News Startups Sequoia announces third cohort of its ‘Surge’ accelerator program, goes online only this time Sequoia Capital has announced the third cohort of its India-based accelerator program,… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 27, 2020
Apps News Startups Twitter-backed regional social media network ShareChat acquires meme sharing app Memer If you thought making memes did not pay anything, you’d have to… Upneet SinghApril 27, 2020
Apps Business News Reliance JioMart goes live on Whatsapp Reliance industries’ latest venture to expand into the retail market, JioMart, has… Upneet SinghApril 26, 2020
Business Gadgetry News Vivo displaces Samsung as India’s 2nd largest smartphone maker by shipments, Xiaomi on top The smartphone market in India performed exceptionally well in Q1 2020, despite… Upneet SinghApril 25, 2020
Apps Internet News With ‘Messenger Rooms’ launch, Facebook joins in the video-conferencing battle Facebook has announced the launch of ‘Messenger Rooms’ today. Messenger Rooms are… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 25, 2020
Google extends identity verification process to all advertisers to curb deceptive ads Google has announced an extension of its mandatory identity verification program to… Sajid SaleemApril 24, 2020
Business News AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson retires, current COO John Stankey to take over AT&T is all set to welcome a new CEO in John Stankey,… Upneet SinghApril 24, 2020
News Startups Vedantu grabs another $7 million as part of an extended Series C round Edtech platforms have emerged as one of those rare sectors, which have… Sajid SaleemApril 24, 2020
Apps News Telegram hits 400 million monthly users, announces new features Telegram, the privacy-oriented IM competitor to Whatsapp, has announced hitting the 400… Shalabha SarathApril 24, 2020
Business News Google plans to slash marketing budget by half, impose hiring freeze COVID-19 is turning into a massive black hole that is gulping in… Sajid SaleemApril 24, 2020
Apps News Whatsapp Pay to adhere to India’s data protection rules, readies for full-scale roll out: Report Whatsapp Pay has been legally clamped down from being rolled out to… Shalabha SarathApril 24, 2020
Apps News Security Apple says there is “no evidence” of hackers exploiting loopholes in its Mail app Countering yesterday’s reports that suggested data leak and exploitation by hackers using… Shalabha SarathApril 24, 2020
Apps News Apple and Google’s contact tracing API set to launch for devs next week Couple weeks back, Apple and Google announced a rare collaboration, to roll… Upneet SinghApril 24, 2020
Culture & Policy News Startups Uber has disbursed COVID-19 grants to 55,000 drivers in India through its Uber Care Drivers Fund Uber’s ‘Uber Care Driver Fund’, an INR12.5 crore (~$1.6Mn) COVID-19 relief fund… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 23, 2020
Business News Startups Gojek has acquired Indonesian POS and payment services startup Moka in a $130M deal: Bloomberg Fresh off from an industry-defying $1.2 Billion fundraise, Indonesia’s most valuable startup… Sajid SaleemApril 23, 2020
Gadgetry News Apple plans to launch in house chips for Mac devices starting next year: Report While Apple’s iPhones house the best chips in market, leaving any Snapdragon… Upneet SinghApril 23, 2020
News Security Vulnerabilities in Apple’s mail app reportedly allowed hackers to steal user data for years Vulnerabilities and their exploitation in tech devices is nothing new. The phenomenon… Sajid SaleemApril 23, 2020
Apps News Security Zoom announces key security overhaul with AES 256-bit encryption and data center control Video conferencing platform Zoom, after days and weeks of bans, criticisms, hacks… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 23, 2020
Futurism News Space SpaceX successfully puts another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit SpaceX continues to taste success with its Starlink satellite launches. The company… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 23, 2020
Apps Internet News Google launches tile layout for ‘Meet’, a brilliant new ‘night mode’ and an even better noise cancellation feature Video conferencing is at an all-time high, thanks to lockdowns imposed globally… Upneet SinghApril 23, 2020
Facebook and Instagram will now show location of high-reach accounts to users in the US We are not saying that Facebook interfered with the presidential election in… Upneet SinghApril 23, 2020