Business News Startups Uber sold UberEats India to Zomato for $206 Million Zomato’s much storied UberEats India acquisition, finally has an official value pegged… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 4, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp launches dark mode for Android, iOS users After teasing for about a year, WhatsApp has finally launched its dark… Shalabha SarathMarch 4, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Elon Musk backs Jack Dorsey to remain as Twitter CEO As activist billionaire investor Elliot Management’s pressure to remove Jack Dorsey as… Shalabha SarathMarch 3, 20203 minute read
Futurism News Space Chinese Billionaire Li Shifu announces satellite venture to rival US dominance in private space industry The war for space domination continues to heat up. Amid SpaceX recently… Sajid SaleemMarch 3, 20202 minute read
Enterprise Futurism News Space NASA opens up applications for astronauts for future Moon, Mars missions NASA, after over 4 years of hiatus, has started to accept applications… Upneet SinghMarch 3, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News [UPDATE] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi contemplates leaving all forms of social media Update: March 3rd, 2:00 PM After sending the digital world into a… Sajid SaleemMarch 2, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy News Amazon employees in Italy contract Coronavirus Amazon on Sunday confirmed reports that two of its employees have contracted… Sajid SaleemMarch 2, 20201 minute read
Business News Rajeev Suri to step down as Nokia President and CEO, Fortum CEO Lundmark to take over After helming the affairs at Nokia for over a decade, Rajeev Suri… Sajid SaleemMarch 2, 20203 minute read
Apps News Spotify tests ‘Follow Feed’ for real-time updates on new releases from artists you follow Spotify is supposedly working on a brand new feature, that would aim… Upneet SinghMarch 1, 20202 minute read
Business News Twitter investor Elliott Management seeks removal of CEO Jack Dorsey: Report After acquiring a sizeable stake in Twitter Inc., American investment firm Elliott… Sajid SaleemFebruary 29, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming News GDC 2020 cancelled, postponed for ‘later this summer’ Joining the list of a slew of large-scale major industry events getting… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 29, 20202 minute read
Business Electric News Coronavirus drives U.S. tech stocks into free fall, Tesla, Microsoft, Apple among worst hit As the world continues to grapple with an increasingly spreading Coronavirus outbreak,… Sajid SaleemFebruary 28, 20203 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Coronavirus outbreak leads to Geneva Motor Show 2020 cancellation Amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Switzerland has banned any large public gatherings.… CarThrustFebruary 28, 20202 minute read
Business News Startups U.S. food delivery upstart DoorDash, last valued at $13B, confidentially files for its IPO DoorDash, the SoftBank backed U.S. based food delivery upstart, has announced that… Upneet SinghFebruary 28, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Security Sports retail chain Decathalon leaks personal information of 123 Million people Popular sports equipment retail chain Decathalon is the latest addition to the… Sajid SaleemFebruary 27, 20202 minute read
Business News 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… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 27, 20203 minute read
Electric News Tesla and Panasonic end joint solar cell production venture amid strained ties In an eventual public acknowledgement of a strained partnership, Panasonic has announced… Sajid SaleemFebruary 26, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy News 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… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 26, 20202 minute read
News Startups 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… Sajid SaleemFebruary 26, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter suspends dozens of pro-Bloomberg accounts for ‘platform manipulation and spam’ Amid growing concerns regarding the exploitation of social media platforms for political… Sajid SaleemFebruary 25, 20202 minute read
Gadgetry News 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… Sajid SaleemFebruary 24, 20203 minute read