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Leading language-learning app Duolingo files for IPO

With the onset of the pandemic, the shift to online education has…
SpaceX starship launch

SpaceX targets next month for first Starship orbital launch

SpaceX has been betting big on its latest horse-the Starship, and while…

Etsy acquires Brazilian competitor El07 for $217Mn

Etsy, the popular online marketplace focused around creative products, has acquired El07,…
Twitter

[Update: Map withdrawn] Twitter shows India’s J&K and Ladakh territories as separate countries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…
Amazon

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…
Twitter

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…
Slice

‘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…

‘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…
Twitter

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…

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…
Instagram

Instagram tests feature that allows users to post from desktop

Most people, including myself, use social media on multiple devices. It can…
Twitter

Indian court rules no coercive action to be taken againt Twitter India MD for ‘assault’ video

Just weeks after the new IT rules in India came into effect,…

Riding on edtech boom, Classplus bags $65Mn in Tiger Global-led round for expansion of business

With the pandemic still at large, schools and colleges continue to remain…
Jio and SpaceX to bring Starlink to India.

Reliance Jio joins forces with Google for 5G, low cost ‘JioPhone Next’ to hit the market from September 10

A titan is always formidable in its environment, and an alliance between…
Google, Reliance expand AI access India

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance clocks $73Bn in revenue, announces new energy business, Google partnership and more

Reliance, India’s biggest conglomerate, touched never seen before heights over the past…
TikTok US outage ends and service restored

TikTok planning return to India, claims compliance with new IT rules: Report

TikTok, once one of the biggest social media platforms in India, was…
WINDO

WINDO, a startup that helps small businesses to set up social commerce on Instagram, gets $500K in seed round

Social commerce has grown in recent times, with Facebook continuing to push…

Nvidia Canvas AI will allow you to create almost photorealistic images through random blobs, here’s how

If you love art (like me) but can’t paint to save your…