Vinol Tauro

38 posts
Summer Intern at The Tech Portal. Tech freak but mostly a coffee addict.

Apple backs out of its plans to develop AR/VR headsets: Report

Apple has reportedly backed out of its plans to develop Augmented Reality…

Google to revamp ‘News tab’ on desktop site, making it more readable for users

Looks like Google News tab would be revamped. Google announced this week,…

India’s YES Bank implements Asia’s first commercial paper issuance on Blockchain

There’s some interesting development on blockchain, coming in from India. In what…

Fiverr now offers coaches for Fortnite, PUBG players

The world has literally gone nuts over ‘PUBG’ and ‘Fortnite’ in recent…
India, Economy

Rivigo raises $65 Mn in Series E led by Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners

Rivigo has been successful in raising $65 Mn (~ Rs 445 crore)…

Amazon isn’t obligated to offer a phone helpline anymore in the European union

Looks like you won’t find customer phone support for Amazon in Europe…

A91 partners, a VC firm by former Sequoia India execs closes its debut fund at $351M, exceeds target

India’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem (and a fund guzzling one as well?)…
IBM

IBM completes its $34 Billion Red Hat acquisition

IBM has tried and tested several ways attempting to stay relevant in…

U.S. to provide licenses for sales to Huawei if national security is ensured

Huawei has been under the US’s radar for quite some time now.…

BMW unveils it’s first purely electric Mini Cooper SE

Spending years experimenting with models and concept cars, BMW seems to finally…
softbank

GM’s self-driving division Cruise is close to receiving a $2.25 billion boost from Softbank

It may have taken more than a year but Cruise Automation finally…

Apple to replace its tweaky butterfly keyboard with scissor switch in upcoming Macbooks: Report

Looks like it is adios (finally!) for the butterfly mechanism keyboard in…

iPhone India sales down by 42% for the Jan-Mar 2019 quarter: Report

Despite the craze world over, Apple hasn’t really been able to strike…
ola

India’s Ola gets approval to run on London streets

Ola will now have their vehicles running the streets in London. Ola’s…

US Congress formally asks Facebook to halt the development of ‘Libra’

US lawmakers have formally asked Facebook to freeze the development on its…
sony

Sony announces $185M fund to invest in tech startups

Sony Corp is all set to venture into the startup world. The…
Project Loon

Alphabets’ Loon Project to reach Kenyan skies for first commercial trial

The Loon Project, owned by Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. and aimed at…
galaxy s8, bixby

Samsung rolls out its Bixby Marketplace for users in the US and South Korea

Samsung’s Bixby is really not the most talked about when it comes…

OnePlus 7 agrees to users being spammed with unusual notifications, result of a failed internal test

Quite a few OnePlus 7 pro owners received weird notifications earlier, leaving…
Uber

Uber to offer boat service in Lagos, Nigeria

Uber seems to be going waterways. Uber technology Inc. plans to spread…

250 retailers to challenge Amazon in it’s Prime Day sale this year

You could literally buy anything off Amazon. And no better time than…