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Why CFD Trading Reigns Supreme over Shared Trading in Australia
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From Pokémon Go to Live Dealer Games: The Evolution of Mobile Gaming
The mobile gaming sector is growing incredibly fast. According to Statista, Americans’ engagement levels with mobile, non-voice content averaged...
Top Tech Advances of the Last 10 Years
Technology is continuously advancing as readers of The Tech Portal know all too well, and we have seen some truly fantastic developments. This...
Enterprise Manufacturers Prepare for Warehouse Management System Expansion
Enterprise manufacturing today faces higher expectations across the buyer board, especially when efficiency is taken into consideration. In order to...
China’s Ofo nabs over $700Mn from Alibaba, Didi Chuxing and others
Putting a full stop to the insistent rumors that had been flooding the interwebs over the last few weeks, Chinese bike rental
ofo, has raked in $700...
10 Quick Tips about Slots
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Andy Rubin’s Playground Ventures is raising another $15 million round
Android Inventor Andy Rubin’s VC firm Playground Ventures is raising another $15 million as part of its mission to back promising startups in...
10 Tips On How To Overcome Laziness
Laziness is a common habit to a lot of people, sometimes it could be as a result of tiredness, or a bulky load of work, etc. Either way, it could...
1mg Technologies to raise $10 million in equity financing
1mg Technologies, the online healthcare pharmacy, is reportedly close to finalising a $10-million equity financing round. The funding round is being...
Lockheed Martin has purchased stakes in Terran Orbital
Lockheed Martin has reportedly purchased significant stakes in U.S. nanosatellite company Terran Orbital. The investment comes even as corporations...
Blue Apron’s IPO isn’t going particularly well
2017 was supposed to be the year of Tech IPOs. It all started with Snap Inc which went off to a roaring start before floundering. And now, another...
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Why CFD Trading Reigns Supreme over Shared Trading in Australia
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) were borne out of London’s financial district in the 1990s, derived as a means to hedge or offset potential risk...
According to Adobe, Amazon’s Echo Dot is the most selling voice speaker
According to Adobe, Echo Dot has become the most selling smart speaker. The Amazon product seems to have surpassed its competitors in a surge of...
Google’s new Android application will let you manage the data being used by other apps
Google is testing a brand new application that will let users manage the mobile data usage on their smartphones. Excited? I bet. We have all been...
According to Adobe, Amazon’s Echo Dot is the most selling voice speaker
According to Adobe, Echo Dot has become the most selling smart speaker. The Amazon product seems to have surpassed its competitors in a surge of...
Amazon’s Echo speakers with Alexa to be in India soon
According to two sources who are in the know, Amazon’s famous smart speaker Echo, powered by Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa will be...
Uber in more trouble with a new driver molestation lawsuit
Things continue to worsen for Uber, as it gets embroiled in yet another lawsuit. Following claims of harassment at the workplace, over twenty people...
Want to advertise in VR? Google’s Area 120 has you covered
Google made a significant portion of its money advertising. And now, the company is attempting to ensure that its core business keeps pace with the...
You can now use ‘Discover’ to find new and interesting chatbots over Facebook
Facebook’s relationship with chatbots has been more than a little tumultuous. While these bots are thriving on many other platforms, with...
Twitter has onboarded a new VP of inclusion and diversity
Twitter now has a new vice president of diversity and inclusion. The company has appointed Candi Castleberry Singleton to lead it’s diversity...
After WannaCry, a new ransomware called Petya is unfolding its claws
It has been barely a month since the ransomware known as WannaCry has been averted. However, a new threat has already appeared and is unfolding its...
Facebook now has over 2 Billion monthly active users
Facebook has finally arrived at an milestone the likes of which has never been achieved in the world. The company has announced that it has reached 2...
Facebook injects its AI powered assistant ‘M’ with new social smarts
Facebook has decided to ramp up the capabilities of ‘M’, the company’s AI powered assistant. The company is now injecting its...
Samsung has launched a ‘Rose Pink’ variant of the Galaxy S8 Plus in Taiwan
Perhaps taking a cue from Apple’s newly debuted ‘Product Red’ line of iPhones, Samsung has launched a new ‘Rose Pink’...
Nokia to enter the US market in early July with the $229 Nokia 6
HMD Global, which now holds the license for the Nokia brand, is all set to enter the US market by launching its Nokia 6 smartphone in the country...
