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Google

Google Pay revenues in India surged 155% to $156M in FY 2018-19 with $710K in profits

Google Pay, the UPI enabled payments service that Alphabet-owned Google runs in…

Tesla and Panasonic end joint solar cell production venture amid strained ties

In an eventual public acknowledgement of a strained partnership, Panasonic has announced…

Disney-owned Hotstar blocks John Oliver’s episode that is critical of Indian PM Narendra Modi

Internet and content censorship is further deepening its roots in the vibrant…

Grab raises US$856 Million to expand into financial services amid rumors of a merger with rival Gojek

Amid swirling rumors of a merger with Gojek, Southeast Asia’s most valuable…
Twitter

Twitter suspends dozens of pro-Bloomberg accounts for ‘platform manipulation and spam’

Amid growing concerns regarding the exploitation of social media platforms for political…

Sony unveils its first 5G flagship, the Sony Xperia 1 II (a.k.a Mark two)

Sony is banking on 5G to bring back some of the lost…

Huawei launches Mate Xs, a $2700 foldable sequel to MateX, and a 5G version of the iPad Pro inspired MatePad Pro 5G

Foldable phones are the new frenzy in the market, and have come…
spacex

SpaceX could raise $250 million at a $36 billion valuation: Report

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s child of prodigy, is looking to raise a heavy…
Loon

Alphabet’s Loon and Softbank’s HAPSMobile to usher in era of flying mobile towers, Airtel backs alliance

Google-parent Alphabet Inc. and SoftBank are joining forces to bring to the…

Tesla given green light to cut trees for its Gigafactory in Germany

A few days back, we reported how Tesla’s plan to build its…
Flipkart

Now Flipkart moves against Competition Commission’s antitrust probe

While Amazon vs India’s competition regulator CCI (Competition Commission of India) has…
Google Play Store

Google bans close to 600 apps with 4.5B+ downloads from play store for ‘disruptive’ ads

Google has recently banned 600 apps from Play store, banning their developers…

Morgan Stanley to acquire online discount brokerage ETrade in a historic $13 billion deal

Wall Street is tough, and not every company can fathom to survive…

Founders Fund has closed $3 billion for a pair of new funds

Founders fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery,…

Swiggy gets $113 million to take on the ‘Zomato-Uber Eats India’ combine

India’s food delivery sector is back in action. After Zomato’s takeover of…
Unacademy

Unacademy cracks $110 million in fresh round from Facebook, General Atlantic, Sequoia and others

India’s edtech space is continuing to roll in big monies. While there…

Facebook tests a tabbed News feed with easier access to ‘Most Recent’ and ‘Already Seen’ feeds

Just a few days back, we reported how Instagram can probably bring…

SpaceX partners with Space Adventures to ferry private citizens to space aboard Crew Dragon

Space Travel just got further to being a more commonly used term.…

SpaceX successfully launches 5th batch of Starlink satellites, Falcon 9 booster misses landing

SpaceX has, yet again, successfully launched another batch of its Starlink constellation,…
Oyo

Oyo revenues surge to $951M in FY 2019, losses grow six fold to $335M amid China expansion

Oyo hotels and homes private limited, the parent company that owns and…