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Meta lays off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram: Verge

Meta is laying off employees across units including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, the Verge reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters in a statement that a few of its teams were making changes to alig...

Govt, Meta, Ayushmann collab on initiative against online scams

Meta has launched its new safety initiative, ‘Scams Se Bacho’, partnering with Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana to raise awareness about online scams and promote safer digital practices. This campaign is designed to educate users on how to protect themselves from cyber frauds, launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and In...

YouTube may be ‘hiding’ skip buttons on ads

YouTube has recently sparked a debate among its users over potential changes to how ads are displayed on the platform, with some users claiming that the skip button is being hidden or altered. Reports from Android Police indicate that some desktop users have noticed the traditional countdown timer on skippable ads being replaced by black rect...

YouTube working on account switching feature

YouTube is reportedly working on a new feature aimed at improving the account-switching experience for users on Android TV devices. The update is designed to simplify the navigation process, allowing users to switch between multiple pro...

FB to become snazzier to attract young adults

Facebook, one of the original social media networks, has become known as the platform of parents and grandparents, while young adults take up photo and video apps like Instagram and TikTok. Meta, the company that owns Facebook, is setting out to change that.

While Facebook was origi...

YouTube Shorts to support longer videos starting Oct. 15

YouTube is set to expand the video length for its popular YouTube Shorts format, allowing creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length. This update, effective from October 15, will increase the current limit of 60 seconds, giving creators more flexibility to tell their stories and engage their audience. According to YouTube, this c...

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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!