Amazon and Flipkart get relief as government temporarily delays several GST provisions
The Indian government has provided a temporary relief to key e-commerce players by temporarily delaying the implementation of several key GST bills...
startups
Putting a full stop to the insistent rumors that had been flooding the interwebs over the last few weeks, Chinese bike rental
ofo, has raked in $700 million in...
Android Inventor Andy Rubin’s VC firm Playground Ventures is raising another $15 million as part of its mission to back promising startups in areas...
1mg Technologies, the online healthcare pharmacy, is reportedly close to finalising a $10-million equity financing round. The funding round is being led by...
Lockheed Martin has purchased stakes in Terran Orbital
Lockheed Martin has reportedly purchased significant stakes in U.S. nanosatellite company Terran Orbital. The investment comes even as corporations...
Blue Apron’s IPO isn’t going particularly well
2017 was supposed to be the year of Tech IPOs. It all started with Snap Inc which went off to a roaring start before floundering. And now, another...
Microsoft is acquiring Cloudyn, estimated price between $50 and $70 million
Tech behemoth Microsoft has decided to acquire Israeli startup Cloudyn. The decision comes even as companies all over the world are working to...
Fitpass receives $1 million from Abhinav Bindra’s Shooting Star
Fitpass, a New Delhi-based startup which provides access to gyms and fitness studios, has raised $1 million in a new funding round, led by Shooting...
Fintech startup Rubique raises $3 million in a bridge round from Kalaari Capital
Rubique, a finance technology company empowering individuals and SMEs by providing easy and smooth access to finance and financial products, has...
Cyber security firm Trend Micro announces $100 million venture fund
Cyber security firm Trend Micro has become the latest corporate to jump into the startup investment world. The company has announced a $100 million...
Livspace to invest ₹25 crore in online to offline initiatives
Livspace, a home interior design and execution platform, has now jumped onto the omni-channel bandwagon after its five-year online stint in the...
Niki.ai goes through series A round, raises $2 million from SAP.iO and Unilazer
Niki.AI, the Ratan Tata and SAP backed AI startup, is back in the fund raising business. The AI upstart, has now secured a fresh series A round of...
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Google’s new Android application will let you manage the data being used by other apps
Google is testing a brand new application that will let users manage the mobile data usage on their smartphones. Excited? I bet. We have all been...
Facebook is bringing in new filters, reactions and masks to its messenger video chat
Facebook’s video chat is pretty cool. I used to be a WhatsApp fan for video calls, but the reactions, filters and masks available on...
Facebook shows off new standalone app for video creators, to release later this year
To further discuss its live video-focused ambitions, Facebook today took center stage at VidCon, the largest online creator meetup and announced that...
YouTube’s mobile app will soon ‘dynamically’ adapt videos to fit the screen
YouTube is the biggest playground for video content on the interwebs. While you can find high-quality videos from full-time video creators, the...
Microsoft’s feature-packed Whiteboard app for Windows 10 PCs leaked online
While unveiling its latest piece of hardware, the Surface Pro, Microsoft also showed off the Whiteboard app coming to Windows 10 PCs with the...
Airbnb starts testing payment splitting feature, putting its Tilt acquisition into action
While we all know that planning a vacation is a massive chore but an even bigger nuisance comes after the trip has been completed. You then need to...
WhatsApp is in talks with SBI and NPCI for UPI integration: Report
Instant messaging application WhatsApp has reportedly initiated discussions with Indian banks and other institutions to allow its users to make...
Apple is renegotiating Apple Music deals, asking record labels to take lower revenue cuts
It’s been about two years since Apple Music made its debut to take on widely known music streaming giants, like Soundcloud and Spotify. The...
gadgets
According to two sources who are in the know, Amazon’s famous smart speaker Echo, powered by Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa will be released in India by the...
Google made a significant portion of its money advertising. And now, the company is attempting to ensure that its core business keeps pace with the rapidly changing...
Samsung has launched a ‘Rose Pink’ variant of the Galaxy S8 Plus in Taiwan
Perhaps taking a cue from Apple’s newly debuted ‘Product Red’ line of iPhones, Samsung has launched a new ‘Rose Pink’...
Nokia to enter the US market in early July with the $229 Nokia 6
HMD Global, which now holds the license for the Nokia brand, is all set to enter the US market by launching its Nokia 6 smartphone in the country...
iOS 11 Beta is available to everyone
Are you an iOS fan? Because if yes, then the answer to your prayers is here. Well, almost. Apple has launched the first public beta of the iOS 11 and...
