Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the...
Uber to buy Middle East rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in cash and stock
Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service
‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices
Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’
Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month
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Uber to buy Middle East rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in cash and stock
Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the...
Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service
Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over 2 years, but is finally over. In a rather surprising call up for a mega launch event...
‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices
Finally, Apple device owners will have a gaming platform to themselves. A platform that we hope, will bridge the massive gap that has been created...
Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’
Hugely anticipated for quite some time now, Apple today announced the ‘Apple Card’ — a digital apple credit card system from the...
Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month
Kicking off the event with updates to Apple News, Tim Cook announced the launch of ‘Apple News+. The new service will now offer Apple News...
Uber’s $3.1 Billion buyout of Careem could be announced this week
In what will go down as — in all certainty — the biggest milestone for Middle East’s nascent yet aggressively growing technology...
All you need to know about Black Shark 2 — Xiaomi’s bet at a gaming smartphone
Xiaomi has finally unveiled one of the most awaited gaming devices in China. Although Xiaomi is mostly known for its mid-range and budget handsets...
Flipkart has set-up an internal fund to invest in fin-tech, SaaS, logistics among others
Walmart-owned Flipkart has now set up a more structured unit, that will look into the company’s aggressively growing acquisition ambitions. The...
Delhivery picks up $413 mn in a round led by Softbank, valuation goes past $1 billion
Logistics upstart Delhivery, is entering the ‘unicorn’ club with a fresh $413 Mn financing round led by Softbank. The round, which also...
Alibaba, Tencent and China’s largest automakers will invest $1.5 Bn in ride-hailing companies
Alibaba and Tencent are some of the most prominent names when it comes to Chinese investment in startups, globally. Still, the comapnies feel there...
PhonePe gets $100 million from Flipkart-parent Walmart
Walmart is looking to go big in the aggressively expanding Indian digital payments space. The company has — according to an RoC filing —...
Facebook confirms user passwords were stored in ‘readable format’ on internal systems
Yet another day, and yet another security breach at Facebook. It has literally become that frequent now.
Facebook has now confirmed, that a security...
ESSENTIAL TECH
Uber to buy Middle East rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in cash and stock
Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the...
Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service
Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over 2 years, but is finally over. In a rather surprising call up for a mega launch event...
‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices
Finally, Apple device owners will have a gaming platform to themselves. A platform that we hope, will bridge the massive gap that has been created...
Uber to buy Middle East rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in cash and stock
Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the...
Apple announces ‘Apple TV +’, its hugely anticipated subscription streaming service
Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over 2 years, but is finally over. In a rather surprising call up for a mega launch event...
‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices
Finally, Apple device owners will have a gaming platform to themselves. A platform that we hope, will bridge the massive gap that has been created...
Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’
Hugely anticipated for quite some time now, Apple today announced the ‘Apple Card’ — a digital apple credit card system from the...
Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month
Kicking off the event with updates to Apple News, Tim Cook announced the launch of ‘Apple News+. The new service will now offer Apple News...
Alibaba, Tencent and China’s largest automakers will invest $1.5 Bn in ride-hailing companies
Alibaba and Tencent are some of the most prominent names when it comes to Chinese investment in startups, globally. Still, the comapnies feel there...
PhonePe gets $100 million from Flipkart-parent Walmart
Walmart is looking to go big in the aggressively expanding Indian digital payments space. The company has — according to an RoC filing —...
Facebook confirms user passwords were stored in ‘readable format’ on internal systems
Yet another day, and yet another security breach at Facebook. It has literally become that frequent now.
Facebook has now confirmed, that a security...
Facebook is reportedly eyeing investments in Indian regional content startups
As Facebook’s credibility and its ability to be a more filtered source of news continue to be questioned, the company is now reportedly eyeing...
EU antitrust body slaps a €1.49 billion fine on Google for blocking rival online advertisers
As speculated, Google has received its third multi-billion dollar fine from EU antitrust regulators. The fine, which is 1.49 billion euro (USD 1.69...
Ahead of anti-trust ruling, Google announces new tweaks for Android users in Europe
As EU anti-trust head’s press conference nears, Google has announced fresh measures with more flexibility to Android users in Europe. The third...
Xiaomi launches its own payment service ‘Mi Pay’ for Mi users
Xiaomi, after building a size-able counter option to Samsung in the hardware space, is now heading to the software space. The company has announced...
