Apps Culture & Policy Internet News [Update: Map withdrawn] Twitter shows India’s J&K and Ladakh territories as separate countries Update: The map has now been removed. Before: Twitter and the Indian… Upneet SinghJune 28, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal slams US e-commerce giants for being “arrogant,” alleges they flouted Indian laws India is the second-largest internet market in the world and a large… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Twitter’s Global Legal Policy Leader Jeremy Kessel to be next interim resident grievance officer in India Earlier today, we reported that Dharmendra Chatur has stepped down from his… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital ‘Super Card’ credit card provider ‘Slice’ raises $20Mn, adds rewards and bill splitting features Slice, one of India’s most innovative fintech startups that has took upon… Upneet SinghJune 28, 20212 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’ maker Krafton leads $9Mn round in Indian game streaming platform ‘Loco’ Just a few days after its game PUBG Mobile made its reentry… Upneet SinghJune 28, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India quits amidst feud with government In the latest development in the Twitter v/s Indian government feud, the… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
News Healthtech unicorn PharmEasy to acquire 66% stake in publicly listed diagnostics major Thyrocare The Indian healthcare sector has gone online in recent times, a trend… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20212 minute read
Business Cloud Computing Code News AWS acquires encrypted messaging service Wickr for an undisclosed sum Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired encrypted messaging service Wickr for an… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 20212 minute read
Internet News Instagram tests feature that allows users to post from desktop Most people, including myself, use social media on multiple devices. It can… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 25, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Indian court rules no coercive action to be taken againt Twitter India MD for ‘assault’ video Just weeks after the new IT rules in India came into effect,… Upneet SinghJune 25, 20212 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Riding on edtech boom, Classplus bags $65Mn in Tiger Global-led round for expansion of business With the pandemic still at large, schools and colleges continue to remain… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 25, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Windows 11 now official with new design, support for Android apps; Nadella terms it beginning of a ‘new era’ for Windows Finally, Windows 11 is official. The announcement came in from Microsoft about… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 25, 20213 minute read
Internet Mobile News Reliance Jio joins forces with Google for 5G, low cost ‘JioPhone Next’ to hit the market from September 10 A titan is always formidable in its environment, and an alliance between… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20213 minute read
Business News Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance clocks $73Bn in revenue, announces new energy business, Google partnership and more Reliance, India’s biggest conglomerate, touched never seen before heights over the past… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News TikTok planning return to India, claims compliance with new IT rules: Report TikTok, once one of the biggest social media platforms in India, was… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20212 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital WINDO, a startup that helps small businesses to set up social commerce on Instagram, gets $500K in seed round Social commerce has grown in recent times, with Facebook continuing to push… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20212 minute read
Apps Futurism News Nvidia Canvas AI will allow you to create almost photorealistic images through random blobs, here’s how If you love art (like me) but can’t paint to save your… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy News John McAfee, the controversial founder of antivirus software giant McAfee, found dead in Spanish prison John McAfee, the name behind one of the most popular antivirus software… Upneet SinghJune 24, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook, Google fail to halt passage of strict new antitrust bills by US House Committee The going seems only to be getting tougher for US tech giants,… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook announces Shops for WhatsApp, visual search feature for Instagram and more Facebook is on a mission to become the Amazon of social media,… Upneet SinghJune 23, 20212 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Kazam, a startup that develops IoT powered electric charging stations, bags $1Mn in seed round 2021 has been the golden year for the Indian start-up ecosystem, with… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20212 minute read
