
Facebook ordered to sell Giphy by UK competition regulator
UK competition regulator tells Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, ruling the acquisition harms social media users and UK advertisers. Read more…
UK competition regulator tells Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, ruling the acquisition harms social media users and UK advertisers. Read more…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down, and CTO Parag Agrawal will take his place, suggesting the company will make engineering a top priority. Read more…
For decades enterprises have trusted CSPs to provide connectivity. Why haven’t CSPs been able to capitalize on this beyond the pipes? Read more…
Whether the metaverse is good or bad depends on how far we blur the lines between physical and digital, and who controls/shapes that process. Read more…
DoT advises citizens not to preorder Starlink’s satellite-based service, and warns the company it must get a license before selling anything. Read more…
Security officials in Henan commissions a surveillance system to track journalists, international students and other “suspicious people”. Read more…
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, says Roskomnadzor. Read more…
US Big Tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing telecoms networks because they use them so heavily, say 13 European telco CEOs Read more…
There is so much cash sloshing about in venture capital companies and anyone with an eye on M&A opportunities. That must good, right? No. Read more…
India’s private telecom operators have again reached out to the country’s DoT to reduce base prices of 5G spectrum by up to 70%. Read more…
Indonesian data firm PT DCI’s shares rose 10,852% after their $10.5 million IPO in January, making it the best-performing debut globally. Read more…
It’s evident that Southeast Asia’s e-commerce landscape has been on a steady growth, but who dominates in the key Southeast Asia markets. Read more…
Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments Read more…
Lush brand is turning its back on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat until the platforms provide a safer environment for users. Read more…
If aliens are amongst us, which we are increasingly convinced, perhaps the important question is: what should (and can) we do about it? Read more…
The platform business creates its own questions. In the end you have to motivate people, so you must create a movement with passion. Read more…
TRAI has proposed to remove tariffs for USSD-based banking and payment services to boost financial inclusion in India’s rural areas. Read more…
Thailand was the biggest generator of IPO activity in SEA for the first 10.5 months of 2021 as more digital and tech companies go public. Read more…
South Korea’s mobile and online game producers are luring players with services using NFTs, which firms see as the future of the sector. Read more…
Baidu and self-driving startup Pony.ai have won approval to launch paid driverless robotaxi services in a designated area in Beijing. Read more…
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