Meta to stop news payments in US; FB News to be on elsewhere

Meta halts F8 developer conference

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced its decision of pausing the F8 developer conference in 2022 as it gears up for new initiatives towards metaverse.

Instead, Meta will organize its inaugural business messaging event called ‘Conversations’, which will be virtually held on May 19, ANI repo...


FreeDish emerges as platform for national outreach: Prasar Bharati

FreeDish emerges as platform for national outreach: Prasar Bharati

Public and national outreach to the masses across India through television has received a tremendous boost with the DD FreeDish platform. Staying true to its public service mandate, Prasar Bharati’s FreeDish had stood out in serving the people during the pandemic by enabling massive public outreach and dissemination ...


Meta to stop news payments in US; FB News to be on elsewhere

Meta plans virtual currency, creator coins for its apps

Meta Platforms Inc. is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps to use such virtual tokens for rewarding creators and lending and other financial services.

The move, which is reported to be in its early stages, comes as Meta grows its focus on services centered around...


Naga Chaitanya to star in Venkat Prabhu bilingual film

Naga Chaitanya to star in Venkat Prabhu bilingual film

Actor Naga Chaitanya is set to star in filmmaker Venkat Prabhu’s upcoming film, the makers have announced.

The untitled film, which will be the actors’ 22nd project, will be in Tamil and Telugu and is billed as a ‘commercial entertainer’. The movie is produced by Srinivassa

BBNL merger with BSNL under consideration: Telecom Minister

BBNL merger with BSNL under consideration: Telecom Minister

The Indian government has said that the mergers of BBNL, implementing the BharatNet broadband project, with telco BSNL is under consideration, while the mergers of the two State-controlled telecom service providers, BSNL and MTNL has been greenlit, but deferred owing to financial reasons.