Gadgetry Global News Apple’s 1st gen AR headset to come in 2022, 2nd gen to roll out two years later It seems AR is finally gaining traction inside Apple’s engineering cordon. After… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 8, 2021
Internet News Amazon Web Services went down, creating chaos on the internet In what seemed nothing short of an armageddon for some time on… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalDecember 8, 2021
Business News Startups PlanetSpark, a platform that helps evolve communication skills for K-12 students, gets $13.5Mn in Series B With witnessing a rather forced but transformative change in the way it… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 7, 2021
Business News Startups Used cars retail platform Spinny gets $283Mn in Series E from Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, Tiger Global The Indian startup sector has been tremendous successes this year, producing unicorns… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 7, 2021
Business News Startups MapMyIndia’s IPO to open on December 9, price band set at ₹1000-1033 per equity share It will be an understatement to say that 2021 has been a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 7, 2021
News Startups Digital-first automated mortgage platform LoanKuber raised ₹13 crore in Pre-Series A With 2021 producing unicorns by the dozens and reigning in record capital… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 2021
Apps Internet News Facebook rolls out Split Payments on Messenger, currently in beta Facebook has been rolling out new features for quite some time –… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 2021
Business News Tumultous week sees steep fall in U.S. tech stocks Last one has been a long week for Wall Street and companies,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 2021
Business Culture & Policy Facebook Global Internet News Facebook-parent Meta launches initiatives to protect women users across its platforms The internet continues to be an unsafe place, especially increasingly for women.… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 4, 2021
Business China News China’s Uber rival Didi Chuxing to delist from the US While 2021 has been a friend of Indian startups (resulting in a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 3, 2021
Internet News You can now book a ride on Uber via WhatsApp Uber is walking down a new path as the ride-hailing behemoth is… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 3, 2021
Business Global News Amazon’s Marketplace is its most profitable segment, clocking in over $120Bn built on seller fees: Report Amazon’s policies continue to face scrutiny, as a recent report showed that… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 2, 2021
Business Global News Amazon, Apple fined $225Mn by Italy’s antitrust regulator Italy’s antitrust authority has fined both Apple and Amazon for a total… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 2, 2021
Internet News Real-time animations, among other features going live on Reddit Reddit needs no introduction – the front page of the internet is… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 2, 2021
News Startups CRED acquires Happay – a full-stack expense management platform for businesses As CRED slows down on its marketing-driven hype and looks for possible,… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 1, 2021
News Startups Simpl gets $40Mn to expand its buy now pay later platform Amid the Fintech innovation boom that India has witnessed this past decade… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 1, 2021
Business Culture & Policy News UK competition regulator orders Facebook parent ‘Meta’ to sell Giphy It seems that the matter of the acquisition of Giphy by Meta… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Apps Global Internet News Find out the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2021 With 2022 around the corner, the time has come to determine how… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Jack Dorsey to step down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal to take over Twitter is having a change of guard once again as CEO Jack… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Acquisitions Business Global News Edtech leader upGrad expands beyond domestic borders, acquires Australia’s Global Study Partners Education has undergone a revolution over the past one-and-a-half year, and while… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 29, 2021
Business News Startups Fresh $200M fundraise catapults fintech ‘Slice’ to unicorn status Unicorns in India have sprung up like crazy in the past 11… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 29, 2021