News Startups Venture Capital Online pharmacy TABLT raises $3Mn from Siti Cable for pan India growth Healthcare has become more important than ever before, especially with the 2nd… Upneet SinghJune 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Google publishes first transparency report under IT rules, says it received more than 27,000 complaints in April The new IT rules have come into effect, binding the major social… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Internet News Server leak puts Byju’s student data at risk, now resolved With the shift to online education thanks to the pandemic, edtech start-ups… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Business Internet News Reliance Jio and NXP Semiconductors collaborate on 5G hardware for upcoming Jio Phones After joining forces with Google for the software side of its new… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook backs India’s new IT rules, says they “make sense” The new IT rules have been a source of contention between major… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Business News Startups Sequoia Capital’s largest cohort to date for Surge includes 23 start-ups The fifth (and largest) cohort of venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India’s… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Gamified learning platform Quizizz raises $31.5Mn to expand teams across US and India With the sudden shift in education favoring remote learning solutions, edtech startups… Upneet SinghJune 30, 2021
Business News Zomato reportedly invests $120Mn in Grofers, valuation soars past $1Bn Both Zomato and Grofers have ridden through the tough times of 2020,… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 2021
Business News Leading language-learning app Duolingo files for IPO With the onset of the pandemic, the shift to online education has… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 2021
News Space SpaceX targets next month for first Starship orbital launch SpaceX has been betting big on its latest horse-the Starship, and while… Upneet SinghJune 29, 2021
Business Culture & Policy News Facebook becomes a $1 Trillion company Like it or not, social media platforms have flourished like never before… Upneet SinghJune 29, 2021
Business News Etsy acquires Brazilian competitor El07 for $217Mn Etsy, the popular online marketplace focused around creative products, has acquired El07,… Upneet SinghJune 29, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News [Update: Map withdrawn] Twitter shows India’s J&K and Ladakh territories as separate countries Update: The map has now been removed. Before: Twitter and the Indian… Upneet SinghJune 28, 2021
Culture & Policy News Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal slams US e-commerce giants for being “arrogant,” alleges they flouted Indian laws India is the second-largest internet market in the world and a large… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy News Twitter’s Global Legal Policy Leader Jeremy Kessel to be next interim resident grievance officer in India Earlier today, we reported that Dharmendra Chatur has stepped down from his… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital ‘Super Card’ credit card provider ‘Slice’ raises $20Mn, adds rewards and bill splitting features Slice, one of India’s most innovative fintech startups that has took upon… Upneet SinghJune 28, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’ maker Krafton leads $9Mn round in Indian game streaming platform ‘Loco’ Just a few days after its game PUBG Mobile made its reentry… Upneet SinghJune 28, 2021
Apps Internet News Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India quits amidst feud with government In the latest development in the Twitter v/s Indian government feud, the… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 2021
News Healthtech unicorn PharmEasy to acquire 66% stake in publicly listed diagnostics major Thyrocare The Indian healthcare sector has gone online in recent times, a trend… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 2021
Business Cloud Computing Code News AWS acquires encrypted messaging service Wickr for an undisclosed sum Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired encrypted messaging service Wickr for an… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 26, 2021
Internet News Instagram tests feature that allows users to post from desktop Most people, including myself, use social media on multiple devices. It can… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 25, 2021