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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a picture of a roadside tailor who had pasted Paytm QR codes into his sewing machine on social media, drawing attention to the wide acceptability of digital payments in India. “It is a typical sight across India…our people have demonstrated great dexterity in adapting to tech and innovation,” … Read more
Days after finally rolling out Twitter Blue for Android, Elon Musk has indicated that another paid option could soon arrive on Twitter. Musk tweeted that ads were “too big” and “too frequent” on Twitter and that the social media platform would address this soon. “Ads are too frequent on Twitter and too big. Taking steps … Read more
Twitter has about 2,300 active employees, Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Saturday. CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter’s full-time headcount has reduced to about 1,300 active, working employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title. About 75 of the company’s 1,300 employees are on leave including about 40 engineers, CNBC said, citing … Read more
October 28 was the day when Elon Musk officially became the new owner of Twitter. Since then there have been wholesale changes — none bigger than the number of people that work at Twitter. According to a report by CNBC, Twitter now has just 1,300 full-time employees. Twitter 2.0: Drastic reduction in headcount The report … Read more
Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. The tweet resulted in a $40 million (roughly Rs. 323 crore) settlement with securities regulators. It also led to a class-action lawsuit alleging … Read more
SoundCloud describes itself to be an artist-first platform which is powered by a global community of artists and listeners. The SoundCloud app is available on Android, iOS and the web. The company has added a new feature to its Android client with the latest update. The SoundCloud app for Android is rolling out adding support … Read more
Twitter is yet to offer compensation to a majority of employees Elon Musk fired soon after his acquisition of Twitter in late October. It was reported that even those who got severance were not happy with what they received. In the latest development, media reports suggest that about 800 ex-employees are seeking damages for the … Read more
Twitter has silently updated its developer terms to ban all third-party clients on the platform. The firm’s 5,000-word developer agreement was reportedly updated with a stipulation prohibiting “use or access the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product to the Twitter Applications.” Even before the terms were … Read more
Elon Musk has posed more questions on Twitter since his acquisition of the company. He is back with another one and has now asked the Twitterati which social media platform – Instagram or Twitter – is better? A number of users have replied to his question creating a meme fest. Elon Musk posted a question, … Read more
In the latest update to Twitter app, users (only iOS for now) can swipe between tabs to see recommended tweets, as well as posts from the handles they follow, the Elon Musk-owned service has announced. To switch easily, the ‘For You’ and ‘Following’ tabs will be pinned to the top of a person’s Twitter timeline, … Read more