This Week in Tech India

In this episode - Meta proves yet again it does not care about the safety of its users, particularly children and teenagers. And we’re not talking about usernames here. 0:00:23: WhatsApp’s failing username experiment and the Government’s hypocrisy 0:05:00: Instagram allows C$AM to be promoted 0:08:15: Headlines ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this...

Apple has increased the prices of most of its products globally, citing the “Ram-ageddon”. While this was expected, what is shocking is how disproportionately and unfairly those prices have been increased for Indian consumers. This is a real betrayal from Apple. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕖 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Happy half-year! 0:01:00: Why Apple’s pr...

Telegram’s temporary ban has still not been lifted - as on date of this episode’s publishing - even after the NEET re-examination. But soon we are going to forget all about the Telegram ban, because the Jio IPO is almost here. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕖 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Telegram’s ban and tantrums 0:04:10: Jio IPO is almost here 0:05:28: Starlin...

The FIFA World Cup is off to a lousy start, Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire, national security is used as a rotten excuse. And ZEE5 pulled a dirty one. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 0:00:23: Zee5 Tried to Scam World Cup Fans in India 0:02:50: Why I’m not watching this World Cup 0:03:49: Anthropic pulled access to latest models for “foreig...

Instagram launches Instagram Plus which promises additional features for ₹299/- a month, including the option to view others’ stories without them knowing it’s you. This actually puts Instagram closer to death as a platform. But there’s something more important we need to talk about in India - that’s related to the promise of a “Make in India” smartphone and the sad state of current affairs. Catch...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing. Literally nothing. India is more impacted by the CBSE scandal, which has gripped the education sector and has potentially affected the careers of 4+ lakh students. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing 0:03:11: CBSE fiasco 0...

A Delhi startup called CarryMen offers the services of men to carry your things while you shop, and this unsurprisingly is the most popular tech news from India. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: Google I/O (pronounced “ayyo”) 0:01:31: Delhi startup CarryMen 0:05:25: Maharashtra instructs Apple and Google to remove Uber and Ola and Rap...

ED’s probe into GamesKraft has revealed more sinister things - not least of which how easy it is for companies to use tech to cheat people out of massive amounts of money. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: GamesKraft probe reveals big online frauds 0:03:33: Many cricketers are horrible people 0:04:17: Uber to setup data centre with Ada...

Reliance is reportedly exploring its own LER satellite system to provide satellite internet services to remote areas in India. This is clearly to rival Starlink - which has still not launched in India after more than 3 years of noise. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Ambani takes on Musk (in India) 0:06:20: (ad) Best VPN out there 0:0...

Within two days Apple said two things about India - that they are “over the moon excited” for India, and that the Competition Commission of India is “overstepping its jurisdiction”. The nerve. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: Apple is both happy and sad about India 0:06:55: Amazon and FCPL settle for ₹11 crores 0:09:15: Aadhaar card n...

What's more fancy than being a billionaire? A tech billionaire that tells other tech billionaires what to do. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:03: Jio IPO - foreign investment details revealed 0:03:15: Headlines 💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5 ▶️ I...

Reliance supremo Mukesh Ambani revealed more about the Jio IPO in one sentence than all reports over the last few months put together.  Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:03: Scope of Jio IPO revealed 0:02:24: Headlines 💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5 ▶️...

Cognizant lost an appeal in the Madras High Court because they thought that the most inhumane way of firing an employee was justified. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:03: Cognizant bashed by Madras HC for unfair dismissal of employee 0:02:23: Oracle lays off 12,000 in India 0:03:12: India makes Quantum leap 0:05:03: Headlines 💡Sponsor:...