Business News Startups Venture Capital Softbank’s $108 Billion Vision Fund II fails to reach even half its target Softbank’s hugely publicized Vision Fund 2, a $108 billion mega tech fund… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 10, 20203 minute read
Business News Facebook and US IRS take to court this week over $9 billion in alleged unpaid taxes In a case that would set the benchmark for incoming US governments… Upneet SinghFebruary 10, 20203 minute read
Internet News Database containing payment card details of over 440K Indian users found up for sale on darknet Gone are the days when paper notes and gold artifacts were the… Upneet SinghFebruary 8, 20202 minute read
Internet News Facebook and Messenger’s official Twitter accounts hacked It is companies like Facebook and Twitter that make claims of safety… Upneet SinghFebruary 8, 20202 minute read
Business News Startups Byju’s scores another $200 million in ongoing round, this time from General Atlantic Byju’s funding juggernaut looks in no mood to stop. The company is… Upneet SinghFebruary 8, 20202 minute read
News Startups Firstcry, the ecommerce store for baby products, gets another $150M from Softbank, valuation past $1B Firstcry, the Indian ecommerce + offline retailer that specialises in baby products,… Jeet SutharFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp has reportedly received regulatory go-ahead for ‘Whatsapp Pay’ roll out in India After close to two years of intense deliberations, and a rather failed… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Apps News Startups Twitter-backed ShareChat enters fantasy sports with ‘Jeet11’ Fantasy sports has suddenly become hot pie in India. With the ever-growing… Jeet SutharFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Business News SpaceX’s Starlink could go for an IPO as a SpinOff: Report Calling SpaceX an out-of-the box company would probably be an understatement. Elon… Upneet SinghFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Business News Twitter reports $1.01B in Q4 2019 revenue, monetizable daily users up 21% YoY at 152 million Twitter had a better than expected last quarter of the preceding decade,… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 6, 20202 minute read
Apps News [UPDATE] Chinese smartphone makers are working on a Google Play Store alternative: Report Smartphone makers from mainland China have continued to gain stronghold in the… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 6, 20202 minute read
Futurism News Space SpaceX now lets you book a satellite launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket online, pricing starts at $1 Million Taking the wraps of its much talked about and hugely anticipated rocket… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 6, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Jeff Weiner is stepping down as LinkedIn CEO, to take on the role of Executive Chairman In a progression that has become quite familiar with new-age successful tech… Upneet SinghFebruary 5, 20202 minute read
Apps Business News Spotify reports 271 million monthly active users, Q4 revenues exceed $2 billion Streaming music has easily become the biggest form of music consumption over… Upneet SinghFebruary 5, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Disney+ to launch in India through Hotstar on March 29 Disney recently debuted its Disney+ platform, adding yet another service in the… Jeet SutharFebruary 5, 20202 minute read
Business News Alphabet reports Youtube revenues at $15.15 billion, cloud revenues of $8.92 billion for 2019 Google parent Alphabet reported its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2019… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 4, 20202 minute read
Electric News Tesla-Panasonic joint battery making business posts first quarterly profit, Tesla shares surge There is seemingly no end to the jubilation around Tesla, and particularly… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 4, 20201 minute read
Business Gadgetry News TCL won’t make any new Blackberry smartphones going forward TCL communications and Blackberry’s four year long partnership, through which TCL produced… Parampreet SinghFebruary 4, 20202 minute read
News Startups OYO lay offs reach US, over 350 employees being let go across multiple verticals: Report Oyo lay-offs, something that has been on a rise for some time… Jeet SutharFebruary 3, 20202 minute read
News Startups WeWork has a new CEO and he is a real estate veteran, not tech A failed IPO and billions of dollars of investor money, and WeWork… Jeet SutharFebruary 3, 20202 minute read
News India provides updates on nationwide optical fibre network, data center parks, $1 billion+ quantum tech scheme and more India’s central government today came out with its annual budget speech, and… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 1, 20202 minute read