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• TikTok is under fire in India over alleged cyberbullying

  Most of us know TikTok - the app that allows users to create 15-second videos - as a place for silly (and sometimes cringy) ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• After the US, Twitter faces wrath from India’s right wing over alleged bias

  Last September, when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared in front of US Congress, several Republican representatives asked him ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How selfies help Indian women from Delhi's outskirts claim their right to the city

  Taking selfies and posting them on social media is often derided as a narcissistic, self-absorbed, and attention-seeking ...

  • The Conversation

• India gears up for crewed space missions with its new Human Space Flight Center

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said last Thursday that it has launched a Human Space Flight Centre in the ...

  • Vishwam Sankaran

• India’s porn crackdown isn’t working — but China’s is

  This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection ...

  • SEXTECHGUIDE

• Here's why Amazon can't sell its own products in India right now

  India's new norms prevent Amazon from hawking items under its own label. What does this spell for one of the world's fastest ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• It's not just WhatsApp - India's fake news problem plagues several popular social networks

  You can't discuss the 'fake news' phenomenon in India without bringing up WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• WhatsApp to roll out forwarding limit globally

  In order to curb fake news, WhatsApp tested limits on forwards in India including containing forwarding a message to only ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Samsung is prepping M-series budget phones to battle its Chinese rivals in India

  After playing second fiddle to Chinese rival Xiaomi in India's burgeoning smartphone market in 2018, Samsung is set to fight ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How Uber Lite was engineered to thrive in emerging markets

  Last June, Uber launched its ‘diet’ app –Uber Lite – in India, with a view to support users with older phones, and ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Apple Maps is finally getting turn-by-turn navigation in India

  Update: Apple has confirmed to TNW that Apple Maps' turn-by-turn navigation is now live in India. Apple Maps has been ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's massive Jio carrier is blocking VPN sites and violating net neutrality rules

  Reliance Jio, the third largest mobile carrier in India, is blocking access to several proxy and VPN sites for its 250 million ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Elections, fake news, and spam: WhatsApp has a tough year ahead in India next year

  In India, most people won't ask you for a business card to get your contact info. Instead, they'll ask you if you use WhatsApp. ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Pornhub dodges India's porn site ban with new domain name

  Last week, the Indian government directed telcos to block 827 porn sites including Pornhub. In response, Pornhub launched ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's new satellite is a first step in providing rural areas with faster internet

  India launched its heaviest satellite, the GSAT-11, also called ‘The Big Bird,’ from the French space port of Kourou ...

  • Vishwam Sankaran

• WhatsApp’s first ever TV commercial warns against fake news in India

  WhatsApp has faced a lot of criticism for the way it's handled fake news in India. In its latest move to battle misinformation, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Fortnite bests Russia and Japan to become world's 8th most-populated place

  Epic Games today revealed that the number of players registered in Fortnite is now around 200 million. Let that number ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Tinder adds more gender identity options for Indian users

  Tinder has introduced a new gender option for its app users in India. This feature includes more options for individuals ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Amazon launches a Hindi site to lure India's next 100 million online shoppers

  With a view to make Amazon the ultimate shopping destination for the next 100 million Indians, the company has launched a ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Jeff Bezos must spend his $150B helping humanity otherwise he's a scumbag

  Well, it's happened. Amazon's CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest person ever. According to Bloomberg, Amazon's ...

  • Callum Booth

• WhatsApp's label for forwarded messages won't be enough to battle fake news

  Continuing its mission to help fight the spread of misinformation on its platform, WhatsApp is introducing a label to help ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• India’s cryptocurrency ban has already taken its first toll

  It seems that Indian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the central bank's directive against cryptocurrency businesses is ...

  • Neer Varshney

• India's top court upholds central bank ban against cryptocurrencies

  Licensed financial institutions will have three months to discontinue all operations related to cryptocurrencies and digital ...

  • David Canellis