Business E-commerce Amazon announces partnership with thousands of mom-and-pop (kirana) stores across India Amazon has been doubling down on its investments in India and Jeff… Upneet SinghJanuary 18, 2020
Culture & Policy Internet Twitter Jack Dorsey is taking advice from Elon Musk on fixing Twitter A video is making rounds online in which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey… Jeet SutharJanuary 18, 2020
Gadgetry Gaming Xbox console streaming preview rolls out to countries supporting Xbox One for Insider users Microsoft has started the decade with a piece of interesting news for… Parampreet SinghJanuary 18, 2020
Apps Facebook halts controversial plan to sell ads on WhatsApp It seems like social media giant Facebook is taking a back seat… Jeet SutharJanuary 18, 2020
Business POCO to become a seperate entity from its parent company Xiaomi Xiaomi has found its holy grail in the Indian market. The pocket… Upneet SinghJanuary 18, 2020
New Cambridge Analytica email chain highlights Facebook’s careless handling of the data misuse scandal Ever since it ended, the U.S. presidential elections of 2016 have been… Upneet SinghJanuary 18, 2020
Apps Internet Facebook sued for ‘anticompetitive conduct’ by four developer companies Facebook is yet again facing a legal dispute in a U.S federal… Parampreet SinghJanuary 17, 2020
Futurism Space Elon Musk shares updates on SpaceX Starship development There are some fresh updates on SpaceX’s Starship, the aircraft that the… Parampreet SinghJanuary 17, 2020
Google-parent Alphabet just debuted in the trillion-dollar market cap club We finally have yet another member joining the exclusive and highly elite… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 17, 2020
E-commerce Flipkart Startups Flipkart pilots fresh fruits and vegetables delivery service in Hyderabad Flipkart had earlier experimented with the hyperlocal delivery business in India but… Jeet SutharJanuary 17, 2020
SaaS-based marketing major Netcore announces bumper ESOP buyback program Netcore solutions, a marketing-focused SaaS upstart from Mumbai, has announced a rather… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 17, 2020
Business Three years into existence, Reliance Jio becomes India’s largest telecom operator by subscriber base Reliance Jio, the newest entrant in the Indian telecom market, has now… Jeet SutharJanuary 17, 2020
Startups Venture Highway raises $78.6 million corpus for its second India-focused early stage tech fund Venture Highway, a VC firm which invests in early-stage startups, has announced… Jeet SutharJanuary 17, 2020
Business India’s top court rejects plea by telecom companies seeking relief from over $14 billion in dues to government India has 3 private and 1 state-owned telecom player. Out of the… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 17, 2020
Futurism Toshiba introduces a new algo that is faster than quantum computers Toshiba has recently announced that they have made an algorithm that can… Upneet SinghJanuary 17, 2020
China Electric Futurism Tesla issues staff recruitement notice for its upcoming research center in China Elon Musk-led Tesla Inc is planning to expand its research and development… Parampreet SinghJanuary 17, 2020
Internet News Jeff Bezos meets Bollywood, says India is Amazon Prime Video’s best market Prime Video is the average Indian’s definition of online streaming. With its… Upneet SinghJanuary 16, 2020
Startups Venture Capital Wipro Ventures announces close of its $150 million Fund II with focus on enterprise startups Wipro Ventures, the investing arm of Indian IT major Wipro, has today… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 16, 2020
Business Culture & Policy “Doing no great favour to India”, Trade minister Piyush Goyal on Jeff Bezos’ $1B India commitment While the media was going Gaga over Jeff Bezos’ kite flying, his… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 16, 2020
Electric Futurism Startups Toyota bets big on air taxis as it leads Joby Aviation’s $590 million Series C round California-based aerospace company Joby Aviation, which has been working on an electric… Jeet SutharJanuary 16, 2020
Acquisitions Apple Business Apple acquires Seattle AI startup Xnor.ai for $200 million Tech giant Apple has confirmed that it has acquired Seattle-based AI company… Jeet SutharJanuary 16, 2020