News Startups Blume Ventures closes its second early-stage fund at $60 million Blume Ventures, a VC firm which invests in early-stage startups, has announced… Jeet SutharOctober 24, 2016No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy News Reliance Jio may extend that telecom vacation you’re enjoying, till March 2017 While multiple reports claim that Jio will have to stop offering free services… Jeet SutharOctober 24, 2016No comments3 minute read
Data/Research News SBI to replace students’ debit cards first after reports of India’s biggest digital banking fraud In a move to sort out the security breach that has reportedly… Jeet SutharOctober 24, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups You can now order grocery using the Grofers website Almost three years after it kicked off its services, Grofers, the online grocery delivery… Jeet SutharOctober 23, 2016No comments2 minute read
Singapore ST Electronics’ facial recognition system might soon replace travel cards There’s a high probability that you might not need your travel card… Kajal JoshiOctober 23, 2016No comments2 minute read
Australia News muru-D invites applications for the fourth cohort of its accelerator program Startup accelerator muru-D has opened applications for its fourth Sydney Cohort— the… Shaistha KhanOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Gadgets News LG to reportedly abandon plans of modularity with its upcoming G6 smartphone The concept of modular smartphones was first popularized by Google(with Motorola in… October 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Gaming News The Last Guardian finally goes gold, on track for December 9 release Rejoice humanity! The years of waiting and praying are finally over. The… Dhruv ChopraOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Walmart to invest $50 million in Chinese grocery firm New Dada Walmart Stores announced on Friday that it is going to invest $50 million… Jeet SutharOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Gaming News Nintendo says ‘Switch’ isn’t backward compatible with physical 3DS or Wii U games Nintendo has just officially confirmed the following: the upcoming ‘Switch’ hybrid console… Dhruv ChopraOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Apps News Instagram is rumored to be testing ‘Live Video’ integration within its app Riding on the success of its Live Video strategy, Facebook is now… October 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Internet News Facebook says it will no longer censor ‘newsworthy’ graphic posts and images Whenever we talk about content censorship on the Internet, Facebook is definitely… October 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Gaming News Video game voice actors commence strike after industry negotiations fail The video game voice actor strike kicked off today by the Union… Dhruv ChopraOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Lyft adds Raj Kapoor as its first-ever chief strategist to take on rival Uber Though $63 billion ride-hailing giant Uber currently rules the roads of America,… October 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Australia News Microsoft identifies huge opportunities in the nation’s sports industry Microsoft’s Global Sports Innovation Center in Madrid has identified Australia as a… Shaistha KhanOctober 22, 2016No comments3 minute read
Airbus unveils its autonomous flying car project called “Vahana” French aerospace giant Airbus, a direct competitor to US-based Boeing that is best… October 22, 20162 comments3 minute read
News UK TimeOut takes over event booking platform YPlan for £1.6m London-based events startup Yplan has been acquired by magazine publisher Time Out for… Disha ManochaOctober 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Consumer Tech News All of Samsung’s future smartphone launches in India will offer 4G support With an exponential growth in the demand of 4G technology in the… October 22, 2016No comments2 minute read
Internet News Google quietly updates privacy policy to drop ban on personally identifiable web tracking Over the past couple decades, Google has established itself as the biggest… October 21, 2016No comments3 minute read
Internet News Twitter, Spotify among websites that went down after huge DDoS attack It was doomsday for an Internet management company, Dyn when it faced… October 21, 2016No comments2 minute read
Singapore nuTonomy ceases self-driving trials until investigation of recent accident is complete After the accident involving nuTonomy’s driverless car came into the light, the startup has… Kajal JoshiOctober 21, 2016No comments2 minute read