The Indian Space Research Organization, widely known as ISRO, has today completed another successful flight, further showing off its growing prowess...
With launch of Cartosat-2 and 30 nano satellites, ISRO completes 40th successful PSLV flight
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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...
Airbnb to launch a premium tier to attract wealthy travelers, compete with luxury hotels: Report
Airbnb is gunning to become the one-stop shop for all your travel needs. It now not only enables you to book rentals but participate in local...
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...
YouTube’s domination continues, now has over 1.5 Billion monthly actives
YouTube is synonymous with video, at least to the millennial. Of course, there are a whole host of other video applications and services now but...
YouTube now has a brand new, VR180 video format
YouTube has come up with a brand new content format. Called VR180 this format is basically made to appeal to video producers and creators...
The Oculus 4 conference will take place in October this year
Facebook has finally announced the date for its highly vaunted Oculus conference. The event will see some major VR news come to the surface, along...
Tesla is reportedly creating its own music streaming service
After cars, it could soon be music streaming for Tesla. As per a new Recode report, Tesla has already engaged in talks with various recording labels...
Uber employees petition Kalanick to stay and lead the company
A section of Uber employees has criticized the board’s self interest and short-sightedness and have asked it to ensure that former CEO...
Facebook grants its group admins expanded powers and privileges
Facaebook has decided to introduce ways for group admins to exercise greater control is by over the goings on in groups. they are supposed to look...
Amazon’s Echo Show has gained support for smart home camera feeds
Amazon has announced a major new addition to its Echo Show series of devices. Apart from helping you choose and arrange your wardrobe, the company is...
Facebook has a new mission statement, it now wants to “bring the world closer together”
All of us are familiar with Facebook. Indeed, we probably spend at least a substantial portion of our days on the platform. However, are you aware of...
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Airbnb to launch a premium tier to attract wealthy travelers, compete with luxury hotels: Report
Airbnb is gunning to become the one-stop shop for all your travel needs. It now not only enables you to book rentals but participate in local...
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...
YouTube’s domination continues, now has over 1.5 Billion monthly actives
YouTube is synonymous with video, at least to the millennial. Of course, there are a whole host of other video applications and services now but...
Facebook grants its group admins expanded powers and privileges
Facaebook has decided to introduce ways for group admins to exercise greater control is by over the goings on in groups. they are supposed to look...
Amazon’s Echo Show has gained support for smart home camera feeds
Amazon has announced a major new addition to its Echo Show series of devices. Apart from helping you choose and arrange your wardrobe, the company is...
Facebook has a new mission statement, it now wants to “bring the world closer together”
All of us are familiar with Facebook. Indeed, we probably spend at least a substantial portion of our days on the platform. However, are you aware of...
[UPDATED]Ahead of Spotify’s IPO next year, Sean Parker steps down from company’s board
Spotify continues to maintain a major lead over its music streaming competitors and is now gearing for a public listing, which has caused them to...
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg won’t lead Uber, but she has a piece of advice for them
If you’ve not been living under a rock for the past couple days then you’d know that Uber has lost co-founder Travis Kalanick as the...
Post its dispute with Apple, chipmaker Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale
And here comes the update that we had been dreading. Imagination Technologies, the graphics chip designer who Apple dropped from its roster earlier...
OnePlus 5 to go on sale today at 4:30 PM, exclusively on Amazon India
Earlier today, OnePlus launched its flagship smartphone of the year — the OnePlus 5 in India, after debuting the smartphone on 20th June. And...
OnePlus 5 with dual-rear camera setup launched in India, starting at ₹32,999
After launching its flagship smartphone globally, OnePlus has today launched the OnePlus 5 in India. The pricing for this flagship killer starts at...
Facebook to prevent profile picture abuse with fresh new security tools, starting with India
The profile picture is one of the first and most noticeable features of one’s Facebook profile. But, over the years, Facebook has learned that...
Flipkart’s ‘Own Your Dream Phone’ sale offers hefty discounts on premium smartphones
Flipkart has announced that it will be hosting yet another sale, this time called ‘Own Your Dream Phone’, which is targeting users...
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is facing some sleep issues
Only a few weeks ago, Microsoft launched its lightweight Surface Pro, priced at $799. It has been a long-standing observation that Microsoft’s...
startups
After cars, it could soon be music streaming for Tesla. As per a new Recode report, Tesla has already engaged in talks with various recording labels in order...
A section of Uber employees has criticized the board’s self interest and short-sightedness and have asked it to ensure that former CEO Travis Kalanick...
