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Edtech major BYJU's sacks thousands, and then hires Lionel Messi [details]

The long-term engagement, which begins as Messi embarks on his final campaign to win the World Cup as captain of Argentina, will see him feature in campaigns promoting BYJU'S 'Education For All'.

Nov 4, 2022

Musk's job cut hits Twitter India; unaffected employees living in constant fear [details]

For most of the nearly 200-strong Twitter India workforce, the Friday morning came with total chaos when they lost access to their official emails and internal Slack and group chats, as they were unfortunate to be part of the global sacking in the most brutal Elon Musk way.

Nov 4, 2022

Twitter down in India: Desktop users report outage, app works fine [reactions]

Twitter suffers an outage for many Indian users on Friday amid news of new CEO Elon Musk prepared to sack several employees.

Nov 4, 2022

Musk begins laying off Twitter employees; shuts offices "temporarily" [details]

It's happening.

Nov 4, 2022

Elon Musk is on a meme spree to defend $8 monthly charge to retain blue-tick ; netizens react to his scheme

The new rule is expected to be rolled out by November 7. Currently, the accounts are verified based on the authenticity of the applicant.

Nov 3, 2022

Elon Musk's ex Amber Heard deletes Twitter account amid takeover; netizens react [details]

Amber Heard has reportedly deactivated her Twitter handle! While speculations are going rife, netizens believe it is because of her ex-boyfriend Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. Read more.

Nov 3, 2022

5G on iPhones in India; Apple to roll out iOS 16 5G Beta next week [how to enroll]

Apple Airtel and Jio customers who participate in iOS 16 Beta software programme will be able to try out 5G before it's publicly available in December.

Nov 2, 2022

Watching videos on Twitter won't be free for long; it may cost upto $10 [here's why]

Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk is reportedly exploring an option to allow users to put video content behind a paywall, the media reported on Wednesday. Here's what it would mean for users.

Nov 2, 2022

Twitter won't allow anyone back on platform without diligent process: Musk

Elon Musk on Wednesday said Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating its rules "back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks".

Nov 2, 2022

Who is Yeshudas Pillai; Garmin gets new country head for India biz [details]

Garmin India on Wednesday announced the appointment of Yeshudas Pillai as the new Country Head for its India operations.

Nov 2, 2022

Airtel reaches milestone, gets 1 million customers on 5G network in less than 30 days

Airtel achieved the milestone of one million 5G users in less than 30 days of its commercial launch last month

Nov 2, 2022

Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick; KRK, Vivek Agnihotri react

Elon Musk tweeted saying he has revised the proposed price for Twitter blue tick verification to $8/month. Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri and critic Kamaal R Khan reacted to the monthly fee. Read more

Nov 2, 2022

It'll likely cost you $8 to keep Twitter's blue tick; Elon Musk says "power to people" [details]

After dissolving the board, firing the top execs, Elon Musk has floated $8 subscription model for Twitter, which will include verification among other things.

Nov 2, 2022

WhatsApp is testing new feature we didn't think we needed; masses could enjoy [details]

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly testing a self-messaging feature that would allow you to send messages to yourself more easily.

Nov 1, 2022

WhatsApp bans 26 lakh bad accounts in India as amended IT rules take shape [details]

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said it banned over 26 lakh accounts in India in the month of September in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, which are now being amended to put more responsibilities on social media platforms.

Nov 1, 2022