Electric News Startups Transportation Ola reportedly laying off 1,000 employees as focus shifts on EV business Ride-hailing giant Ola, which has vastly diversified since launch, is staring down… Guntas SinghJuly 29, 20222 minute read
News Startups PriceLabs nabs $30 Mn to scale its dynamic price management solution for the rental industry India based Pricelabs, a SaaS company that provides short-term rental pricing management… Guntas SinghJuly 29, 20222 minute read
China Gaming News Battlegrounds Mobile India removed from Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India, Google cites government order A year after PUBG made a comeback in the Indian market with… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 29, 20222 minute read
Business China News Jack Ma to relinquish control of Ant Group: Report Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire who has maintained a low public profile… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 29, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Gmail’s new material design revamp now rolls out to everyone Google has rolled out the new design for Gmail that was announced… Guntas SinghJuly 29, 20221 minute read
Apps Facebook Internet News Meta Q2’22 revenue drops by 1% to $28.82Bn, EPS dives down 32%, Facebook MAUs and DAUs up Already under pressure from investors, its users and regulators alike, Facebook parent… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 28, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram’s Mosseri addresses concerns around platform’s increasingly reel-focused algorithmic fed The year is 2014. You’re still sometimes in awe of the impressive… Guntas SinghJuly 27, 20223 minute read
Culture & Policy News Space Russia says it will leave International Space Station after 2024 amid rising post-Ukraine war tensions For many years, the International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 27, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Google Street view makes a comeback in India Google Street View, a feature unveiled 15 years ago, has been relaunched… Guntas SinghJuly 27, 20222 minute read
Business News Alphabet clocks 13% rise in Q2’2022 revenue, net income falls but Google search ads revenue up Like fellow tech behemoth Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet missed Wall Street estimations… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 27, 20222 minute read
Business Internet News Microsoft revenue rises 12% in Q4 FY22, but Windows and Xbox services take a hit Despite clocking a year-over-year rise of 12% in its quarterly revenue, tech… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 27, 20223 minute read
Business E-commerce Global News Shopify lays off about 1000 employees as pandemic-driven e-commerce upsurge reverse In what has become an unsettling trend for businesses over the past… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 27, 20222 minute read
Crypto Internet News Startups Artfi nabs $3.2Mn in latest round as it looks to create an NFT ecosystem for fine art Artfi, a blockchain-based fine art Fintech project of the art connoisseur Asif… Guntas SinghJuly 26, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Meta will now let creators make money from videos that have licensed music The rivalry that has ensued between social networking giant Meta (via Facebook,… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 26, 20222 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Seedstars’ SIV II Fund announces first close at $20Mn, plans seed investments in nearly 100 startups It is said that the early bird gets the worm. Swiss pre-seed… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 26, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups Zomato scrip drops by 14%, market cap below last private equity valuation as IPO lock-in period ends Just as journalists, interns, 9-to5ers and day traders were all about to… Guntas SinghJuly 25, 20222 minute read
News Startups Within months of $1Mn pre-seed, Better Opinions now lands $2.5Mn from Metaplanet, others ‘Better Opinions’, a rather unique startup that lets users trade their opinions… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 25, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups Policybazaar confirms IT systems hack, says no “significant customer data” was exposed Cyberattacks and data breaches have become increasingly common over the years, as… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 25, 20222 minute read
Business News a16z will be shifting its headquarters to the ‘cloud’, along with three new physical offices For a long time, businesses have operated on a simple model –… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 22, 20222 minute read
Internet News Instagram videos under 15 minutes will now be shared as reels Instagram has announced in a blog post, that all videos posted on… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 22, 20222 minute read
Internet IT & Web-tech News Amazon plans to bring its Starlink rival, ‘Project Kuiper’ to India: Reports Amazon is continuing to double down on its India investments, as it… Guntas SinghJuly 22, 20222 minute read