Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta introduces new parental controls for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger Meta is building on to its more recent child-safety measures across its… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20232 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Arkam Ventures targets $180 million for its second fund Early-stage VC firm Arkam Ventures – portfolio of whom houses companies such… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20232 minute read
Business E-commerce News Amazon India to host Prime Day next month on July 11th-12th With a stagnation coming in to India’s still nascent ecommerce segment, Amazon… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Google appeals for dismissal of antitrust directives in India’s Android market case Months after scoring a small victory at a tribunal court, tech giant… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 20232 minute read
Business Global News IBM to acquire Apptio for $4.6Bn as it looks to solidify cloud architecture business In a strategic move to bolster its cloud and automation capabilities, tech… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 20233 minute read
Business News Startups Byju’s tries to assure investors as it commits to file 2022 earnings by September: Report Last week, edtech decacorn Byju’s lost both it’s auditor – Deloitte –… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 20232 minute read
Enterprise Global Google News Amazon to invest additional $15Bn to India, Google to open global fintech operation centre in Gujarat With its massive population, burgeoning middle class, and rapidly growing digital landscape,… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 20233 minute read
Apple News Apple plans India debut for Apple Pay, Apple Card: Report India’s fintech sector, already populated with seriously large players, could soon see… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 24, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube will require fan accounts to make their distinction from official artist channels ‘obvious’ Fan channels and accounts dedicated to actors, singers, celebrities, and inspirational personalities… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Enterprise Global News Applied Materials to set up collaborative engineering center in Bengaluru with $400Mn investment India’s semiconductor industry seems to be picking up investments in an accelerated… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube suffers outage, down for thousands of users After Reddit, YouTube and YouTube TV have become the latest names to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Business Global News Micron to invest $825 million to set up its first chip factory in India It seems that Tesla and SpaceX aren’t the only American enterprises to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Deloitte resigns as Byju’s auditor, three board members quit Byju’s governance troubles have taken a turn for the worse. Media reports… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20232 minute read
Futurism Global Internet News China’s Ant Group ventures into Large-Language Models with Zhenyi The fallout of ChatGPT and the increasing investments into artificial intelligence just… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20232 minute read
News Venture Capital Blume Ventures announces first close of Fund 1Y at ₹200 crore Blume Ventures, known for its investments in early-stage startups, continues to make… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20233 minute read
Gadgetry News Security Apple ID passkeys to be automatically assigned to users with iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma Passkeys will now be automatically assigned to users with Apple ID, beginning… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp to let users silence unknown calls, rolls out new Privacy Checkup Indian users are (unfortunately) intimately familiar with spam calls, and the increasing… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Musk meets Modi, talk about possible Tesla and Starlink India debut Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced his intentions to invest in… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20233 minute read
Global Internet News Security Reddit faces ransom demands: Hackers threaten to leak stolen data amidst API pricing controversy As if thousands of subreddits going dark or finding alternative means of… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 20, 20233 minute read
Business Global News Intel commits €30 billion to Europe expansion, will set up two new chip factories in Germany In a new move, tech giant Intel has unveiled a massice investment… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 19, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Subreddits get creative: Innovative protests emerge amidst Reddit’s API rule changes The ripples of the new changes to Reddit’s API rules continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 19, 20233 minute read
