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Zomato confirms new 10 minute food delivery service, debuts in Gurugram soon
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what has been in whispers for some time now, Zomato CEO and founder Deepinder Goyal announced today, the...
Softbank mints yet another unicorn in India, leads $115Mn round in ecommerce SaaS startup ‘CommerceIQ’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The startup sector churned out one unicorn after the other last year and this trend has not stopped with...
Altris, a Swedish startup that has developed tech to make environment-friendly sodium-ion batteries, gets €9.6Mn in Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Uppsala, Sweden based Altris, which is working on a new tech to produce cheaper and environment-friendly Sodium-Ion batteries using...
Reliance acquires 89% stake in online lingerie upstart Clovia
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has been expanding rapidly across categories, from apparel to grocery delivery to pharmacy to others....
Slack launches $100Mn ‘Slack Fund III’ to invest in startups building the next phase of ‘future of work’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Popular enterprise communication suite Slack, has announced the launch of ‘Slack Fund III’, the third iteration of its specialised...
The next-gen Porsche 718 sports car to go full electric, launch in 2025
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Porsche has ambitious goals, one of which is to have a CO₂-neutral balance sheet across the entire value chain...
Blue Origin delays upcoming space tourism launch, Pete Davidson to not be part of the crew
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The space race has intensified between the top players, especially SpaceX and Blue Origin. This applies to sending not...
Australian competition watchdog sues Facebook-parent Meta for not taking down misleading crypto ads
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Advertisements make up a chunk of Facebook-owner Meta’s revenue. However, the same has now landed the company in hot...
Amagi, provider of cloud-based tech for broadcast and streaming companies, turns unicorn with $95Mn fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With streaming services and linear broadcasting by content creators gaining traction post pandemic, it is but obvious for technology...
ekincare, a full stack health benefits platform for corporates, gets $15Mn in latest round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While larger corporates have almost always had health benefits for its employees, COVID pandemic compelled the same for small...
With over $100Mn in crypto donations received, Ukraine legalises cryptocurrency, detailed framework to roll out soon
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shed light on an unlikely matter – cryptocurrencies – who have pulled their...
Google I/O 2022 to be held on May 11-12, will be offline for a limited audience
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0When Google published its traditional I/O puzzle yesterday, it was exciting. The company described it as “an interactive puzzle...
Multiplier, that helps companies manage remote work, valued at $400Mn in latest Series B fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Multiple startups have jumped on the funding bandwagon over the past year, and now, employment management platform Multiplier is...
Razorpay acquires payments solution provider IZeliant Technologies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Payments upstart Razorpay announced today, that it is acquiring Pune, India based payments solutions provider IZealiant Technologies for an...
NFTs will be coming to Instagram in the “near term”, says Zuckerberg
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have surged in popularity in recent times. Today, the NFT market is a big one,...
Binance strengthens presence in Middle East, gets Bahrain license
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has strengthened its foothold in the Middle East after it received...
Noted Apple analyst Kuo believes only iPhone 14 Pro to come with new A16 chip, A15 across rest of the line-up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It has been a few months since Apple’s iPhone 13 came out, and already, people are clamouring for the...
inFeedo gets $12Mn to help companies gauge employee sentiments as hybrid work schedules pick up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While it has almost always been difficult for employers to gauge and work upon ‘sentiments’ of their employees, current...
Latest Apple software updates bring Universal Control, Face ID while wearing a mask, and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Since the pandemic struck, sales of masks have skyrocketed as wearing them in public places has become mandatory. This...
Ahead of IPO, Byju’s closes $800Mn fundraise from founder Byju Raveendran, others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Byju’s has been ruling the edtech industry, spurred on by the swell brought on by the pandemic. Ever since...
Instagram ceases operations in Russia starting Sunday midnight
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instagram users in Russia were notified that Instagram will cease to operate in Russia from midnight on Sunday, and...
Paytm Payments Bank barred from onboarding new customers by India’s central bank, RBI
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Paytm Payments Bank has been asked by the Reserve Bank of India to halt onboarding of any new customers,...
100ms, which provides full-stack dev solutions for live video, gets $20Mn in latest round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the pandemic accelerating the move towards the virtual world, startups aiming to capturing a pie of this newly...
All paid services of Google and YouTube suspended in Russia as sanctions pile up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prolongs, more and more tech companies are turning their backs on the former, with...
