Is Facebook answerable to Delhi?

'Under Section 79 of the IT Act, Facebook is mandated to exercise care. Once you have a duty, you do not have the right to silence; you need to show compliance.' Geetika Srivastava reports0 The......

Ramdev's messaging app 'Kimbho' goes off Play Store hours after launch

While experts claimed that Patanjali's Swadeshi messaging app was removed form Google Play over security concerns, Kimbho declared that it was removed because of heavy traffic. The fate of......

Will ensure protection of integrity of upcoming polls in India: Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg said one of his greatest regrets was that Facebook has been slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016. Lalit K Jha/PTI reports Sorry for not doing enough:......

How to save democracy from Facebook

All the fixes require either the enactment of a data-protection law, or the amendment of our existing competition law. This can take many years. However, there is an opportunity for the government......

Taking on Google, FB, Apple: CCI seeks more teeth to tackle Big Tech

Ashok Kumar Gupta, chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), has never minced words while talking about the giant technology companies, referring to them on multiple occasions as......

Big Tech invests $1.82 bn in Indian startups so far this year

Their startup investments number 13 so far, compared to 17 deals in 2020. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Reuters./span> Big......

Clubhouse sets the trend for social audio apps in pandemic

From Twitter to Facebook to Spotify, everyone it seems is clambering aboard the social audio bandwagon. Neha Alawadhi reports. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Kind......

JioMart taps more daily orders than BigBasket, Amazon

While JioMart is doing 250,000 orders per day, BigBasket and Amazon pantry are doing 220,000 and 150,000 orders, respectively. The pecking order in the $2-billion online grocery market in India......

What's next for Serena Williams?

IMAGE: Serena Williams continues a tradition of celebrities and athletes diversifying their business portfolios to include startup investing. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters As Serena......