Apps Internet News Google agrees on a $90 Mn settlement for play store lawsuit Google has agreed to pay a $90 Mn settlement for a lawsuit… Guntas SinghJuly 1, 20221 minute read
Crypto Internet News Meta starts testing integration of NFTs on Facebook with select users in the US Meta has been looking into NFTs, or non-fungible tokens for quite some… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing a new feature to turn video posts into Reels Instagram is sparing no expenses when it comes to competing with TikTok.… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business News Startups Lenskart acquires Japanese eyewear firm Owndays Eyewear unicorn Lenskart is acquiring a majority stake in Japanese eyewear firm… Guntas SinghJune 30, 2022 3 shares 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Futurism News Space Deep universe images, courtesy NASA’s James Webb telescope, will beam to public soon Near the end of the previous year, NASA launched the James Webb… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Snap rolls out Snapchat+, a paid subsription service in several countries As Snapchat looks to capitalise further on its 332Mn userbase, and take… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2022 10 shares 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business News Startups Mass layoffs at $22Bn-valued Byju’s, pushes back payments for $1 Bn Aakash acquisition: Report Byju Raveendran’s Byju’s, India’s highest valued startup and torchbearer of the Indian… Guntas SinghJune 29, 2022 32 shares 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps Internet News TikTok’s run in the US over? FCC Commissioner writes to Google and Apple to remove it from their app stores TikTok may have taken the social media sphere by storm when it… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 minute read
Business Global Internet News Pinterest CEO steps down, to be succeeded by Google veteran Bill Ready Ever since the social networking service Pinterest was founded in 2010, it… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business News Startups Days within Blinkit acquisition, Zomato sheds off $1Bn in market cap as shares plummet Zomato, one of India’s earliest tech unicorns, hasn’t had the best of… Guntas SinghJune 28, 2022 11 shares 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India gives VPN providers 3 month relaxation from new data logging law In what comes as a relief to VPN companies, India’s Computer Emergency… Guntas SinghJune 28, 2022 4 shares 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 minute read
News Startups Google backs SME financing platform Progcap in latest $40Mn Series C fundraise Despite India’s fintech infrastructure growing by leaps and bounds, credit and financing… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20222 minute read
Business Electric News LG is stepping into the EV charging business with AppleMango majority stake acquisition Korean tech conglomerate LG is starting to make strides in the EV… Guntas SinghJune 27, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Electric News Startups Battery Smart raises $25M in Series A to create a pan-India battery swapping network New-Delhi based startup Battery Smart, which runs battery swapping stations for EVs… Guntas SinghJune 27, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Electric News Startups YC backed EV Infra startup Statiq lands $26 Mn in latest round Gurugram-based EV infrastructure startup Statiq has raised $25.7 Mn (About ₹200 Cr)… Guntas SinghJune 26, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business Global News Zendesk agrees for private equity acquisition at $10.2Bn in all-cash deal After a drama-ridden journey that spanned the course of several months, the… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 25, 2022 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Acquisitions News Zomato to acquire quick commerce startup Blinkit for $568 Mn in all-stock deal The Indian quick commerce sector is in for a ride as food… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Chrome 103 brings enhanced security features, Interface updates and more to iOS As a part of Google Chrome’s latest update rolled out on all… Guntas SinghJune 24, 20222 minute read
Crypto Internet News Crypto firm Harmony faces cyber attack, $100 Mn in digital assets wiped out US. Based Cryptocurrency firm Harmony has faced a cyber attack, as hackers… Guntas SinghJune 24, 20222 minute read
Business Enterprise News Startups Pine Labs acquires API Infrastructure firm Setu for $70-75 Mn Ahead of its plans to expand into the United States, Pine Labs… Guntas SinghJune 24, 20222 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Netflix lays off (again), taking total layoffs to nearly 450 Instances of companies laying off employees to survive tough market conditions this… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20222 minute read
Business News Uber refutes reports of company’s plans to exit India Responding to a report by Bloomberg claiming Uber had discussed shutting shop… Guntas SinghJune 23, 20222 minute read
Business Global News Musk says Tesla’s factories in Texas and Berlin are “gigantic money furnaces”, losing billions Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company, had opened two new car factories… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20222 minute read
Internet News Twitter tests new feature that will let users post long form content in tweets In 2017, Twitter made the decision to double the character on tweets… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20222 minute read
News Venture Capital Accel announces a mega $4Bn late stage fund That this announcement — that too from a name of Accel’s stature — comes at a time when it was much needed, will be an understatement. Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 22, 20222 minute read
