Author: News Desk

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Google Registry has launched a new domain extension type “.ing” that will let brands and businesses build their website in a single word.Users can now register .ing domains as part of Google’s early access period, however they will have to pay “an additional one-time fee”.”This top-level domain is ready for whatever you’re interested in, whether it’s mak.ing a fun website, giv.ing to a good cause, design.ing something beautiful or edit.ing an existing document,” Google explained in a blogpost on Tuesday.Users can register for their unique domains through partner companies like GoDaddy and 101Domain.The early access…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) High-profile exits at Gaurav Munjal-run edtech company Unacademy continue and now, its chief financial officer (CFO) Subramanian Ramachandran has quit, according to reports.It’s the second senior exit at the edtech startup in recent months.“Ramachandran has put down his papers and is currently serving his notice period,” said a report by The Morning Context report, citing sources.In August, Unacademy’s chief operating officer Vivek Sinha had resigned.The company was yet to comment on the latest development, as the online edtech sector in the country is reeling under massive slowdown since last year.In November last year, Unacademy laid…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube has doubled down on its effort to crack down on users with ad blockers on its platform globally. An increasing number of YouTube users are now seeing a warning, asking them to turn off ad blockers and watch ads or pay $14 for a YouTube Premium subscription, according to Android Authority.Over the past several weeks, more users with ad blockers installed have found themselves unable to watch YouTube videos.Now, the company has launched a global effort to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium (which includes YouTube Music).A company spokesperson told…

San Francisco, Nov 1 (IANS) Tech giant Google has reached a settlement with Match Group, the dating app provider behind Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid, in the app store antitrust case. As part of the settlement agreement, Match Group will be able to implement “user choice billing” by March 31, 2024.This feature allows users to pay with other systems besides Google’s own. “We are pleased to reach a settlement agreement with Match Group. This ensures we can continue to provide our shared users the secure, seamless, and high-quality experience people expect from apps on Google Play while maintaining Google’s ability to…

San Francisco, Nov 1 (IANS) Nokia has sued Amazon and HP for patent infringement, saying the two companies illegally used Nokia’s video-related technologies in their services and devices, and has sought compensation.Arvin Patel, Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments at Nokia, said in a blog post that they have commenced legal action against Amazon for the unauthorised use of Nokia’s video-related technologies in its streaming services and devices.The cases against Amazon have been filed in the US, Germany, India, the UK and the European Unified Patent Court.“Amazon Prime Video and Amazon’s streaming devices infringe a mix of Nokia’s multimedia patents covering…

San Francisco, Nov 1 (IANS) Leading flexible workspace provider WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, is reportedly filing for bankruptcy as early as next week, a move that is likely to hit the co-working real estate market.According to a Wall Street Journal report, citing sources, the flexible-office-space provider is now preparing for chapter 11 protection in the state of New Jersey.The WSJ report said that WeWork, after defaulting on interest payments on October 2, is considering filing for bankruptcy.A company spokesperson reportedly called it “speculation”.The company’s stock plunged more than 42 per cent on Tuesday, trading at just $2.2, after…

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Global Mental HealthTech startups have seen a significant decline in funding in 2023, as the startup space saw only $713 million in funding this year, 52.5 per cent less than the $1.5 billion raised in the same period in 2022, and 79 per cent less than from $3.43 billion in 2021, a new report said on Tuesday. According to the leading market intelligence platform Tracxn, this drop in funding is primarily due to the ongoing economic slowdown and other macroeconomic factors affecting the cash flow globally.The global Mental HealthTech space witnessed a peak in funding…

Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against software company SolarWinds (run by Indian-origin CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna) and its chief information security officer, Timothy G. Brown, for fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities. The complaint alleged that from at least its October 2018 initial public offering through at least its December 2020 announcement that it was the target of a massive, nearly two-year long cyberattack, dubbed ‘SUNBURST’, SolarWinds and Brown defrauded investors by overstating the company’s cybersecurity practices and understating or failing to disclose known risks.“We…

Colombo, Nov 1 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Wednesday launched its new population and housing census, which is an exercise done once in 10 years, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.The PMD said the census was initiated at the Presidential Secretariat which was listed as the first building to be recorded, reports Xinhua news agency.”A remarkable feature of this year’s census is the incorporation of tablet computers, alongside traditional printed documents for data collection,” the PMD said.The population and housing census is a vital source of data for shaping national policies, public administration and understanding demographics, ethnic distribution and other social…

Islamabad, Nov 1 (IANS) Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will on Thursday sit across the table to conduct the first review of the $3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement (SBA) and Islamabad is confident that it would sail through the review with approval as it has met all the fiscal targets.Sources in the Finance Ministry expressed optimism about the successful completion of the first review (July to September) under the SBA, adding that the the government realises the importance of the arrangement and the necessity to compliance of all requirements of the IMF.In July, Pakistan and the IMF had reached the…