Paytm launches its own “mini-app store” as it leads charge against Google-Apple app store duopoly
Paytm is fast working on its own, to create an app-store that is not powered by Google or Apple and is ‘fair’ to Indian app developers. Taking a…
Facebook introducing a host of new tools to assist in a more efficient moderation of ‘Groups’
Facebook has made it clear time and again, that the company is doubling down on its efforts to promote groups. That was largely because individual user sign ups…
Google to pay out $1 billion to partnering news publishers in licensing fees
Google has announced that it will pay out a sum as large as $1 billion to online news publications over a period of three years in licensing fees…
Microsoft debuts the 12.5 inch Laptop Go to its Surface line of devices
With the entire going into online mode, PCs and laptops have seen a huge spike in demand, and it looks like Microsoft is here to fulfill all your…
Twitter-backed Indian social media platform ShareChat signs global licensing deal with Times Music
It has been an extremely eventful year for Twitter backed Indian social media startup ShareChat. From securing a whopping $40 Mn in a Series E funding round to…
Salesforce launches ‘Work.com for Vaccines’ to aid efficient and scalable vaccine distribution amid COVID-19 pandemic
With around 7.69 million active cases worldwide, humanity is still fighting its battle for sustenance against the deadly COVID 19 virus that shook the very foundation of mankind…
Twitter to finally introduce transcriptions to its not-so-well received voice tweet feature
After much consumer criticism from across the board, social media giant Twitter on Tuesday announced the iOS expansion of its voice tweet feature. This new feature is set…
Disney+ introduces GroupWatch feature for a social viewing experience
With the COVID 19 global pandemic bringing in-person socializing to a complete stop, trips to movie theatres have become a pretty dangerous affair. Thus, people have turned to…
Google debuts noise cancellation on Google Meet
2020 has become the year of video conferencing, with multiple companies launching their own ‘Zoom-alternatives’. However, if you are like me, you’d agree that video conferencing isn’t comparable…
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Active 3 is a rugged, rightful successor to its all-environment tablet line
Tech giant Samsung is perhaps one of those very few major league consumer electronics companies, that also has a specialized hardware line for rather demanding physical environments. These…
Amazon India to set up 200 new delivery stations as it gears up to meet surge during festive season
With the festive season fast approaching, and ecommerce seeing an unprecendented surge — unfortunately thanks to COVID-19, Amazon India announced on Monday a significant scaling up of its…
Paytm gets into securities business with stock broking on Paytm Money
India’s own e-commerce payment system leader and financial tech giant Paytm has announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Money has initiated stockbroking access for every individual in…
Twitter informs devs that their private keys and tokens could have potentially been stolen
Following a historic cyberattack that saw hackers salvage cryptocurrency from the platform at a large scale, Twitter has warned its developers through email, of the presence of a…
Some developers, including Epic Games, Spotify form a nonprofit coalition to battle Apple’s App Store Policies
A large portion of the previous year has seen a significant uproar from both indie and major league app developers against a number of Apple’s policies and its…
Google’s Pixel 4A 5G photos and specifications leaked ahead of the official Pixel 5 launch
While Google is holding on to its horses and saving the pre-announced Pixel 4A 5G for one half of its two-part fall release plan (the second half being…
Wikipedia is receiving its first big makeover in over a decade
Beginning its journey on the 15th of January 2001, Wikipedia — the internet’s free encyclopedia — has been around for 20 long years, and has become quintessential part…
Singapore’s Syfe secures $18.6 million in a Series A as savings and wealth management gain priority
Singapore based digital wealth manager, Syfe has announced closure of a USD 18.6 million (SG$ 25.2m) Series A funding round, led by New York-based venture capital fund Valar…
Tesla pushes technology to its limits, at its Battery Day event
Tesla has forever been a company that has looked to push the limits of technology in its urge of making human life better and more sustainable for generations…
Apple services including iTunes store and Apple TV+ restored after prolonged outage
Majority of Apple’s services suffered a prolonged outage, which are now restored. The cupertino giant confirmed that some of its services have been seeing a more than average…
TikTok removed over 104 Mn videos for policy violations, including over 37 Mn from India, in 1st half of 2020
ByteDance owned TikTok has been in scrutiny for putting user privacy in jeopardy from multiple governments, which led to the company losing its biggest market by numbers-India, and…
Singapore esports entertainment startup Ampverse completes pre-Series A round
With a booming gaming population spread across the continent, Thailand, and Singapore based esports entertainment startup firm Ampverse has announced the completion of a pre-Series A funding round…
