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Instagram may soon let users pin post to their profile

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has confirmed that it is exploring a new feature that lets users pin specific posts to their profile above their photo grid. According to IANS, the new feature is currently in the testing phase and is showing up for select users on the platform. Users who have access to ...

Musk’s version of Twitter free speech may turn advertisers jittery

Advertisers could be reluctant to spend on Twitter if Elon Musk pushes ahead with plans to promote unfettered speech on the social media platform, analysts said, after the world's richest person clinched a deal to buy the company for $44 billion. Although Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, has not given details on how he plans to...

Twitter announces ban on misleading ads about climate change

The micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a ban on “misleading” advertisements related to climate change and its discussion. According to ANI, Twitter said misleading advertisements that “contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line with our inappropriate content policy”. “We believe that climate denial...

Twitter-Musk saga set for another twist; original $43 bn offer back on table

The Twitter-Elon Musk saga is throwing up more twists and turns than the kitchen soap operas that dotted the Indian television in the 2000s. Twitter Inc. is poised to agree to a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc. has called his "best and final" offer for the social media company, peop...

Google to ban all third-party call recording apps

Google has decided to block all third-party apps that have a call-recording feature from its Play Store as per the new policy changes and apps using the Accessibility API to access audio functions on Android devices will be removed from the store by May 11. As per ANI, the updated policy by Google emphasized that third-party apps with a "core...

Big Tech will have to tackle illegal content or face hefty EU fine

Alphabet unit Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal content or risk hefty fines under new Internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday. The agreement came after more than 16 hours of negotiations. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the second prong of EU anti...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!