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Home interior and renovation upstart Livspace is the latest addition to India’s accelerating unicorn line-up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that we are seeing a replay of what happened last year – startups are raising record amounts...
Logistics upstart XpressBees turns unicorn after raising $300Mn in latest fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India is back at producing unicorns by the day. And joining those ranks is Logistics company XpressBees, which has...
$3.6Bn in Bitcoin, stolen in 2016 Bitfinex hack recovered; accused couple arrested and granted bail
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Like traditional money, cryptocurrencies can be stolen as well. On August 2, 2016, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex found that out...
New iPhone feature will make your phone works as a PoS terminal without extra hardware
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With COVID-19 putting a restriction on physical contact, people and companies have been scrambling for ways to take things...
Virtual events platform ‘Airmeet’ gets $35Mn in new round from Sequoia, Sistema Asia, others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It is an understatement to say, that offline events, conferences, seminars, workshops etc. is an industry, that has been...
Nvidia’s mega deal to buy SoftBank-owned Arm, has been terminated
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Back in 2020, we had learned that American tech company Nvidia was due to buy SoftBank-owned British chipmaker Arm,...
Satsure, a startup using satellite tech for data analytics, gets $5Mn in pre-Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As the human race continues to rapidly advance itself in the realms of tech, it has become even more...
Ethereum scaling platform Polygon scoops up $450Mn in latest fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As the Ethereum blockchain has grown in popularity, the need for scaling solutions has risen simultaneously. That is exactly...
ElasticRun, looking to ease supply chain woes for India’s ‘kirana’ stores, is the latest Softbank minted unicorn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0At a time when behemoths like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart dominate India’s e-commerce landscape, kirana stores in India have...
SEC v/s Musk: Tesla receives subpeona for Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter may be a toxic platform for many users across the globe, but one cannot deny that the tweets...
Microsoft ties up with Indian infrastructure major L&T to develop cloud offering for regulated sectors
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a name that is well-known in the Indian market. Not only is it among...
Jar gets $32Mn in Series A to help India’s young invest and save money better
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fintechs have been the apple of the eye of the Indian startup ecosystem over the past year, as both...
Paytm sees revenue jump in Q3 2022, but losses continue to grow in first post-IPO earnings report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Losses however, widened too. Paytm reported losses of ₹778 crore, nearly double of ₹473 crore it reported in September...
Ashneer Grover seeks to remove CEO Suhail Sameer from BharatPe’s board of directors: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Only a few months ago, Ashneer Grover was on top, his fintech startup BharatPe became one of the many...
Amazon’s revenue climbs to $137.4 Bn in Q4 2021, EPS beats estimates
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The winter quarter was different for the behemoths of the tech and social media industries. While Google’s parent Alphabet...
Twitter lashed out by Andhra High Court in India, asked to act against abusive content or leave
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The journey of Twitter in India over the past year has not been an easy one. The first half...
Travel experiences startup Headout adds $30Mn to its Series B round, plans travel-tech expansion into AR, VR
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0COVID-19 made a mess of the travel and tourism industry as people were confined to their homes. However, things...
Meta reports Q4’21 numbers, Facebook sees first-ever decline in DAUs, share plummets 20%
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Despite all of Facebook’s rebranding efforts, things seem to have gone really south for the company. While its public...
India’s sovereign wealth fund, NIIF, leads $240Mn round in baby products e-commerce unicorn FirstCry
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With sovereign wealth funds from other countries making investments in startups, it would be remiss for India’s sovereign wealth...
All you need to know about the tax levied on digital assets in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In terms of regulations, India has had an “all-or-nothing” attitude when it comes to cryptocurrencies – it can either...
Conversational messaging unicorn Gupshup acquires Knowlarity Communications
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instances of mergers and acquisitions have increased as the big players across industries have been consolidating and cementing their...
Elon Musk’s 2018 tweet of taking Tesla private was ‘Entirely truthful’, says latest court filing
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tweets by Elon Musk are not mundane, to say the least. Every once in a while, Musk tweets something...