Nintendo is set to release the Super NES classic in September
Get ready to be hit with a serious dose of nostalgia folks. Nintendo is launching the Super NES Classic Edition on the 29th of September, and it will...
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Microsoft has decided to extend Edge browser’s bug bounty program indefinitely
Microsoft appears to have had quite a bit of success with its bug bounty program. And it has probably worked well for Microsoft’s Edge browser...
WhatsApp extends support for older Android versions until 2020
Due to prevailing fragmentation in the Android ecosystem, Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has now decided to further extend support of its...
Now NSA has a GitHub account, and it just open-sourced 32 internal projects
National Security Agency, well-known to everyone as the NSA, is one of the most secretive intelligence organizations of the United States. It has...
Nintendo Switch could soon enable kids to code their own games on the console
Nintendo Switch may now have become a staple for gamers across the globe but the hybrid console will soon also come in handy as a coding tool in the...
IBM to open more physical ‘Garages’ to develop iOS enterprise apps
Three years ago, Apple and IBM formed a partnership to create more enterprise apps for iOS. IBM has now announced that it will be taking this...
Google Cloud Platform unveils its first Southeast Asian center in Singapore
Internet giant Google today unveils its first Google Cloud servers in Singapore, after witnessing a 100% increase in paid customers of the nation...
Google Drive will soon back up your entire system to the cloud
Google Drive is already one of the most widely-used cloud storage platforms available to users, but the search giant is planning to further the...
Google’s new models will let smartphones recognize images with less power consumption
Google is attempting to let smartphones better recognize images while also reducing the consumption of power. Towards this, the company has...
the internet
The Walmart and Amazon battle now has been escalated to another level as Wal-Mart has asked its technology vendors not to use Amazon Web Services.
As...
Infosys, one of the largest IT services company in India, has now dropped its ambitious long-term revenue target of $20 billion. The company’s...
Melbourne-based startup Loop11 develops platform to enable detailed usability testing
To help businesses perfect their online presence and ensure that visitors stick around, Melbourne-based startup Loop11 has developed a platform that...
NSW Govt partners with Twitter to serve commuters with personalized train service information
The New South Wales(NSW) government has announced that it will be turning to Twitter to announce delays and details on the state’s train network...
Amazon has finally begun integrating its games with Twitch
A couple of years ago when Amazon acquired Twitch for over a billion bucks, we just knew that at some point Amazon Games Studios titles would be...
Arduino makes hardware hacking easier than ever with its new ESLOV IoT Invention Kit
The electronics market today is filled with hundreds of thousands of devices. And yeah, that means there is more than one device that has the same...
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Tesla and a slew of car manufacturers are currently wracking their heads regarding situations wherein the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel. The companies are attempting to come up with a solution that keeps drivers safe and sound in...
Amazon patents futuristic-looking beehive delivery drone tower
Amazon knows drones are the future of package delivery. It is bulking up on resources and technology to emerge as one of the most prominent...
With launch of Cartosat-2 and 30 nano satellites, ISRO completes 40th successful PSLV flight
The Indian Space Research Organization, widely known as ISRO, has today completed another successful flight, further showing off its growing prowess...
Google Glass receives its first ever update since 2014, could a revival be on the cards?
It seems like Google’s vaunted Glass project isn’t quite dead yet. The company has released a brand new update for the platform...
Xbox head Phil Spencer spills the beans on mysterious ‘Direct Reality’ trademark
Just ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (commonly known as E3) earlier last week, we spotted a trademark application for “Direct...
Bitcoin could possibly become official in India as soon as next week
As the global virtual currency market continues to heat up, the adoption of these cryptocurrencies continues to climb in India as well. The populace...
Sony launches its kids-focused KOOV robotics kit on Indiegogo
Sony has finally launched its KOOV robotics kit on Indiegogo, a year after it was supposed to. KOOV is a coding and robotics kit that has modular...
Nissan seeks multiple autonomous vehicle patents to test its technology on Indian roads
With the advent of autonomous mobility capabilities across the globe, there’s not much longer before self-driving vehicles will be traversing...
TeamIndus is looking to attract college students via its Campus Ambassador program
TeamIndus plans to create more awareness of its brand and the significant milestone it is inching closer to achieving. The venture has been...