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Amazon Submits Bid to Buy TikTok, Adding 11th Hour Intrigue to Acquisition Drama
Amazon.com became the latest big name to jump into the fray, submitting a bid to the White House to buy out a business once valued at $60 billion (roughly Rs. 5,13,272 crore).
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Telegram Brings Chromecast Support for Android Devices, New Security Feature
Telegram rolled out a new update last week that brings new features and improvements to the instant messaging platform. The company is now adding Chromecast support for Android users, letting them quickly cast any videos on the platform to a big screen. In addition, the company has also added several new security-focused features that will allow us...
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Industrialist's "Elon Musk Can't Be Successful In India" View Sparks Debate
Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, who was also part of the panel, added that Indian entrepreneurs are "unstoppable".
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Gemini in Google Meet Can Now Suggest ‘Next Steps’ After Meetings
Google Meet is getting a couple of new features, the company announced on Tuesday. The first feature is exclusive to the Google Workspace enterprise and business accounts, and it upgrades the existing note-taking capability in Gemini. Users will now be able to see a checklist of “next steps” suggestions from the AI, based on the conversations i...
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Apple Reportedly Considering Monetising Maps App via Search Advertising
Apple is reportedly considering monetising its Maps app. As per a report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is planning to replicate Google Maps’ business model and offer search advertising to businesses. The company is said to prominently feature its clients in the Maps app’s search results. The tech giant is reportedly exploring this option to i...
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Elon Musk Will Pull OpenAI Bid if ChaGPT-Maker Remains Non-Profit, Lawyers Say
A consortium led by Elon Musk will withdraw its bid for OpenAI's non-profit arm on one condition -- that OpenAI lets go of its plans to become a for-profit entity. OpenAI's board has not yet received a formal bid from Musk's group, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to the confusion over the unsolicited attempt.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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10,000 Medical College Seats Next Year, 75,000 Over Next 5: Nirmala Sitharaman
10,000 additional seats will be added to medical colleges across India next year, with the aim to add 75,000 over the next five years, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Saturday as she presented the Union Budget 2025.
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Meta to Begin Testing Ads on Threads in the US and Japan
Meta announced on Friday that it will start testing ads on its Threads platform with select brands in the US and Japan, as the app surpasses 300 million monthly active users. The company will closely monitor the tests before a wider rollout, allowing businesses to extend their existing Meta ad campaigns to Threads.
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Google Workspace Subscription Prices Hiked, Gemini AI Features Added to All Plans
Google hiked the Workspace subscription prices for businesses in select regions on Thursday. However, the company said that the overall value of the subscription is being increased as the artificial intelligence (AI) services across different Workspace apps will now be available without any extra charges. This means those paying for just the Worksp...
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Canada's Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct in Advertising
Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising. The Competition Bureau, in a statement, said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking an order that, among other things, requires Google to sell two of its ad tech tools.
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Instagram Now Lets Creators Filter Message Requests in DMs With Its New Feature
Instagram has rolled out a new feature for creators that aims to make interactions with other creators and businesses easier, the platform’s head recently announced via social media. Following its rollout, they can now sort and filter message requests received from others in direct messages (DMs) based on the account type, instead of having to sc...
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Singapore Teen Arrested For Allegedly Planning ISIS-Inspired Terror Attack
Singapore has arrested a teenage boy who was allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired terror attack on a busy suburb, the interior minister said Friday, adding it was a "very close shave".
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Snapchat Announces Testing of Sponsored Ads in Chats and Promoted Places in Snap Map
Snapchat has announced that it will begin testing advertisement placements in two places in its app, improving customer relationship management (CRM) system integrations. It is partnering with two dining franchises and an entertainment company whose ads will be visible on the app, enabling businesses to visually engage with consumers.
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UAE Scraps Value Added Tax on Crypto Transactions, Binance Foresees Rapid Growth in Web3 Businesses
The UAE has exempted some crypto transactions from value added taxes (VAT). This essentially means that the five percent VAT that the UAE previously levied on crypto transfers and conversions now stands cancelled. This move is being implemented retrospectively covering crypto transactions from as far back as January 1, 2018.
