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didi

Cab aggregator Didi to be among the first to test Chinese central bank’s Digital Currency

Moving aggressively towards its government-backed digital currency plans, the Chinese central bank…
Facebook

Facebook pushes “Oversight Board” launch to late fall, amid disappointing meeting with Facebook ad ban leaders

In a rather unsurprising turn of events, Facebook’s “efforts” to stop the…

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra on August 5

The Samsung Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra have been an open…
TikTok

United States “looking at” banning TikTok and the likes, says secy of state Mike Pompeo

Donald Trump’s equally vocal counterpart, the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…
Loon

Alphabet’s low cost balloon internet ‘Loon’ launches in Kenya

After launching its first internet balloon in April this year, Alphabet’s Loon…
Malaysia moves toward under-16 social-media ban

Facebook, Google, Twitter among others will temporarily not comply with Hong Kong data requests

In a rare show of solidarity, some of the biggest social media…
Unacademy

Unacademy is acquiring PrepLadder for $50M as India’s edtech space sees exponential growth

Unacademy announced on Tuesday that it has acquired PrepLadder- an online learning…

Samsung expects 23% increase in Q2’20 operating profit due to rising chip demands, Apple display units

Samsung Electronics flagged a 23% jump in operating profit for the second…

Sequoia announces two new India, SE Asia focused funds worth $1.35 Billion

Sequoia Limited Partners, a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, has announced…
Meta fixes Instagram’s violent content glitch

Instagram is testing its TikTok lookalike “Reels” in India

Instagram is reportedly testing its short video feature- ‘Reels’ with a small…
Uber integrates metro ticketing via ONDC

Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65B as it strengthens Uber Eats

The food delivery business is downright cruel, and punishes those who can’t…
Airtel-Google network spam shield for RCS

Airtel partners with Nokia to power India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network

Airtel, the former champion of the Indian telecom market, and now, the…
Paytm CEO

Paytm and its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma acquire general insurance company Raheja QBE for $76 million

Paytm and its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma announced on Monday that they…
Zomato

Zomato reportedly cut-off from previously raised Ant Financial funding

Amid rising India-China tensions and India’s restrictions on foreign investment from China,…
Facebook

Facebook gets into education, launches a new certified curriculum in Indian schools through CBSE

Facebook has launched “Facebook for Education” initiative in India, the world’s second…
OneWeb

UK Government and Bharti Global will invest $1B to acquire Softbank-backed bankrupt satellite company OneWeb

In search of an alternative for the Galileo sat-nav system, as Brexit…

India pushes to develop home-made alternatives to popular apps with a new ‘Innovation Challenge’

Following up from the upbeat that India has seen off late around…

Sequoia and Lightspeed are launching new India centric investment funds

Sequoia and Lightspeed, two giants of the venture capital game, have announced…

Tesla opens reservations for its all-electric Cybertruck in China

Tesla has started taking reservations for its eerily futuristic truck, named Cybertruck…
Uber integrates metro ticketing via ONDC

Uber expands services to Japan’s Tokyo in partnership with domestic taxi services

After being in Japan for over 6 years now, Uber has finally…

PlayStation joins the #StopHateForProfit campaign against Facebook, suspends all paid/non-paid activity on the platform

Joining an ever growing list of large tech companies pulling out of…