Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that...
Elon Musk just renamed The BFR to a more pop culture-ish name
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DeTect Technologies bags $3.3 million Series A funding from SAIF Partners and others
DeTect Technologies, a Chennai-based startup that offers Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has raised $3.3 million in Series A funding from SAIF...
Softbank Vision Fund’s proposed mega investment in Delhivery could soon materialise
Gurugram based logistics disruptor Delhivery, is reportedly in final stages with Japan-based SoftBank Vision Fund for a fresh round of funding. And...
Amazon Echo device range will now offer Skype support
When Amazon launched its Echo Spot and Show devices, it caused certain raised eyebrows. Providing video capabilities to its Alexa AI was definitely...
Elon Musk just renamed The BFR to a more pop culture-ish name
Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that...
Visa announces Fintech Fast-Track Program for startups in Asia Pacific
After its recent push into Billdesk, Visa is back with fresh incentives for startups. The multinational digital payments giant is expanding its...
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...
Xiaomi reports net profit in Q3 2018 thanks to strong growth in India
China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has shared its financials for the third quarter of this year, revealing that the company has beaten...
Virgin Orbit flying launchpad goes out on a successful test-flight
When it comes to visiting space, there are a multitude of private companies in the race. Nearly all of them are bringing new strategies to board. You...
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...
Apple cuts over a third of its iPhone XR production, reports WSJ
People’s obsession for the latest iPhones seems to be dwindling as quickly as it rose when the phones were first launched back in September...
Amazon simplifies adding customized language lists to Comprehend
Comprehend is Amazon’s natural language processing tool, announced last year to help businesses selectively extract words and phrases. Amazon...
Facebook shareholders call for independent chairman, shares continue descent
2018 has not been the best year for Facebook. The company, which usually has a very strong presence on the Wall Street, has been running into trouble...
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Amazon Echo device range will now offer Skype support
When Amazon launched its Echo Spot and Show devices, it caused certain raised eyebrows. Providing video capabilities to its Alexa AI was definitely...
Elon Musk just renamed The BFR to a more pop culture-ish name
Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that...
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...
Amazon Echo device range will now offer Skype support
When Amazon launched its Echo Spot and Show devices, it caused certain raised eyebrows. Providing video capabilities to its Alexa AI was definitely...
Elon Musk just renamed The BFR to a more pop culture-ish name
Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that...
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...
Virgin Orbit flying launchpad goes out on a successful test-flight
When it comes to visiting space, there are a multitude of private companies in the race. Nearly all of them are bringing new strategies to board. You...
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...
Apple cuts over a third of its iPhone XR production, reports WSJ
People’s obsession for the latest iPhones seems to be dwindling as quickly as it rose when the phones were first launched back in September...
Amazon simplifies adding customized language lists to Comprehend
Comprehend is Amazon’s natural language processing tool, announced last year to help businesses selectively extract words and phrases. Amazon...
Facebook shareholders call for independent chairman, shares continue descent
2018 has not been the best year for Facebook. The company, which usually has a very strong presence on the Wall Street, has been running into trouble...
Digital Economy expected to reach $240 billion in SE Asia, says Google-Temasek study
While the world focuses on China and India as the next big growth grounds for the digital economy, the meteoric growth in the Southeast Asian digital...
Is Google launching a budget Pixel model ?
Google has never had much luck keeping its products under wraps till launch day. The company had its big day ruined when Russian hackers took it upon...
Tesla Model 3 orders are now open in China
Tesla has now officially opened up orders for its hugely anticipated Model 3, in China. The report first came in from Reuters, and the same is also...
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) with quad rear cameras launching in India on November 20
Samsung has a new strategy to win the premium mid-range smartphone segment under which the company plans to offer unique features in its mid-range...
startups
DeTect Technologies, a Chennai-based startup that offers Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has raised $3.3 million in Series A funding from SAIF Partners...
Gurugram based logistics disruptor Delhivery, is reportedly in final stages with Japan-based SoftBank Vision Fund for a fresh round of funding. And if the deal...
After its recent push into Billdesk, Visa is back with fresh incentives for startups. The multinational digital payments giant is expanding its fast-track...
Blackberry acquires Cylance for $1.4Bn to beef up its cybersec portfolio
Blackberry is the latest electronics company to embrace the wonders of AI and Cybersecurity. The Canadian software giant recently acquired a...
Billdesk is raising money from Visa to fuel South Asia expansion
Payment gateway service provider BillDesk is raising fresh capital from multinational payments processor Visa. The funding will be used by the Indian...
Jabong lays off 200-250 employees, merges operation with Myntra
The exit of Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal seems to have created imbalance in the company. Today morning we learned that Myntra-Jabong CEO Ananth...
After Binny Bansal, Myntra CEO and CFO quit Flipkart
Bloodbath is the word for all the rejig that has suddenly erupted among Flipkart’s management team. After the recent, unceremonious exit of...
Oyo appoints former IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh as new Chief Executive Officer
Oyo has announced that it has appointed former IndiGo airline president Aditya Ghosh as the new chief executive officer of its hotels business in...
Tesla acquires trucking capacity to boost car delivery
On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to his favorite medium “Twitter”, to announce his company’s acquisition of trucking capacity...
Musk could face multiple investor lawsuits over tweet
In the annals of “most damaging tweets ever”, Elon Musk’s statement about taking Tesla private has to be right near the top. The...
Airtable, a coding platform for non-programmers, scores $100Mn in Series C
Coding is growing. Be it Governments, organisations, corporates — everyone wants their people to code, or at least learn the basics of coding...
apps
Google’s “.new” domains help you create new docs, forms, sheets and slides in a matter of seconds
In what has already become a “breaking-the-internet” of sorts productivity hack, Google has rolled out an awesome new functionality to...
