to train offline retailers go digital

The two companies have already trained more than 800 offline retailers and more training sessions are lined up in the coming weeks

His son's father: How Mukesh Ambani has re-invented Reliance yet again

The govt matters less in brand and tech businesses, where consumer preferences and the building of a franchise are autonomous of policy, though policy does help in some ways, writes T N Ninan

Samsung partners Facebook to help retailers use social media for business

The training helps offline retailers establish their business pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook's new marketplace gambit

The social network is entering a highly competitive zone of e-commerce where there are big players already. Tools like GrokNet should help it to carve out market share

World coronavirus dispatch: The pathogen is changing in unknown ways

From first execution in US since the coronavirus outbreak, to what Facebook is doing to get people to workplace, and how to socialise safely - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Facebook takes on Amazon with online shopping, commerce venture Shops

The Facebook chief executive officer announced a handful of updates Tuesday signaling the company's commitment to online shopping and commerce

WhatsApp sharpens business pitch with efficient bouquet of services

With big brands testing out their business interface, the social messaging app seeks leverage for the vast cache of conversations on its platform

Despite pressure from govt, US tech giants in no rush to open office

Google and Facebook told employees that many workers who can do their jobs remotely should plan to do so until 2021

More than ever, Facebook is a 'Zuckerberg production'

For years, he was an obsessive CEO in some ways, distant in others. Then the problems became too acute to leave to anyone else

Made in India, for and by Indians, says Reliance Industries on rights issue

In a corporate presentation titled 'New Reliance for a New India', released on Friday, RIL termed itself as the best proxy for India's consumption-driven and tech-propelled growth story.

Shekhar Gupta: White-collar, blue-collar, no-collar

The millions of poor going home are a wonderful new generation of aspirational, working class Indians. Modi and his government failed to account for their fate

India continues to be second highest requestor for user data from Facebook

India made 26,698 requests for user data from Facebook in the six months ended December 2019, a marginal increase from the 22,684 requests it made in the first half of year.

Sudhir Krishnaswamy: The 'pragmatic' Indian on Facebook's Oversight Board

Krishnaswamy's appointment is significant given that India is Facebook's largest user market with over 328 million users per month, and he understands the local context