Consumer Tech Internet News Flipkart launches flight bookings for both domestic and international flights Walmart-owned Flipkart will now allow users to book flight tickets through its… Chinni SinghJune 10, 2020
News Startups Payments company Innoviti closes Series C round from FMO and Bessemer Venture Partners Innoviti, the Bengaluru-based payments solution provider, is announcing the close of its… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 10, 2020
Internet News Twitter will start labeling conspiracy tweets linking COVID-19 to 5G Twitter has started putting a fact-checking label on tweets that link the… Chinni SinghJune 10, 2020
Business Gadgetry News Google Pixel shipments outnumbered those of OnePlus in 2019, says IDC A report from research firm IDC suggests that the dry spell for… Upneet SinghJune 10, 2020
Apps News Twitter launches its own version of Stories called ‘Fleets’, in India Twitter had started testing its own version of the over saturated ‘Stories’… Upneet SinghJune 10, 2020
News Paytm Payments Bank profit surges 55% in its 2nd consecutive year of profitability Paytm Payments Bank, the neo banking arm operated by digital payments giant… Chinni SinghJune 10, 2020
Futurism News Space SpaceX rockets run on the same software as your average joe Android smartphone SpaceX engineers have explained in a reddit post that if you use… Upneet SinghJune 9, 2020
Business Gadgetry News Apple could launch a Macbook with in-house chipset as early as this month: Report Apple has been teasing the prospect of building in house processors for… Upneet SinghJune 9, 2020
News Startups Infibeam buys out corporate credit cards firm Cardpay in all-stock deal Infibeam Avenues Ltd., the company that behind ecommerce platform ‘Infibeam.com’ and payment… Chinni SinghJune 9, 2020
News Startups Now startups can issue ESOPs to employees till 10 years after joining On February 19, the DPIIT extended the period during which a company… Chinni SinghJune 9, 2020
Business Culture & Policy News IBM will exit facial recognition business to oppose police brutality and racial profiling IBM has announced that it will be quitting its facial recognition business… Upneet SinghJune 9, 2020
Business News Startups U.S.-only online used cars platform Vroom scores $468Mn in IPO Vroom, the US-only online used cars platform, has successfully raised $467.5 million… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 9, 2020
Apps News Uber launches ‘Hourly Rentals’ in India after a successful US launch Uber is launching a new service, dubbed ‘Hourly Rentals’, which will let… Upneet SinghJune 9, 2020
Futurism News Space Elon Musk tells SpaceX staff, Starship is ‘top priority’ In a company-wide email seen by CNBC, Elon Musk has told his… Chinni SinghJune 8, 2020
Business Electric News Tesla China sold 11,095 EVs in May, nearly thrice the sales made in April China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) revealed that Tesla sold 11,095 units of… Chinni SinghJune 8, 2020
Business News Jio Platforms gets nearly $750Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority In what would mark the 8th mega investment round for Reliance-owned Jio… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 7, 2020
Gadgetry News Samsung could unveil the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Fold 2 on August 5 Samsung is the king of the smartphone industry, and rightfully so. Every… Upneet SinghJune 6, 2020
Apps News Startups Zomato to scale down grocery as food delivery expects to make a comeback Zomato will now return to its homebase, and put its weight behind… Upneet SinghJune 6, 2020
News Startups CarTrade lands $42.5 million in Series H from Temasek and Warburg Pincus Automotive classifieds company CarTrade has raised Rs 321 crore ($42.5 million) from… Upneet SinghJune 6, 2020
Business News Jio Platforms gets additional $600 million from Silver Lake Reliance-backed Jio Platforms, the $65Bn valued telecom-to-digital behemoth owned by Mukesh Ambani,… Upneet SinghJune 5, 2020
Culture & Policy News India’s Civil Aviation ministry publishes new draft of drone operation/ownership rules for public consultation The Indian government has issued a new draft of rules, covering the… Upneet SinghJune 5, 2020