Uber will now recommend vehicles best suited for your trip
Uber is improving its services. The shakeup at the top levels of the company seems to have led to an approach that calls for giving greater emphasis...
Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem lifts a hefty $200 million
Middle Easts based cab hiring behemoth, Careem has revealed that it has raised a substantial $200 million from its existing investors. As per...
Twitter has a brand new data saver feature
Taking a leaf out of Facebook’s book, Twitter has released a brand new feature that will let users save data while using its android or iOS...
Paytm adds a new Spam Free SMS Inbox to Paytm Inbox
In the company’s continued bid to make its ‘Paytm Inbox’ product within the app a more preferred choice for consumers, Paytm is...
Converting Videos Using Movavi Video Converter
At first glance it may seem as though converting videos is unnecessary as computers tend to be fairly versatile in terms of the formats they can...
Best Android Apps of August 2017
Since we already started a new month, let us look at some of best Android Apps released in the month of August. Each category has a bunch of new or...
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...
consumer tech
When Amazon launched its Echo Spot and Show devices, it caused certain raised eyebrows. Providing video capabilities to its Alexa AI was definitely an important selling...
China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has shared its financials for the third quarter of this year, revealing that the company has beaten analysts estimates and...
Apple cuts over a third of its iPhone XR production, reports WSJ
People’s obsession for the latest iPhones seems to be dwindling as quickly as it rose when the phones were first launched back in September...
Is Google launching a budget Pixel model ?
Google has never had much luck keeping its products under wraps till launch day. The company had its big day ruined when Russian hackers took it upon...
Tesla Model 3 orders are now open in China
Tesla has now officially opened up orders for its hugely anticipated Model 3, in China. The report first came in from Reuters, and the same is also...
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) with quad rear cameras launching in India on November 20
Samsung has a new strategy to win the premium mid-range smartphone segment under which the company plans to offer unique features in its mid-range...
code
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...
Airtable, a coding platform for non-programmers, scores $100Mn in Series C
Coding is growing. Be it Governments, organisations, corporates — everyone wants their people to code, or at least learn the basics of coding...
IBM to acquire Red Hat for a record $34 Billion
Marking its biggest ever acquisition in the company’s over century old history, IBM on Sunday announced that it is acquiring US-based software...
Microsoft completes its $7.5B acquisition of Github
In a blog post penned by Github CEO Nat Friedman, the company has announced that its $7.5 Billion acquisition by Microsoft is now complete. As a...
Pulumi bags $15 Million for its unique cloud management offering
Seattle-based Pulumi is announcing a $15 million Series A funding round led forth by Madrona Venture Group. Palumi has entered the market with the...
Microsoft unveils the new Windows 10 preview, allowing users to uninstall more preinstalled apps
Microsoft has today rolled out a new Windows 10 preview, which will provide the users an ability to uninstall more of the preinstalled applications...
Devops platform JFrog bags $165 Mn from Insight Venture Partners and others
Riding on the spur created by Microsoft’s Github acquisition, there’s a second DevOps platform entering the unicorn club now. After...
the internet
Comprehend is Amazon’s natural language processing tool, announced last year to help businesses selectively extract words and phrases. Amazon...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Human Rights Watch are among a consortium of over 70 human rights group that have joined together in asking...
WhatsApp selects 20 teams to research the spread of misinformation through its platform
Fakes news is becoming an increasingly pertinent issue that is affecting everyone. Governments across the globe have come to realize the detrimental...
Oculus GO finally receives the YouTube VR app
In September, YouTube announced plans to launch its VR application on the Oculus Go platform. Making good on its promise, the company has finally...
Netflix is considering cheaper tiers for some markets
Netflix has great content. And it is spending significant amount of money to create original content that can further increase its appeal among the...
eBay will now offer product installation services
Folks looking to make purchases from eBay will now be able to order installation services as well. eBay has partnered with a slew of companies...
this is our future
Your weekly dose of Elon Musk’s Twitter shenanigans is here. Earlier today, Musk sent the tech community buzzing by announcing on Twitter that SpaceX is officially changing the name of their biggest rocket from BFR – Big Falcon Rocket or...
Virgin Orbit flying launchpad goes out on a successful test-flight
When it comes to visiting space, there are a multitude of private companies in the race. Nearly all of them are bringing new strategies to board. You...
Amazon simplifies adding customized language lists to Comprehend
Comprehend is Amazon’s natural language processing tool, announced last year to help businesses selectively extract words and phrases. Amazon...
Tesla Model 3 orders are now open in China
Tesla has now officially opened up orders for its hugely anticipated Model 3, in China. The report first came in from Reuters, and the same is also...
ISRO successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-29
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) now has yet another feather to put in its cap. On Wednesday, that is today, the organization...
Check out Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycle!
When it comes bikes, it is hard not to mention Harley-Davidson. The state-of-the-art motorcycle manufacturer has set superior benchmarks of quality...
Samsung to give developers an early peek into its foldable smartphone
Samsung really needs a break. The company has been launching fairly successful phones on an on and off basis however, its been quite a while since it...
Twitter, Press, Tesla and more : Here is the meat from Elon Musk’s 80-minute, candid interview
Christmas came early for Recode’s Kara Swisher, who recently got the opportunity to interview billionaire, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and...
Electriq has created a water based fuel that can power your car
Humans have a long held a fascination for modes of transportation that consume minimum fuel, or that operate on fuels that are widely and easily...