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Amazon Submits Bid to Buy TikTok, Adding 11th Hour Intrigue to Acquisition Drama
Amazon.com became the latest big name to jump into the fray, submitting a bid to the White House to buy out a business once valued at $60 billion (roughly Rs. 5,13,272 crore).
-
Telegram Brings Chromecast Support for Android Devices, New Security Feature
Telegram rolled out a new update last week that brings new features and improvements to the instant messaging platform. The company is now adding Chromecast support for Android users, letting them quickly cast any videos on the platform to a big screen. In addition, the company has also added several new security-focused features that will allow us...
-
Industrialist's "Elon Musk Can't Be Successful In India" View Sparks Debate
Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, who was also part of the panel, added that Indian entrepreneurs are "unstoppable".
-
Gemini in Google Meet Can Now Suggest ‘Next Steps’ After Meetings
Google Meet is getting a couple of new features, the company announced on Tuesday. The first feature is exclusive to the Google Workspace enterprise and business accounts, and it upgrades the existing note-taking capability in Gemini. Users will now be able to see a checklist of “next steps” suggestions from the AI, based on the conversations i...
-
Apple Reportedly Considering Monetising Maps App via Search Advertising
Apple is reportedly considering monetising its Maps app. As per a report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is planning to replicate Google Maps’ business model and offer search advertising to businesses. The company is said to prominently feature its clients in the Maps app’s search results. The tech giant is reportedly exploring this option to i...
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Elon Musk Will Pull OpenAI Bid if ChaGPT-Maker Remains Non-Profit, Lawyers Say
A consortium led by Elon Musk will withdraw its bid for OpenAI's non-profit arm on one condition -- that OpenAI lets go of its plans to become a for-profit entity. OpenAI's board has not yet received a formal bid from Musk's group, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to the confusion over the unsolicited attempt.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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10,000 Medical College Seats Next Year, 75,000 Over Next 5: Nirmala Sitharaman
10,000 additional seats will be added to medical colleges across India next year, with the aim to add 75,000 over the next five years, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Saturday as she presented the Union Budget 2025.
-
Meta to Begin Testing Ads on Threads in the US and Japan
Meta announced on Friday that it will start testing ads on its Threads platform with select brands in the US and Japan, as the app surpasses 300 million monthly active users. The company will closely monitor the tests before a wider rollout, allowing businesses to extend their existing Meta ad campaigns to Threads.
-
Google Workspace Subscription Prices Hiked, Gemini AI Features Added to All Plans
Google hiked the Workspace subscription prices for businesses in select regions on Thursday. However, the company said that the overall value of the subscription is being increased as the artificial intelligence (AI) services across different Workspace apps will now be available without any extra charges. This means those paying for just the Worksp...
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Canada's Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct in Advertising
Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising. The Competition Bureau, in a statement, said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking an order that, among other things, requires Google to sell two of its ad tech tools.
-
Instagram Now Lets Creators Filter Message Requests in DMs With Its New Feature
Instagram has rolled out a new feature for creators that aims to make interactions with other creators and businesses easier, the platform’s head recently announced via social media. Following its rollout, they can now sort and filter message requests received from others in direct messages (DMs) based on the account type, instead of having to sc...
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Singapore Teen Arrested For Allegedly Planning ISIS-Inspired Terror Attack
Singapore has arrested a teenage boy who was allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired terror attack on a busy suburb, the interior minister said Friday, adding it was a "very close shave".
-
Snapchat Announces Testing of Sponsored Ads in Chats and Promoted Places in Snap Map
Snapchat has announced that it will begin testing advertisement placements in two places in its app, improving customer relationship management (CRM) system integrations. It is partnering with two dining franchises and an entertainment company whose ads will be visible on the app, enabling businesses to visually engage with consumers.
-
UAE Scraps Value Added Tax on Crypto Transactions, Binance Foresees Rapid Growth in Web3 Businesses
The UAE has exempted some crypto transactions from value added taxes (VAT). This essentially means that the five percent VAT that the UAE previously levied on crypto transfers and conversions now stands cancelled. This move is being implemented retrospectively covering crypto transactions from as far back as January 1, 2018.
