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To send push notification to members of Congress, officials running for office, US governors, secretaries of state and some US news outlets and political journalists

Facebook launches Facebook Business Suite

Combines FB’s various platforms to help business accounts manage their pages, profiles from a single place

BYJU’S acquires Unitus-funded edtech start-up LabInApp

Edtech company BYJU’S has acquired LabInApp, a Unitus Ventures investee company, for an undisclosed amount.LabInApp offers science lab-like ...

CSC launches WhatsApp chatbot to bridge digital divide, foster entrepreneurship in rural areas

By August 2021, the service is expected to be used by one crore beneficiaries

ShareChat acquires video production company HPF Films

ShareChat, an Indian social media group, has acquired HPF Films, a video production company specialising in digital content. The acquisition will ...

It is not in our economic interest to have hate speech on our platform: Facebook India chief

Facing backlash over content moderation on its platform, Ajit Mohan, MD and Vice-President, Facebook India, told BusinessLine that the social-media ...

How ByteDance’s CEO baulked at selling TikTok’s US business

ByteDance has worked feverishly on a deal proposal that would allow the Chinese company to retain a minority stake in TikTok while addressing US security concerns

Google to launch TikTok-like platform on YouTube

YouTube Shorts will launch first in India

Facebook India appoints Arun Srinivas as Director of Global Business Group

Srinivas will spearhead the company’s strategic relationship with leading brands, agencies and partners to drive FB’s revenue growth in India

Instagram mulling feature to add links in captions for a fee, patent application suggests

Currently, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform does not let users add links in their captions

How Instagram is working to serve the underserved

To new Equity Team to focus on creating fair and equitable products; disable accounts of users who make serious threats; fine-tune verification process

Among Indian conglomerates, L&T has the most number of LinkedIn followers

Larsen & Toubro has topped the charts in LinkedIn follower count followed by Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group and Adani Group, ...

ShareChat strikes global licensing deal with Saregama

Saregama’s catalogue contains music across genres in over 18 languages

BYJU’S raises $500 million in round led by Silver Lake

BYJU’S, India’s most valued education technology company, announced a new round of funding of $500 million at a valuation of $10.8 billion from Silver ...

Excessive regulation can impact free speech, warns Facebook’s Oversight Board member

Excessive social media regulation can negatively impact the freedom of speech, according to Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark ...

Facebook testing feature that lets users display their Instagram stories on FB

It’s also working on a feature that lets users link their Instagram messages with Facebook Messenger

Instagram adds dedicated Reels tab for users in India

With Reels, users can create and share short videos on the platform

WhatsApp details six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities in the platform

Found vulnerabilities that could exploit video calling, location message, sandbox renderer; said the bugs have been fixed

Facebook will pay users to deactivate Instagram, FB accounts ahead of US elections

The accounts would be deactivated late September for one week or six weeks

Softbank said to be considering bid for TikTok in India

SoftBank Group Corp. is exploring assembling a group of bidders for TikTok’s India assets and has been actively looking for local partners, according ...