Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook forms new ‘equity and inclusion team’ to study racial bias within FB, Instagram’s platform algorithms The conversation around Facebook and potential racial bias, backed by political motives,… Upneet SinghJuly 22, 20202 minute read
Gadgetry News OnePlus Nord launches with a price tag that takes the company back to its roots OnePlus started as a flagship killer, offering devices that could take on… Upneet SinghJuly 21, 20203 minute read
Business News Adevinta acquires eBay’s classifieds business for $9.2 Billion eBay has sold its classified-ads business to Norway’s Adevinta for $9.2 billion,… Chinni SinghJuly 21, 20203 minute read
Business News Alibaba’s fintech arm Ant Group starts much-anticipated IPO process targeting Shanghai and Hong Kong listing Alibaba’s money man, the Ant group, which is essentially the Chinese giant’s… Upneet SinghJuly 20, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Microsoft is reducing workforce after closing retail stores As the unspoken king of the PC business-Microsoft enters a new fiscal… Sujay GoswamiJuly 17, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Netflix shares plunge over 9% after weak Q3 forecasts Netflix today forecasted a considerably weaker-than-expected demand for one of world’s foremost… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 17, 20202 minute read
Internet News Security Major hack spreads cryptocurrency scam through high profile twitter accounts of Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and more Many high profile twitter accounts including that of former US President Barack… Sujay GoswamiJuly 16, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Google to invest $4.5Bn in Reliance Jio Platforms for a 7.7% stake In a deal that was pretty much out in the open yesterday,… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 15, 20202 minute read
Business E-commerce News Startups Walmart leads $1.2Bn investment in Flipkart’s e-commerce business Walmart seems to have finally woken up to fierce competition in the… Sujay GoswamiJuly 14, 20201 minute read
Apps Business News Airtel and Verizon are teaming up to bring ‘BlueJeans’ video conferencing to India With COVID-19 changing the global work order, most companies have turned to… Upneet SinghJuly 14, 20203 minute read
Business Internet News Google to invest $10 billion in India over 5-7 years through a new ‘Digitisation Fund’ Google inaugurated its sixth ‘Google For India’ event with a blast, announcing… Upneet SinghJuly 13, 20203 minute read
Business News After Intel, Reliance Jio Platforms gets nearly $100 million from chip giant Qualcomm There is more tech firepower coming onboard Reliance Jio Platforms’ captable. Days… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 12, 20202 minute read
Electric News Startups Rivian raises a gigantic $2.5 billion as it races to launch an all electric line of pickup trucks Rivian, possibly the only other electric vehicle maker with the financial and… Upneet SinghJuly 10, 20202 minute read
Business News Startups Zomato revenues double to $394Mn, losses decline as ‘per order’ profits see uptick in India Zomato on Friday, published its Mid-COVD 19 performance report, and the numbers… Chinni SinghJuly 10, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp Business gets QR codes and a new way to share catalogs After quietly building a strong 50M MAU base of mostly small and… Chinni SinghJuly 9, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Facebook pushes “Oversight Board” launch to late fall, amid disappointing meeting with Facebook ad ban leaders In a rather unsurprising turn of events, Facebook’s “efforts” to stop the… Upneet SinghJuly 8, 20202 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Sequoia announces two new India, SE Asia focused funds worth $1.35 Billion Sequoia Limited Partners, a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, has announced… Upneet SinghJuly 7, 20203 minute read
Business News Startups Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65B as it strengthens Uber Eats The food delivery business is downright cruel, and punishes those who can’t… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 20203 minute read
Business News Airtel partners with Nokia to power India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network Airtel, the former champion of the Indian telecom market, and now, the… Upneet SinghJuly 6, 20202 minute read
Business News Venture Capital Jio Platforms gets $253M from Intel Capital Just when we thought there is a pause in Reliance Jio Platforms’… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 3, 20202 minute read
Apps News Security Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by… Upneet SinghJuly 3, 20202 minute read
