Google News Google says recent Indian Competition watchdog ruling will stall growth of Android ecosystem in India India continues to be a profitable but tough market for Big Tech… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 11, 20232 minute read
News Startups Qritive, which uses AI to improve digital cancer imaging, gets $7.5Mn to expand product line, add geographies Qritive, a healthtech platform that improves digital pathology for cancer diagnosis through… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 10, 20232 minute read
Crypto News Coinbase goes into 2023 with reduced workforce, shuts down multiple projects Coinbase is looking to initiate its second round of layoffs, according to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 10, 20232 minute read
Futurism News Space Virgin Orbit’s rocket launch, first ever from the UK, suffers from anomaly The wait for the first-ever successful orbital mission to lift off from… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 10, 20232 minute read
Apps Business Culture & Policy Global Internet News Instagram to remove Shop tab, bring button to create posts back at the centre among other UI changes Come February, users will get to see Instagram undergo a significant UI… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 10, 20232 minute read
Business News Apple is recruiting for its upcoming retail stores in India: Report Apple’s India focus in retail, was supposed to get a push through… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 9, 20233 minute read
Business News Apple exports over $2.5Bn worth of iPhones from India between April and December last year Last September, we reported that Apple adjusted its production goals soon after… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 9, 20232 minute read
Gadgetry News Apple likely to launch ‘Reality Pro’ mixed reality headset ahead of WWDC, begin shipping in fall 2023 If you have been waiting for Apple to introduce and launch a… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 9, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Twitter to bring long-form tweets and other changes as part of major UI overhaul Twitter’s user interface is set to get a major overhaul, according to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 8, 20232 minute read
News Startups KreditBee adds another $100Mn to its Series D, valuation nears $700Mn KreditBee, the Indian fintech upstart that provides easy personal loans via its… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 6, 20232 minute read
Gadgetry Internet News Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite for flagship Androids, its answer to Apple’s Emergency SOS Remember Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite, which has proven itself to be… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 6, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Salesforce to shutter some offices, slash its workforce by 10% after hiring “too many people” during pandemic 2023 seems to have successfully picked up from where 2022 left, at… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 6, 20232 minute read
Internet News Apple brings AI-powered digital narration to audiobooks The next time you buy an audiobook from Apple, you may find… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 6, 20232 minute read
Business Global News Meta fined over $400Mn by Irish privacy regulator for online privacy violation In the latest instance of US Big Tech companies being hit with… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 5, 20233 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Amazon layoffs, which started November last year, to affect 18,000 employees Amazon’s layoffs are going to be bigger than we had anticipated. Last… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 5, 20233 minute read
Business Global News Microsoft reportedly looking to use ChatGPT for a smarter, AI-powered ‘Bing’ You may have heard of ChatGPT, the newly-launched chatbot that has gone… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News With eye on increasing revenue, Twitter to expand political ads on its platform, relax policy for cause-based ads In the latest instance of Elon Musk reversing Twitter’s policies, the social… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business Electric News Ola to start EV cab service pilot in Bengaluru: Report IPO-bound Ola has been working on electric vehicles for quite a while… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business News Startups STAGE, an OTT platform for local Indian dialects, gets ₹40 crore in fresh funding OTT platforms clocked an enviable rise in prominence during the pandemic, during… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer steps down Fintech major BharatPe, ever so embroiled in controversy, seems to have carried… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Business News Tesla misses Wall Street estimates, delivers 405,278 vehicles in Q4 2022 Electric carmaker Tesla, in the fourth quarter of 2022, successfully delivered a… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
