Apps News India pushes to develop home-made alternatives to popular apps with a new ‘Innovation Challenge’ Following up from the upbeat that India has seen off late around… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
News Startups Venture Capital Sequoia and Lightspeed are launching new India centric investment funds Sequoia and Lightspeed, two giants of the venture capital game, have announced… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Electric Futurism News Tesla opens reservations for its all-electric Cybertruck in China Tesla has started taking reservations for its eerily futuristic truck, named Cybertruck… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Business News Startups Uber expands services to Japan’s Tokyo in partnership with domestic taxi services After being in Japan for over 6 years now, Uber has finally… Upneet SinghJuly 4, 2020
Culture & Policy Gaming News PlayStation joins the #StopHateForProfit campaign against Facebook, suspends all paid/non-paid activity on the platform Joining an ever growing list of large tech companies pulling out of… Chinni SinghJuly 3, 2020
Electric News Elon Musk confirms a cross country road trip to showcase Tesla’s Cybertruck Elon Musk announced via Twitter, that a cross country trip with Tesla’s… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 2020
Business News Venture Capital Jio Platforms gets $253M from Intel Capital Just when we thought there is a pause in Reliance Jio Platforms’… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 2020
Apps News Security Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 2020
Apps News Jio Platforms launches Zoom-like ‘JioMeet’ video conferencing platform Reliance backed Jio Platforms has decided to take the Zoom route and… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 2020
News Startups Zetwerk nabs $21M for its B2B marketplace that lets businesses access high quality manufacturing items Zetwerk, an Indian Business to Business marketplace that works as a connect… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Business Electric News Tesla blows past industry estimates with 90,650 vehicle deliveries in Q2’20 While COVID-19 continues to batter the global economy, Tesla proves yet again… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Apps News Instagram is experimenting with ‘full screen stories’, while getting rid of the swipe for DM Instagram is apparently experimenting with its stories section amid increasing popularity. The… Chinni SinghJuly 2, 2020
Business News Apple is closing more stores in the US as COVID-19 infections continue to surge As the threat of COVID-19 peaks again in the US, the country… Samridhi SharmaJuly 2, 2020
Apps News Facebook swaps one TikTok clone for another, shuts down Lasso ahead of Instagram Reels launch Facebook is changing horses just as the race was about to start,… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2020
Apps News Google and Apple app stores block 59 Chinese apps as per Indian government orders. Following the guidelines laid down by the Indian government’s department of telecommunications,… Chinni SinghJuly 2, 2020
Google postpones opening of U.S. office as COVID-19 infections continue to rise Google has announced that it will be postponing reopening of its U.S.… Samridhi SharmaJuly 2, 2020
News Startups Spiketrap gets $3M in seed for its AI powered consumer intelligence platform If you have ever had a change to browse through those millions… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 2, 2020
Apps News Spotify debuts its newest subscription plan ‘Premium Duo’ for $12.99 Spotify’s latest attempt at gaining new customers, is in the form of… Samridhi SharmaJuly 2, 2020
Apps News WhatsApp announces ‘Dark mode’ for Whatsapp Web, animated stickers, QR codes for contacts and more Whatsapp, as a part of some regular updates to keep the platform… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 2020
OnePlus Nord sold out within minutes of pre launch on Instagram OnePlus has been known to make exemplary “flagship killers” at pocket friendly… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 2020
Business News Startups Unicorn India Ventures invests $650K in ChitMonks, a blockchain based chit fund platform Unicorn India Ventures, is announcing a fresh investment from its Rs. 400… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 2020