Business Culture & Policy News Indian government to take up equity in Vodafone Idea against nearly $2B worth of dues In a relief to Vodafone Idea, the telecom operator that has fallen… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 4, 2023
Business News Reliance to accept India’s CBDC as payment option across retail stores The fag end of the previous year saw the Reserve Bank of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Business Global News Meta clocks 4% drop in Q4 revenue, Reality Labs continues to bleed, massive buyback sends stock soaring Facebook-parent Meta successfully beat Wall Street estimates for its revenue for the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Google to reduce workforce by 6%, lay off up to 12,000 employees The faltering global economy just forced yet another big tech company to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 2023
PhonePe gets $350Mn in latest round from General Atlantic, valued at nearly $12Bn Fundraising hasn’t been as bright as it was during 2021 for Indian… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 19, 2023
Culture & Policy News Microsoft confirms 10,000 employees are being laid off across divisions Confirming earlier reports of a big job cut coming in at Microsoft,… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 19, 2023
Apple launches two powerful new M2 chipsets — M2 Pro and M2 Max, and MacBook Pros that come equipped with them Apple made a slew of new critical hardware launches today, including new… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalandSoumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 2023
‘Restructuring exercise’ results in Ola laying off 200 employees Whether it be 2022 or 2023, some things just do not seem… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 13, 2023
Business Culture & Policy News Indian government to take up equity in Vodafone Idea against nearly $2B worth of dues In a relief to Vodafone Idea, the telecom operator that has fallen… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 4, 2023
Apps Internet News Twitter launches Blue in six more countries, launches new Spaces tab Twitter Blue, which went through a phase of utter confusion during the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 3, 2023
Business Global News Apple misses expectations on revenue, profits led by iPhone sales decline in Q1 2023 Apple’s financial performance for the first quarter of the year seems to… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 3, 2023
Culture & Policy News Startups Byju’s fires more staff in fresh round of layoffs: Report The funding winter, which has been specially severe for India’s high profile… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Business News Reliance to accept India’s CBDC as payment option across retail stores The fag end of the previous year saw the Reserve Bank of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Business Global News Meta clocks 4% drop in Q4 revenue, Reality Labs continues to bleed, massive buyback sends stock soaring Facebook-parent Meta successfully beat Wall Street estimates for its revenue for the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Business Crypto News Tesla clocks gross impairment loss of $204 million in Bitcoin EV giant Tesla, which has been a big proponent of cryptocurrencies courtesy… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Apps Internet News Twitter pulls the plug on CoTweets The pace of sweeping changes across Twitter has slowed down over the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2023
Business Gadgetry News Apple supplier begins production of components for AirPods in India The next generation of AirPods may have components that are produced in… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 31, 2023
Apps Internet News Chrome users on Android can now lock incognito sessions behind biometric authentication Google has announced that it is bringing an additional layer of security… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 28, 2023
Business Culture & Policy Google News Google to comply with Competition Commission of India (CCI) directives, bring changes to Android and Play Store billing After a protracted legal battle it could not win, Google has finally… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 26, 2023
Internet News YouTube teams up with ASU, Crash Course, to offer online courses for college credit YouTube has been pushing into the edtech sector for quite a while… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 25, 2023
News Startups Zomato reintroduces Gold with free deliveries, VIP access, and more The streak of Zomato’s loyalty programme has been marred with discontinuations and… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 25, 2023
Business Internet News Microsoft doubles down on OpenAI investment with a new “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” OpenAI, which came to the larger internet’s limelight after the breakthrough AI… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 24, 2023
Business Culture & Policy News Spotify to cull its workforce by 6%, Chief Content Officer to depart Continuing the trend set by the likes of high-profile companies such as… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 2023
Business News Amazon debuts ‘Air’ in India, its air cargo network for prime deliveries Amazon India has taken to the skies with the launch of Amazon… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 2023
Electric News Startups Oil & gas major Petronas backs Indian battery-tech startup Log9 in $40Mn Series B fundraise Petronas, the Malaysian oil & gas major, has backed Log9, an Indian… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 23, 2023
Business Culture & Policy Internet News India introduces stringent endorsement guidelines for social media influencers Being a social media influencer is a career that has appealed to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 2023
Business Culture & Policy News Google to reduce workforce by 6%, lay off up to 12,000 employees The faltering global economy just forced yet another big tech company to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 2023
Business Internet News Netflix adds record 7.66Mn paid subscribers in Q4 2022, Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO Netflix successfully exceeded analyst estimates when it came to its performance for… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 2023
Global News Security T-Mobile, 2nd largest mobile carrier in the US, admits hackers accessed sensitive data of 37Mn customers Mobile telecommunication company T-Mobile, which is the second largest mobile carrier in… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 2023
