News Startups Venture Capital Sequoia announces two new India, SE Asia focused funds worth $1.35 Billion Sequoia Limited Partners, a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, has announced… Upneet SinghJuly 7, 2020
Business News Startups Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65B as it strengthens Uber Eats The food delivery business is downright cruel, and punishes those who can’t… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 2020
Business News Airtel partners with Nokia to power India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network Airtel, the former champion of the Indian telecom market, and now, the… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 2020
Jio Platforms gets $253M from Intel Capital Just when we thought there is a pause in Reliance Jio Platforms’… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 2020
Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 2020
Business Electric News Tesla blows past industry estimates with 90,650 vehicle deliveries in Q2’20 While COVID-19 continues to batter the global economy, Tesla proves yet again… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Facebook swaps one TikTok clone for another, shuts down Lasso ahead of Instagram Reels launch Facebook is changing horses just as the race was about to start,… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
WhatsApp announces ‘Dark mode’ for Whatsapp Web, animated stickers, QR codes for contacts and more Whatsapp, as a part of some regular updates to keep the platform… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 2020
News Startups Venture Capital Sequoia announces two new India, SE Asia focused funds worth $1.35 Billion Sequoia Limited Partners, a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, has announced… Upneet SinghJuly 7, 2020
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing its TikTok lookalike “Reels” in India Instagram is reportedly testing its short video feature- ‘Reels’ with a small… Chinni SinghJuly 6, 2020
Business News Startups Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65B as it strengthens Uber Eats The food delivery business is downright cruel, and punishes those who can’t… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 2020
Business News Airtel partners with Nokia to power India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network Airtel, the former champion of the Indian telecom market, and now, the… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 2020
Business News Paytm and its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma acquire general insurance company Raheja QBE for $76 million Paytm and its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma announced on Monday that they… Chinni SinghJuly 6, 2020
News Startups Zomato reportedly cut-off from previously raised Ant Financial funding Amid rising India-China tensions and India’s restrictions on foreign investment from China,… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 6, 2020
Culture Internet News Facebook gets into education, launches a new certified curriculum in Indian schools through CBSE Facebook has launched “Facebook for Education” initiative in India, the world’s second… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 2020
Futurism News Space Startups UK Government and Bharti Global will invest $1B to acquire Softbank-backed bankrupt satellite company OneWeb In search of an alternative for the Galileo sat-nav system, as Brexit… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Apps News India pushes to develop home-made alternatives to popular apps with a new ‘Innovation Challenge’ Following up from the upbeat that India has seen off late around… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
News Startups Venture Capital Sequoia and Lightspeed are launching new India centric investment funds Sequoia and Lightspeed, two giants of the venture capital game, have announced… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Electric Futurism News Tesla opens reservations for its all-electric Cybertruck in China Tesla has started taking reservations for its eerily futuristic truck, named Cybertruck… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Business News Startups Uber expands services to Japan’s Tokyo in partnership with domestic taxi services After being in Japan for over 6 years now, Uber has finally… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Culture Gaming News PlayStation joins the #StopHateForProfit campaign against Facebook, suspends all paid/non-paid activity on the platform Joining an ever growing list of large tech companies pulling out of… Chinni SinghJuly 3, 2020
Electric News Elon Musk confirms a cross country road trip to showcase Tesla’s Cybertruck Elon Musk announced via Twitter, that a cross country trip with Tesla’s… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 2020
Business News Venture Capital Jio Platforms gets $253M from Intel Capital Just when we thought there is a pause in Reliance Jio Platforms’… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 2020
Apps News Security Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 2020
Apps News Jio Platforms launches Zoom-like ‘JioMeet’ video conferencing platform Reliance backed Jio Platforms has decided to take the Zoom route and… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 2020
News Startups Zetwerk nabs $21M for its B2B marketplace that lets businesses access high quality manufacturing items Zetwerk, an Indian Business to Business marketplace that works as a connect… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Business Electric News Tesla blows past industry estimates with 90,650 vehicle deliveries in Q2’20 While COVID-19 continues to batter the global economy, Tesla proves yet again… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Apps News Instagram is experimenting with ‘full screen stories’, while getting rid of the swipe for DM Instagram is apparently experimenting with its stories section amid increasing popularity. The… Chinni SinghJuly 2, 2020
Business News Apple is closing more stores in the US as COVID-19 infections continue to surge As the threat of COVID-19 peaks again in the US, the country… Samridhi SharmaJuly 2, 2020
