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Global app revenues reach $50B in first half of 2020 as COVID-19 forced people to stay indoors

In line with that most had expected for the digital industry’s growth…

Covaxin, India’s locally developed COVID-19 vaccine, gets DCGI approval for human trials

Ever since the landscape of the modern world was shaken by the…

Tiktok, Cam Scanner among 59 China-based apps banned in India due to data security issues

Amid rising anti China sentiment in the country, Indian government has decided…

Telegram to pay $18.5 million in fines to SEC as its cryptocurrency service TON goes down

Telegram’s Pavel Durov’s plans of running his own cryptocurrency platform are officially…

Byju’s raises fresh capital from ‘Bond’, the VC fund co-founded by Mary Meeker

Byju’s, the unicorn edtech behemoth, that has continued to reel in external…

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son resigns from Alibaba board

Within a month of Jack Ma’s resignation from the Softbank board, Masayoshi…
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Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments

Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is…

WWDC 2020: Here’s iOS 14 with ‘App Clips’, new ‘App Library’, Widgets and more

After a long wait, Apple has finally come out and announced the…

Trump’s tweet on fake news gets flagged for “Manipulated Media”, hours after Facebook removed his campaign ads

Twitter and Donald Trump seem like an abusive couple, for neither can…
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Facebook removes Donald Trump’s controversial campaign ads for going against its policies on ‘organised hate’

Facebook, on Thursday, removed a set of ads run by Trump’s re-election…
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Jio Platforms gets $1.5Bn from Saudi sovereign fund PIF

Reliance-owned Jio Platforms has been raising money left and right from the…

Facebook’s $5.7Bn Jio Platforms deal under scrutiny from Indian antitrust watchdog

Facebook’s deal with Jio for a 10% stake in the largest telecom…
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US Justice Department to roll back protections enjoyed by social media companies on user content: WSJ

Following Donald Trump’s dramatic signing of an executive order to curtail protections…

New Oxford University trials suggest dexamethasone reduces COVID-19 death risks by a third

COVID 19 has shaken up the very foundations of the modern world…
WhatsApp

WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next?

WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months…

Jio Platforms gets another $250Mn from L Catterton, world’s largest consumer-focused PE firm

From announcing deals in days, Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms has brought it…

TPG invests nearly $600Mn in Jio Platforms, total fund raise nears $13.5Bn

Continuing with its record fund raising spree, Jio Platforms has now announced…
PS5

Without further ado, let us finally talk about the PlayStation 5

Last night (if you are from India), Sony finally unveiled the PlayStation…

API platform Postman scores $150 million in Series C at a whopping $2B valuation

Application program Interface, or API, is a set of protocols that dictates…

With market cap over $185Bn, Tesla becomes world’s most valuable automaker

In a feat that most considered impossible till very recently, Tesla has…