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Facebook to acquire 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms via Jaadhu Holdings

In April, Facebook had announced an investment of $ 5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore) in Jio Platforms.

Facebook, Paypal invest in Indonesian digital payments firm Gojek

Since its launch in 2015, the Gojek app has helped bring hundreds of thousands of merchants onto its platform, giving them access to more than 170 million people across Southeast Asia

You can now pick music from Saregama collection for Facebook, IG videos

Saregama is India's oldest music label with a music catalogue of over 100,000 songs across different genres, including film songs, devotional music, ghazals and indipop in more than 25 languages

Zuckerberg defends not acting on Trump posts after Facebook staff walkout

Some critics posted calls on Twitter for Facebook's independent oversight board to weigh in. But the board will not review any cases until early fall.

Facebook set to launch Manage Activity feature to help delete posts in bulk

As per the social media tech company, the feature is meant "to make it easy for you to curate your presence on Facebook to more accurately reflect who you are today."

Facebook employees' virtual walkout against company's stance on Trump posts

The backlash against big tech's ideological blind spot comes less than a week after Trump signed an executive order escalating his war with social media companies over how they monitor content

AI to machine learning: RIL's $2-billion bet to be a tech tornado

The strategy includes spending over $1.6 billion on buying stakes in 24 tech firms across the US, UK, and India

Corona warriors for markets: Ambani, Adani stocks rise most since lockdown

The Bajaj group is the only one on the list of 12 conglomerates to be down - 1 per cent - since the lockdown came into effect, thanks to the hammering of stocks of non-banking financial companies.

Facebook launches 'Collab' music-making app to take on TikTok: Details here

Named Collab, the app is currently available for iOS devices and requires invite to download

US court dismisses anti-conservative bias suit against Twitter, FB, Google

In a ruling on Wednesday, the US appeals court in Washington, DC dismissed the lawsuit and said that the First Amendment rights regulate the government, not the private sector

Instagram to show ads in IGTV videos, share revenue with content creators

In addition to ads, Instagram would also roll out 'badges' next month that can be purchased by subscribers from their favourite creators

Is India's richest man Mukesh Ambani betting on US-China tech war?

US-traded Chinese technology firms such as JD.com and NetEase are looking for an alternative home closer to the mainland in case tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate

Facebook shuts down efforts to make site less divisive among users

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg had in public and private expressed concern about 'sensationalism and polarisation'

Reliance looks at Nasdaq listing for Jio Platforms; IPO likely by 2021

Morgan Stanley is likely to be appointed the lead banker to manage the overseas listing, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citibank may also be roped in for the IPO, another source informed.

Wealth managers advise clients to invest in US-oriented offshore products

International funds delivered 6.8% returns in one year, against large drawdowns in domestic funds

Facebook brings in new Messenger feature to protect minors from scams

Facebook started rolling this feature out on Android in March and would bring this to more people around the world on iOS this week

Zoom's privacy glitches

Banning the platform is not the right solution

JioMart goes live across India, offers range of products for home delivery

The app is not yet available on Apple or Google Play Store and has to be downloaded from jiomart.com

Samsung India ties up with Facebook to train offline retailers go digital

The two companies have already trained more than 800 offline retailers and more training sessions are lined up in the coming weeks

His son's father: How Mukesh Ambani has re-invented Reliance yet again

The govt matters less in brand and tech businesses, where consumer preferences and the building of a franchise are autonomous of policy, though policy does help in some ways, writes T N Ninan