STARTUPS
Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the same. The deal...
In what will go down as — in all certainty — the biggest milestone for Middle East’s nascent yet aggressively growing technology ecosystem...
Walmart-owned Flipkart has now set up a more structured unit, that will look into the company’s aggressively growing acquisition ambitions. The news...
Delhivery picks up $413 mn in a round led by Softbank, valuation goes past $1 billion
Logistics upstart Delhivery, is entering the ‘unicorn’ club with a fresh $413 Mn financing round led by Softbank. The round, which also...
PhonePe gets $100 million from Flipkart-parent Walmart
Walmart is looking to go big in the aggressively expanding Indian digital payments space. The company has — according to an RoC filing —...
Facebook is reportedly eyeing investments in Indian regional content startups
As Facebook’s credibility and its ability to be a more filtered source of news continue to be questioned, the company is now reportedly eyeing...
Ola gets $300 Million from Hyundai and Kia Motors
Ending months of speculation, Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia Motors have together pumped in close to $300 Million in Ola. The fundraise, as expected...
Lyft sets $62-$68 target price on its over $2 Billion Nasdaq IPO
Ending months of speculation and anticipation in equal measure, Lyft has now officially announced the launch of its IPO. The company has launched the...
Udemy expands to India, opens up its first employee hub in Gurugram
Marking its entry into the exciting Indian ed-tech space, Udemy has today announced its official expansion to the subcontinent. The U.S. based...
Oyo has reportedly acquired co-working space provider Innov8
Formalising its much speculated push into the co-working segment, Oyo has reportedly acquired co-working space provide Innov8 for close to ₹200...
Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global
A major development coming in from the Private Equity investment market. Lee Fixel, the long time Tiger Global veteran, is leaving the PE firm. The...
APPS
Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month
Kicking off the event with updates to Apple News, Tim Cook announced the launch of ‘Apple News+. The new service will now offer Apple News...
Xiaomi launches its own payment service ‘Mi Pay’ for Mi users
Xiaomi, after building a size-able counter option to Samsung in the hardware space, is now heading to the software space. The company has announced...
[UPDATES:Resolved] Facebook and its family of platforms is currently down for most users
Update
Facebook has confirmed that the services are now restored. And what was the fault ? Well, apparently it was a server configuration change...
Youtube Music and Youtube Premium are now available in India
YouTube Music has been officially launched in India. The video streaming service was launched in the US and a few countries in 2017. Along with...
Mozilla launches ‘Firefox Send’ to help you with secure transfers of larger files
Mozilla has officially launched Firefox Send to the public after it was revealed to be one of the company’s “test pilots”. The product is...
Twitter’s ‘twttr’ is aimed at testing new feature roll-outs for the platform
Twitter has announced the launch of a new beta app called ‘twttr’ to the first group of testers today. The app will primarily be focused on...
Skype for Web gets fresh updates with ability to search within chats
Microsoft recently announced new updates for it’s Skype for Web service, that was launched in 2016. The platform allows users to enjoy the benefits...
Google Bolo launched in India, helps children improve their reading skills
Google is trying to expanding its presence in the Indian market, especially in the rural regions. In a bid to get attention of younger population...
CONSUMER TECH
The iPad Mini and iPad Air finally receive a refresh, well after almost 3 years. Such was the sheer neglect that these highly successful devices have faced, that the...
The Apple Watch was able to detect an irregular heart beat in over 2000 users according to researchers at Stanford Medicine researchers at the American College of...
FitBit announces a range of new affordable wearables
FitBit have launched an affordable version of their new smartwatch aimed at improving market viability and popularity. The company announced...
Tesla Model Y to be introduced on March 14, says Musk
Tesla will be debuting their new SUV, Model Y, on March 14 at an LA event. The announcement was made by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter.
The Model Y is...
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 series launched in India, pricing starts at ₹9,999
Xiaomi has today launched its much anticipated next-generation Redmi Note series smartphones in India — Redmi Note 7 and Redmi Note 7 Pro...
OnePlus demos a 5G prototype at MWC
It isn’t a production ready model yet like its competitors, but OnePlus made sure to not stand out as the loner in the party known as the...
