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Blue collar jobs platform ‘apna’ turns unicorn in $100Mn Series C fundraise, global expansion in sight

Indian startup ecosystem’s red hot unicorn streak continues to march ahead, and…
Groww

Groww looking to attain a $3Bn valuation with new $25 Mn fundraise: Report

India, a country that has been quite closed up to investing, has…
Truecaller

Caller identification service Truecaller looking to raise $116Mn in Stockholm IPO

TrueCaller, the Swedish firm that counts India as its biggest market and…

E-sports and gaming app MPL becomes 2nd Indian e-gaming unicorn in fresh fundraise

Over the last year, gaming has become bigger than ever, thanks to…

NASA awards $146Mn in contracts to SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others for lander concepts of Artemis missions

Blue Origin and SpaceX have locked horns ever since NASA had awarded…

Apple launches the iPhone 13 lineup, with a smaller notch and higher refresh rate for Pro Models

September is here, and for Apple fans, that means just one thing…

Apple announces Watch Series 7, along with changes to its Fitness+ service

iPhone 13 stole the California streaming event by Apple, as one would…

Apple unveils new iPad and iPad Mini models, adding to its already dominating lineup of tablets

Well, this is unexpected. If you, like myself, have been searching for…

Xiaomi announces new Smart Glasses, can make calls, take photos, translate text, and much more

The wearables sector has been growing at an unprecedented rate for quite…

India and Singapore join forces to link their fast payments systems UPI and PayNow for instant transfers

UPI has revolutionized the payments industry in India and has enabled people…

SpaceX deploys 51 Starlink satellites on record 10th flight of Falcon 9 rocket

Elon Musk and SpaceX have been betting heavy on the Starlink constellation,…
Intuit

Intuit to acquire popular customer engagement and marketing platform ‘MailChimp’ for $12Bn

Global tech firm Intuit has announced that it will acquire customer engagement…

SaaS major Freshworks aims for a $9Bn valuation in US IPO

Freshworks is the latest name to make its way to the ‘soon…

Jungle Ventures raises $225 million in the first close of its fourth fund, focus on India, SE Asia

Despite pandemic’s rather devastating impact on several facets of the global economy,…
WhatsApp

WhatsApp to finally add encryption to chat backups in cloud

WhatsApp has had end to end encryption for the better part of…
GSMA adds encryption to cross-platform RCS

Epic v/s Apple trial ruling doesn’t recognize Apple as a monopolist, but requires it to allow app payments outside App Store

The Apple vs Epic trial was slated to have far-reaching consequences across…

Climate-tech sector growth clocks 120 start-ups raising $1.2 billion over past 5 years: Report

The need for sustainable development, clean energy, and eco-friendly measures has risen…

Lido Learning, an edtech startup that focuses on small group learning, raises $10Mn led by Unilazer Ventures

Ed tech startup Lido, one of the first companies to offer small…

Bleeding edge CRISPR biotech startup Mammoth Biosciences turns unicorn following $150Mn fundraise

The Indian start-up ecosystem has performed extraordinarily well this year, and the…
Jio and SpaceX to bring Starlink to India.

Launch of ‘JioPhone Next’ delayed till Diwali due to semiconductor shortage

This June, Google and Reliance Industries’ Jio entered into an alliance to…
Ray-Ban Stories Facebook

Ray-Ban launches smart glasses ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ in partnership with Facebook

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his plans to turn the platform into…