[UPDATE] Samsung halts Note 7 shipments amid exploding battery reports, to recall over 400k units in South Korea

UPDATE : In a statement issued to TechCrunch, Samsung has said, In…

Mad Street Den scores undisclosed Series A to further expand its consumer-centric work in A.I.

Artificial Intelligence — our quest to create another us, perhaps something (or…

Acer unveils ‘Predator 21 X’, the world’s first curved display gaming laptop with eye-tracking tech and dual graphic cards

This may sound a bit corny, but my fellow readers of the…

Google to take on Uber with its expanded Waze ride-sharing service in San Francisco

There is already a crowded market of competitive carpooling services, but Google is…

Intel announces 7th gen ‘Kaby Lake’ processors for a more immersive graphics experience

As technology is evolving, so is the consumers’ need. And Intel is…

European Commission orders Apple to pay over $14.5 billion in outstanding illegal taxes to Ireland

After spending a good two years investigating Apple’s tax evasion in Ireland,…

Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek leads Paytm’s $300 Mn funding round, valuation pegged at over $4.8 Bn

As reported yesterday, Paytm parent One97 Communications is looking to raise a…

Apple sends invite for September 7th event, could well be the ‘iPhone 7’ launch we’ve been waiting for

Apple is all about trend. And as has been the trend for last…

Facebook to let go off human editors and automate ‘Trending Topics’

Facebook has been caught amid a lot of controversy for suppressing stories…

Flipkart reshuffles top-tier management, hands over bigger roles to attain clearer accountability

Faced with a series of valuation markdowns, management exodus and scarcity of…

Whatsapp will now share user data with Facebook, but you can still opt-out

Ever since its acquisition by Facebook in 2014, users and analysts both have…

Singapore-based nuTonomy beats Uber to launch world’s first autonomous cab service

While Uber, Google, Baidu and hundred other automobile manufacturers are busy trying to…

Tesla unveils new P100D Model X and Model S, ramps up acceleration, range with longer battery life

A surprising tweet from Elon Musk last night, and the internet was…

Paytm parent One97 Communications registers new entity to spin-off its online retail business

One97 Communications, the parent company of digital payment platform Paytm, has (finally!)…

Stepping foot in India, FullContact acquires Kochi-based email intelligence startup Profoundis

FullContact, as the name suggests, is a contact management service for professionals…

Flipkart has reportedly lost its top spot to Amazon in terms of sales in July’16

And the nightmares that India’s first-ever unicorn wished would never come to life are…

Microsoft is testing a new scheduling app called ‘Project Sonoma’ for deskless workers

We all are aware of how Slack, Hipchat or Trello has made…

Android 7.0 Nougat finally exits beta, starts rolling out to Nexus devices

After surprising us with an early release of the seventh iteration of…

Microsoft acquires AI-powered scheduling service Genee, to be shut down and merged with Office 365

Microsoft stamps its name onto yet another artificial intelligence-based company. This time,…

Facebook intros a new teen-centric video-based social network called ‘LifeStage’

Facebook was once hip and cool amongst teenagers, but opening it up…