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WhatsApp Announces Ads in Status, Channel Subscriptions, and More Features for Businesses
For years now, WhatsApp has been deliberating over bringing ads to its app and it has finally rolled them out. Ads will be displayed in the Updates tab, enabling businesses to promote their services or products. Further, it also introduces Channel subscriptions and Promoted Channels.
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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Noida Restaurant Owner Slams Zomato For Zero Payout, Company Responds
The restaurant owner said he was taking away his business from Zomato, owing to the platform's lack of support towards small businesses.
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OnlyFans' Billionaire Owner Leonid Radvinsky Struggles To Sell Adult Content Platform: Report
Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has put his site on sale but is struggling to find a buyer because of its X-rated business model.
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Threads Begins Testing Video Ads to Help Businesses Expand Reach, Increase Audience Engagement
Threads announced its latest advertising initiative in the form of video ads at the Interactive Advertising Bureau NewFronts 2025 on Thursday. The Meta-owned platform says it has begun video ads as a way for businesses to expand their reach and engage a wider audience. Ad creatives will appear in between the organic content (user posts) in the Thre...
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Google Cuts About 200 Staff in Global Business Unit: Report
Google has cut about 200 jobs across its global business unit. Big Tech players have been redirecting spending towards data centers and AI development, while scaling back investments in other areas.
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Bill Gates Explains Why He Didn't Fund Daughter Phoebe's Business: "I Would Have..."
Phoebe Gates, 22, recently launched her startup Phia, a digital fashion platform that aggregates clothing prices across over 40,000 websites.
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Apple Follows Google in Blocking 14 Unregistered Crypto Exchange Apps in South Korea
This week, Apple removed 14 crypto exchange apps from its App Store in South Korea for not being in compliance with the country’s licensing regime. KuCoin and MEXC are among the impacted apps. Unregistered crypto businesses lack government protection and can pose financial risks to the users – which is why South Korea believes in cutting access...
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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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Lenovo ThinkEdge SE100 AI Inferencing Server for SMBs and Enterprises Unveiled
Lenovo unveiled its entry-level artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing server on Sunday. Dubbed ThinkEdge SE100, the device offers edge computing capabilities and is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises. Showcased ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, it is part of the company’s new ThinkSystem...
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No-Code, AI-Powered, Cost-Effective: Zomato Launches AI Platform Nugget
Zomato has introduced Nugget, an AI-powered customer support platform, to help businesses automate and manage customer interactions without coding.
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Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says He's No Longer Trying to Move Players on Other Platforms to Xbox
In a new wide-ranging interview, the Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he was not trying to move players on other platforms to Xbox anymore and instead focussing on building a business on the rival platforms.
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Hideaki Nishino Promoted to Sole CEO of SIE, Hermen Hulst to Continue as Head of PlayStation Studios
Sony appointed Hideaki Nishino as the sole CEO and President of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) in a leadership shakeup at PlayStation this week. Nishino, who was announced as SIE co-CEO in charge of Platform Business Group in June 2024, splitting PlayStation leadership with Hermen Hulst, will take up his new role as the sole head of PlayStati...
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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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Sony Looking to Revive Past IPs and Classic Franchises, Says PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst
Sony is open to exploring PlayStation’s past IPs and classic game franchises, co-CEO Hermen Hulst has said in a new interview. Hulst, the CEO of Studio Business Group at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), talked about the PlayStation portfolio, IP expansion and broadening the range of games available on the platform in a wide-ranging conversat...
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WhatsApp Announces Ads in Status, Channel Subscriptions, and More Features for Businesses
For years now, WhatsApp has been deliberating over bringing ads to its app and it has finally rolled them out. Ads will be displayed in the Updates tab, enabling businesses to promote their services or products. Further, it also introduces Channel subscriptions and Promoted Channels.
-
Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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Noida Restaurant Owner Slams Zomato For Zero Payout, Company Responds
The restaurant owner said he was taking away his business from Zomato, owing to the platform's lack of support towards small businesses.
-
OnlyFans' Billionaire Owner Leonid Radvinsky Struggles To Sell Adult Content Platform: Report
Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has put his site on sale but is struggling to find a buyer because of its X-rated business model.
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Threads Begins Testing Video Ads to Help Businesses Expand Reach, Increase Audience Engagement
Threads announced its latest advertising initiative in the form of video ads at the Interactive Advertising Bureau NewFronts 2025 on Thursday. The Meta-owned platform says it has begun video ads as a way for businesses to expand their reach and engage a wider audience. Ad creatives will appear in between the organic content (user posts) in the Thre...
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Google Cuts About 200 Staff in Global Business Unit: Report
Google has cut about 200 jobs across its global business unit. Big Tech players have been redirecting spending towards data centers and AI development, while scaling back investments in other areas.
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Bill Gates Explains Why He Didn't Fund Daughter Phoebe's Business: "I Would Have..."
Phoebe Gates, 22, recently launched her startup Phia, a digital fashion platform that aggregates clothing prices across over 40,000 websites.
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Apple Follows Google in Blocking 14 Unregistered Crypto Exchange Apps in South Korea
This week, Apple removed 14 crypto exchange apps from its App Store in South Korea for not being in compliance with the country’s licensing regime. KuCoin and MEXC are among the impacted apps. Unregistered crypto businesses lack government protection and can pose financial risks to the users – which is why South Korea believes in cutting access...
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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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Lenovo ThinkEdge SE100 AI Inferencing Server for SMBs and Enterprises Unveiled
Lenovo unveiled its entry-level artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing server on Sunday. Dubbed ThinkEdge SE100, the device offers edge computing capabilities and is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises. Showcased ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, it is part of the company’s new ThinkSystem...
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No-Code, AI-Powered, Cost-Effective: Zomato Launches AI Platform Nugget
Zomato has introduced Nugget, an AI-powered customer support platform, to help businesses automate and manage customer interactions without coding.
-
Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says He's No Longer Trying to Move Players on Other Platforms to Xbox
In a new wide-ranging interview, the Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he was not trying to move players on other platforms to Xbox anymore and instead focussing on building a business on the rival platforms.
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Hideaki Nishino Promoted to Sole CEO of SIE, Hermen Hulst to Continue as Head of PlayStation Studios
Sony appointed Hideaki Nishino as the sole CEO and President of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) in a leadership shakeup at PlayStation this week. Nishino, who was announced as SIE co-CEO in charge of Platform Business Group in June 2024, splitting PlayStation leadership with Hermen Hulst, will take up his new role as the sole head of PlayStati...
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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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Sony Looking to Revive Past IPs and Classic Franchises, Says PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst
Sony is open to exploring PlayStation’s past IPs and classic game franchises, co-CEO Hermen Hulst has said in a new interview. Hulst, the CEO of Studio Business Group at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), talked about the PlayStation portfolio, IP expansion and broadening the range of games available on the platform in a wide-ranging conversat...
