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Snap brings Snapchat+ to India for just ₹49 per month

Four years ago, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel made the controversial statement that…

SaaS upstart CleverTap valuation jumps to nearly $775Mn after latest Series D fundraise

A pandemic-induced high over the past year ensured that the SaaS industry…

WhatsApp will now let users control who sees their online status, leave groups silently, and more

Many of us have those kinds of relatives who are extremely dedicated…
Google breached by ShinyHunters via vishing

Chaos on the Internet as Google Search was apparently down for users globally, now restored

If you tried to search something on Google this morning, you very…

SoftBank Vision Funds continue money loosing spree with a $21.6Bn quarterly loss, among highest ever since inception

Tough market conditions have left their mark not just on numerous companies…

dezerv. bags $21Mn in Series A, makes its wealth management platform public

dezerv., a wealth management platform that has been on invite-only mode so…
Nykaa

Nykaa to acquire local discovery and e-commerce platform Little Black Book

This was hinted at two months ago, when it was revealed that…

Amazon acquires Roomba-maker iRobot for $1.7Bn as it doubles down on smart home market

Alexa, Echo, Smart Plug, and Ring Doorbells are some of the devices…

Clubhouse is beta testing ‘Houses’, a new way that will let users engage with curated communities

Clubhouse, the social audio app that saw a rather meteroic rise during…
Alibaba

Alibaba beats analyst estimates despite tough quarter, clocks $30.69Bn in Q2’2022 revenue

Alibaba has clocked a decent performance in an otherwise tough quarter. While…

Meta makes its first-ever bond offering, looks to raise $10Bn

At a time when it is experiencing tightening cash reserves and a…
Facebook

Facebook Live Shopping is going off air starting October 1 this year

The four-year-long run of Facebook’s Live Shopping feature is coming to an…

OnePlus marks a decent comeback with 10T debut, starts at ₹49,999, pre-orders available now

OnePlus 10T 5G, which we had talked about briefly last month, has…

Bluecopa gets seeded with $2.3Mn for its finance ops automation platform

Hyderabad-based finance operations automations platform Bluecopa, announced on Tuesday, that it has…
India ordered to block Proton Mail

Indian govt. has withdrawn the controversial Data Protection Bill, a new revamped bill to be introduced soon

The controversial Data Protection Bill, that the current Indian government started working…

SaaS platform Emitrr gobbles up $4Mn from Chiratae Ventures, others in pre-Series A

Chiratae Ventures, the Bengaluru-headquartered VC firm that focusses on growth-stage startups in…
Uber

Uber looks to sell 7.8% stake in Zomato as it reports positive free cash flow in latest earnings

As Uber reported extremely encouraging financial results yesterday with not so positive…

Google, Rakuten back rewards-based payment platform Twid in $12Mn Series A

Google, which has invested billions across India’s telecom sector, is doubling down…
Quick-commerce firms accused of predatory pricing

Zomato reorganising itself under a new parent named ‘Eternal’, with each business headed by its own CEO: Report

Zomato, while faring decently at the time of its Indian stock market…