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Droom acquires Visiolab Ideas

With this acquisition, Droom introduces an augmented reality/virtual reality lab

Facebook integrates Instagram DMs, Messenger; announces 10 new features

Users can now receive messages from FB Messenger on Instagram and respond to them without having to switch apps and vice versa

Location-based social network Public App raises $35 million

Funding raised from Addition, SIG Global and Tanglin Venture

Twitter expands voice tweets to more users on iOS

The microblogging platform will soon test direct voice messages, says a report by The Verge

Facebook testing ‘ Accounts Center’ tool to manage user accounts across its platforms

Facebook is testing a new tool called Accounts Center which lets users manage their accounts across Facebook-owned platforms from a single ...

Google Meet to let users host calls beyond 60 minutes on free accounts

Offer valid till March 2021

Twitter to prompt users to read articles before retweeting

Twitter will soon prompt users to read an article before retweeting. “We shouldn't have to say this, but you should read an article before you tweet ...

ShareChat closes $40 million in pre-series E round of funding

Funding led by Pawan Munjal and Ajay Shriram

Facebook oversight board to launch in October

Facebook’s long-awaited oversight board that will act as a referee on whether specific content is allowed on the tech giant’s platforms is set to ...

ShareChat issues $14 million more in ESOPs

This time it covered every employee on its payroll including administrative staff who were not holding any ESOP earlier. The social media company’s ESOP pool is now $35 million

Twitter to test voice messages in Direct Messaging: Report

The facility will give users more options for “how they express themselves in conversations on Twitter”

Facebook removes fake accounts spreading Chinese propaganda

“The accounts sought to amplify pro-China messaging over its control of the South China Sea and surrounding area”

Melorra raises $12.5 million from Symphony Asia, Lightbox Ventures, Alteria Capital and others

The funds will be used for technological innovations

BlackRock, Sands Capital lead $300-million investment in BYJU’S

This investment round values BYJU’S at about $11 billion

Beijing unlikely to approve ByteDance’s TikTok deal with Oracle

A deal China’s ByteDance has struck with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc over the future of its video-streaming app TikTok is unlikely to receive Chinese ...

The math doesn’t add up on Tiktok’s deal with Oracle and Walmart

Demands from Trump have yet to be met by proposed agreement

ByteDance, Oracle at loggerheads over terms of TikTok agreement

The current plan for TikTok Global does not involve any transfer of algorithms or technologies, says ByteDance

TikTok’s algorithm can’t be trusted

If it operates like other recommendation engines, it can be used for good or for evil

Rural commerce start-up RubanBridge on-boards 1,000 new village entrepreneurs, 700 delivery associates

RubanBridge Pvt Ltd, a social start-up that provides last-mile products and services to rural Indians, has on-boarded 1,000 new rural entrepreneurs ...

Malayalam OTT platform ‘Koode’ launched

Will help content creators in the digital space

Home-grown social app Chingari crosses 30 million downloads

Made-in-India short-video sharing platform, Chingari, has announced that it has crossed more than 30 million downloads. The social app said in a ...

Facebook makes changes to Facebook Groups to reduce harmful content, misinformation

Facebook has recently announced “a number of changes” to Facebook Groups in a bid to reduce harmful content and misinformation.It has brought in new ...

TikTok’s interim CEO calls on Facebook, Instagram to challenge US ban

US Dept of Commerce on Friday banned new downloads or updates of TikTok and WeChat starting Sept 20

Twitter tells lawmakers to improve passwords before election

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