The veil of controversy still continues to engulf Uber and the situation, honestly, continues to slip away from the ride-hailing giant’s grip.
On the...
SoftBank to delay rumored Paytm-FreeCharge deal until Snapdeal sale goes through: Report
The gunslinger, SoftBank is looking to protect two prominent Indian startups from going down under, has decided to first focus on the merger of the...
London-based Luxury marketplace Farfetch scores $397Mn from China’s JD.com
China’s second largest e-commerce giant JD.com has injected a whopping $397 million in London-headquartered Farfetch as part of a strategic...
Infosys co-founder is set to redefine the concept of coworking model with Kafnu
Infosys co-founder Nadathur Raghavan’s Singapore-based hospitality subsidiary Next Story Group is gearing up to blend the coworking and...
Malaysian real estate portal The Edge Property nabs $4Mn to expand its reach
The Edge Property, that provides buyers with the necessary information about properties before purchasing, has raised $4 million from a cohort of...
Kissht secures $2Mn from Endiya Partners, Ventureast to disburse collateral-free loans to the masses
Fintech startup Kissht, which provides collateral-free loans, has raised $2 million from early-stage technology-focused fund Endiya Partners and...
One of Uber’s earliest backers Bill Gurley, is resigning from its board
And just like that, Uber continues losing top executives. A day after Founder-CEO Travis Kalanick announced his departure from the firm, board member...
Trump administration could well rescind or delay the new startup visa rule scheduled for next month
For startups, the United States is probably the holy land. Infrastructure, support, funding and mentoring facilities, the US is truly still the land...
Snapchat’s latest Snap Map feature is based on its acquisition of mapping startup Zenly
Snapchat recently released a pretty interesting feature called Snap Maps. The feature allows users to pinpoint and interat with their friends on a...
apps
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...
Periscope announces ‘Super Hearts’, an in-app purchase option to monetize live streams
The Twitter-owned live streaming app Periscope has constantly been offering some much-needed updates to build on its app and broadcaster community...
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 Spotify wants you to collectively create playlists with friends via Facebook Messenger
To tap the rapidly growing number of Messenger conservationists, Spotify launched its chatbot to enable you to share song clips or album...
Apple releases brand new iPhone advertisement, focuses on ‘Memories’
Apple’s Memories feature is unexpectedly good. Many a time I have caught myself with tears in my eyes and a sigh on my lips, right after...
Hike becomes the first messaging app to roll out in-app UPI payments service in India
While we had all been expecting Facebook-owned WhatsApp to be the very first messaging giant to adopt the country’s UPI (Unified Payments...
gadgets
Amazon has announced a major new addition to its Echo Show series of devices. Apart from helping you choose and arrange your wardrobe, the company is adding a new...
And here comes the update that we had been dreading. Imagination Technologies, the graphics chip designer who Apple dropped from its roster earlier in April, has today...
OnePlus 5 to go on sale today at 4:30 PM, exclusively on Amazon India
Earlier today, OnePlus launched its flagship smartphone of the year — the OnePlus 5 in India, after debuting the smartphone on 20th June. And...
OnePlus 5 with dual-rear camera setup launched in India, starting at ₹32,999
After launching its flagship smartphone globally, OnePlus has today launched the OnePlus 5 in India. The pricing for this flagship killer starts at...
Flipkart’s ‘Own Your Dream Phone’ sale offers hefty discounts on premium smartphones
Flipkart has announced that it will be hosting yet another sale, this time called ‘Own Your Dream Phone’, which is targeting users...
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is facing some sleep issues
Only a few weeks ago, Microsoft launched its lightweight Surface Pro, priced at $799. It has been a long-standing observation that Microsoft’s...
code
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
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...
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...
Google Optimize 360 becomes free, new analytics solutions announced
Google made an announcement at SMX East in New York City, that its Optimize 360 service is getting a new free version that anyone can use. The...
this is our future
The Indian Space Research Organization, widely known as ISRO, has today completed another successful flight, further showing off its growing prowess in launching multiple satellites in a single flight. The space agency has today managed to...
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...
Elon Musk believes “permits harder than technology”, says LA Mayor receptive to the idea of Boring Co.
Elon Musk’s Boring company is anything but boring. In fact, it may just be one of the most exciting projects on the planet. The prospect of...
HTC Vive makes virtual reality effortless with Intel’s latest wireless add-on
This is not the first time we’d see HTC Vive go wireless. A handful of third-party hardware makers, such as TP-Cast, have tried a hand at...