China News Startups SoftBank close to investing $300 million in Didi Chuxing’s self driven vehicle unit Softbank is looking to continue on its mega financing spree, despite significant… Shalabha SarathMarch 24, 2020
Crypto News Startups CoinDCX bags $3 million in funding as India opens regulatory gates to cryptocurrency trading Less than 3 weeks after Supreme Court of India’s historic judgement to… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 24, 2020
Business News Apple not a trillion dollar company anymore as unprecedented Fed stimulus fails to arrest market slide NASDAQ and other US indices continued to show sharp declines as a… Shalabha SarathandStaff@The Tech PortalMarch 23, 2020
Apps Business News PhonePe will continue to pay contractual workers during mandatory Work From Home order PhonePe, one of India’s leading payments apps, has announced that it will… Upneet SinghMarch 23, 2020
Internet News Indian telecom companies urge video platforms to lower streaming quality to reduce network strain Coronavirus pandemic has pushed people back into their homes as India heads… Upneet SinghMarch 23, 2020
Business Culture & Policy News Startups Ola announces financial relief for coronavirus affected drivers in India, Australia, but more needs to be done India-HQed ride hailing giant Ola, has announced setting up of a dedicated… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 23, 2020
Business Culture & Policy News Uber suspends all services in select cities in India amid coronavirus lockdown In line with Indian government guidelines of a complete lockdown in 80… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 23, 2020
Apps Culture & Policy News Paytm creates ₹5 crore (~$660K) fund for innovators working on COVID-19 related medical solutions Coronavirus cases in India have crossed 300, and the country is now… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 22, 2020
News Whatsapp tests search button on forwarded messages to verify content via Google COVID-19 has brought humanity together like never before. Everywhere you see people… Sajid SaleemMarch 22, 2020
News Apple is donating 2 million N95 masks to US Hospitals in their fight against Coronavirus outbreak In a press briefing by the US Government’s Coronavirus taskforce, Vice President… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 22, 2020
Culture & Policy Internet News India launches dedicated Whatsapp chatbot to aware masses on COVID-19, social media companies directed to check misinformation spread As dangerous as the coronavirus is, it’s threat is only matched by… Upneet SinghMarch 21, 2020
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter will verify more health experts disseminating certified information about the COVID-19 outbreak COVID 19 has not just brought about a pandemic, but an infodemic… Upneet SinghMarch 21, 2020
Culture & Policy News Jack Ma is sending 1.8Mn masks, 210K COVID-19 test kits, ventilators and more to under-equipped Asian countries Jack Ma is continuing with his earlier philanthropic efforts in the ongoing… Upneet SinghMarch 21, 2020
Business News Startups Fresh amendment to India’s securities law to benefit startups during public listing The Securities and Exchange Board of India has brought about a significant… Prakhar KhandelwalMarch 21, 2020
Code News Google cancels I/O 2020 developers’ conference amid COVID-19 outbreak While most events/conferences have announced cancellations, there still wasn’t any official news… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 21, 2020
Culture & Policy News SpaceX and Tesla “are working on ventilators”, tweets Elon Musk Following up his Twitter discussion on Tesla and SpaceX producing ventilators, Elon… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 21, 2020
Business Culture & Policy News Ola, Uber suspend ride-sharing in India as social distancing takes priority In a bid to promote social distancing and contain the spread of… Upneet SinghMarch 20, 2020
Business Culture & Policy News Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma gives up his salary for the next two months Difficult times often bring the best out of people. As much as… Sajid SaleemandUpneet SinghMarch 20, 2020
Apps Internet News Amazon’s Prime Video joins Netflix, Youtube in lowering streaming bit rates to lessen network strain After Netflix and Youtube decided to lower streaming bitrates in Europe, where… Upneet SinghMarch 20, 2020
Apps Culture & Policy News Instagram is reportedly working on a “disappearing messages” feature of its own Instagram is reportedly working on a “disappearing messages” feature, adding to the… Sajid SaleemMarch 20, 2020
Internet News After Netflix, now YouTube lowers streaming quality in EU for 30 days to avoid network strain amid COVID-19 outbreak After Netflix decided to stream all of its content on Standard Definition… Shalabha SarathMarch 20, 2020