Falcon 9, the dependable “American broomstick” takes another Starlink satellites batch to space
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX’s Starlink constellation has been growing steadily over the past years as Elon Musk’s company has been sending batch...
B2B SaaS automation platform Jiffy.ai raises $53 million in Series B
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As of 2021, the SaaS market alone was worth $130.6 billion, and the B2B SaaS vertical has driven the...
Carl Pei’s Nothing gobbles up $70 million in Series B, to provide 2022 product roadmap at “The Truth” event on March 23
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0‘Nothing’ may be new to the arena, but it seems to have the potential to give some of the...
Tata-owned Titan to acquire Indian wearable maker “Noise”: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With Indian business conglomerate Tata group foraying aggressively into new-age tech sector, things on the acquisition side seem to...
The new ‘M1 Ultra’ chip will power Apple’s all new Mac Studio, Studio Display
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Its here — a new M1 family chip from Apple, which outpaces an already unbelievably efficient & fast M1...
M1 chip comes to the 5th gen 2022 iPad Air, cameras get CenterStage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple rarely holds back when it comes to its events, and its first live-streamed event of the year did...
Apple announces the new budget iPhone SE 5G with A15 bionic, starts at $429
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple’s visually stunning ‘Peak Performance’ event is now live, and the most anticipated announcement has happened. The iPhone SE...
UPI payments in India can now be done using feature phones, won’t require internet connection
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0UPI (Unified Payments Interface) has been nothing short of a revolutionary fintech product, not just in India, but globally...
Sachin Bansal’s Navi Technologies to file for ₹4,000 crore IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0IPOs have been pretty common over the months, and since the past year, they have dotted the Indian startup...
After freezing product sales, Apple has suspended Search Ads in Russia
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As support for Ukraine continues to rise globally, Russia is slowly but steadily being pushed into a corner of...
Samsung confirms hack, internal source code and company data stolen
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Once again, one of the leading tech companies of the world has found itself to be the victim of...
Online debt marketplace CredAvenue turns unicorn in just 18 months
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Access to safe and secure debt is something that a majority of Indians continue to lack. In fact, debt...
After Apple, Google, and others, Samsung suspends product shipments to Russia
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Freezing sales, cracking down on apps, or suspensions of shipments have become the new norm for tech companies across...
B2B sales intelligence platform, Apollo.io clocks $110Mn in Series C from Sequoia, others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apollo.io, the B2B sales intelligence platform backed by Nexus Venture partners among others, has announced a new $110Mn Series...
Russia says it is freezing supply of its rocket engines to the US, advising them to use “their broomsticks” for space missions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Russian invasion of Ukraine may not have seen military action taken by the rest of the world, but...
India’s Reliance to invest $221Mn in US electronics major Sanmina to set up electronic manufacturing hub in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reliance, which is to date the largest company in India by market value, is set to invest as much...
Ashneer Grover removed from all positions at BharatPe, will continue to be shareholder
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Yesterday, Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, resigned as director of the board and MD of the fintech firm. At...
India’s NSE to now let retail investors invest in select U.S. Big Tech stocks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what would help India’s retail investors get a pie of the volatile but highly lucrative big tech stocks...
Apple announces March 8 ‘Peak Performance’ event, here’s what to expect
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple has officially confirmed that its first event of the year will be held on March 8. The “Peak...
Accel launches mega $650Mn fund for early-stage investments in India and SE Asia
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian startup ecosystem has grown much over the past year, thanks to contributions from both established and upcoming...
In its “next” push into gaming, Netflix acquires studio behind Stranger Things puzzle RPG game
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Netflix is mostly known for letting us watch our favourite movies and shows without ay major problems, while recently,...
Google removes Russian state-funded news outlets like RT from its news related features
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been condemned by many countries across the globe, and the West has...
Apple halts sales of its products in Russia as Ukraine invasion enters Day 6
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the Russian invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of stopping, Big Tech companies are stepping up to do...
Google Play Pass comes to India at ₹99 per month (or ₹889 per year)
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Advertisements and in-app purchases are some things that are present in most (if not all) mobile games. These are...
Tech Mahindra enters metaverse arena with TechMVerse
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The metaverse has been garnering international attention for quite some time and several high-profile names such as Tencent, Walmart,...
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