CODE
Google releases much awaited Android Q Beta for Pixel devices
Google has finally released the beta version of its next iteration of its mobile operating system, Android Q. The first beta comes with a preview SDK...
Over 770 million emails and 21 million passwords exposed in fresh data breach
Over the past year, we’ve grown accustomed to hacks and data breaches on the internet. Now we’re less than a month into 2019, and...
Microsoft Edge is moving to Chromium, the platform that powers Chrome
Confirming what had become a speculation among the tech community for sometime now, Microsoft has said that it will be moving Edge to the Chromium...
Quora says data of 100 Million users compromised
Yet another incident of a massive data breach has come up, and the affected platform is Quora this time. In a blog post penned by Quora CEO Adam...
Nutanix Xi IoT is now generally available with focus on retail, oil & gas and smartcities
NASDAQ-listed cloud company Nutanix, has now announced the general availability of Xi IoT, a new edge computing service offered as part of the...
Amazon thumped by a major data breach just as it gears up for Black Friday
Just as Amazon geared up for the busiest period of sales in the year, they were thumped by a mysterious data breach. This data breach comes just two...
Microsoft acquires FSLogix in order to enhance its virtual desktop experience
Microsoft has today taken a step further in its bid to deliver a one-stop virtual desktop solution for consumers to run Office 365 and Windows 10 on...
Global multi-factor authentication outage locks out Office 365, Azure users
A global multi-factor authentication outage has resulted in Microsoft hosted customers across the globe, being locked out of their accounts. If you...
THE INTERNET
Its confirmed and official. The hugely speculated acquisition of Careem by Uber is now official with both companies releasing a statement on the...
Its finally here. It has been a wait that has spanned over 2 years, but is finally over. In a rather surprising call up for a mega launch event...
‘Apple Arcade’ is the company’s cross-platform gaming subscription for Apple devices
Finally, Apple device owners will have a gaming platform to themselves. A platform that we hope, will bridge the massive gap that has been created...
Apple announces its hugely anticipated credit card, the ‘Apple Card’
Hugely anticipated for quite some time now, Apple today announced the ‘Apple Card’ — a digital apple credit card system from the...
Apple announces ‘Apple News+’ to serve content from over 300 magazines, costs $9.99 per month
Kicking off the event with updates to Apple News, Tim Cook announced the launch of ‘Apple News+. The new service will now offer Apple News...
PhonePe gets $100 million from Flipkart-parent Walmart
Walmart is looking to go big in the aggressively expanding Indian digital payments space. The company has — according to an RoC filing —...
THIS IS OUR FUTURE
Alibaba and Tencent are some of the most prominent names when it comes to Chinese investment in startups, globally. Still, the comapnies feel there is a need for a more focused fund and have hence come up with a new. The difference this time, is...
Intel accelerates towards mass production of 5G modem chips
As OEMs continue to march towards Qualcomm to launch their 5G ready devices, Intel is gearing up to quickstart its own 5G modem chip development...
The Tesla Model Y is here, starts at USD 39000 with a 300-mile range, production starts late 2020
After years of wait and teasers from Elon Musk, the tech billionaire has finally unveiled Model Y. The hugely anticipated electric vehicle, that...
China’s customs authority lifts suspension on Tesla Model 3
In what will be a sign of easing tensions between the US and China and a harbinger of relief for Tesla amid a rusty few months, China’s customs...
Tesla reverses closure of half its stores
Tesla has announced that the company has decided to reverse the closing all its retail stores in the US. They stated that only half of the originally...
NASA and SpaceX complete historic mission as Crew Dragon capsule splashes down in Atlantic Ocean
The SpaceX “Crew Dragon” has finally concluded its historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS) today (March 8). The SpaceX Dragon...
SoftBank introduces a $2 Billion special fund for Latin American tech startups
SoftBank is continuing with its massive tech investment drive. AFter that $100 Billion Vision Fund (which has already invested in over 20 startups...
Uber’s newly conceived ‘Skyports’ will act as launch and landing pad for its aerial taxi fleet
When it comes to Uber, aerial taxis have been a talking point for quite some time now. Today however, we have more to add on to that. The...
USB 4 will unify Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 resulting in faster data transfers
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has announced the the next version of their universal connector, the USB 4.
USB 4 is expected to be over twice...