Google-parent Alphabet beats Q4’21 estimates, ends 2021 with $257 Bn in revenue
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Alphabet added that its board had approved a 20-for-1 stock split in the form of a one-time special stock...
Apple adds support for unlisted apps on App Store
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple’s App Store has landed the tech giant into pretty hot waters in recent times – in fact, Apple...
India’s Budget 2022 presents new digital rupee, 30% tax on transfer of digital assets, and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With a new year comes a new budget. On February 1, India’s Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her...
Scaler gets $55Mn for its upskilling platform for tech professionals, valued at $710 Million
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Scaler, an edtech upstart from India that helps tech professionals upskill themselves through a variety of online courses, has...
Sony is acquiring Bungie, the original creator of Halo, for $3.6Billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With pandemic leading to expected revenues of nearly $180Bn for the gaming industry, this is one of those sector...
Crypto giant FTX valued at $32Bn post $400Mn Series C fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As cryptocurrencies have come to the mainstream and gained exposure and popularity, the need for crypto exchanges has grown...
G Suite legacy free edition users will have the option to migrate most of their data at no cost
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that Google has heard the grievances of legacy G Suite users and extended an olive branch to...
B2B ecommerce upstart Moglix valued at $2.6Bn following $250Mn fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With e-commerce gaining traction like never before, it was only a matter of time before the B2B segment clocked...
Global smartphone market grows by 7% in 2021 and nears pre-COVID-19 levels
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Like the PC market, the global smartphone market fared well in 2021 to clock a year-over-year growth of 7%,...
Apple beats estimates on revenue and earnings in strong fiscal Q1 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02021 may have been plagued with issues such as supply chain disruptions and an ever-increasing number of COVID-19 cases,...
Google, already an investor in Reliance Jio, will buy nearly $700Mn worth of shares in Airtel
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google will invest nearly $700M in Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom company by subscribers, in a deal that...
Microsoft to launch public preview for Android apps on Windows 11 in February
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Last year was a strong one for the global PC market. According to Canalys, PC shipments in the winter...
ICC and Fancraze launch cricket NFTs, will let users own moments from the 2015 and 2019 World Cups
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Cricket is a sport that has captured the hearts of billions across the globe. Subsequently, it is not a...
Tesla exceeds estimates on revenue and EPS in Q4 as it ends 2021 on a strong note
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla is perhaps the biggest player in the EV segment in the world today. Earlier, we had reported that...
Meta’s next-gen AI supercomputer will be the fastest in the world by end of 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0AI, despite not becoming the ‘like-human-brain’ sci-fi stuff, has still integrated itself well within our daily tech use, specially...
Microsoft exceeds estimates on revenue and EPS for Q2’2022; cloud, Office & Windows provide boost
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the PC industry reporting decent growth numbers, Microsoft reported its earnings and revenue for the fiscal second quarter...
Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai awarded Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0When you look at some of the biggest players in the tech or the social media industry, you will...
Amid scooter glitches and production delays, Ola Electric gets another $200Mn in latest fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ola Electric, the heavily-funded electric vehicles arm of Softbank-backed ride-hailing giant Ola, has added yet another $200 million to...
Fresh $72 million funding catapults integrated SaaS HR platform Darwinbox into unicorn club
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As the demand for digitization rose in the pandemic, the need for SaaS skyrocketed. Investments in Indian SaaS startups...
Swiggy turns decacorn after scooping up $700Mn in fresh capital
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The food delivery market in India is a strong one. Fuelled by the pandemic, it is slated to reach...
Shares of Zomato, Paytm & others tumble amid intense global sell-off in tech stocks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0You may remember that a number of prominent Indian tech companies had opted to go public via IPOs last...
European tech startups gobbled up a staggering $93Bn in investments in 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With 2021 marking the year of startups, it is hardly a surprise that the tech industry has grown by...
Healthtech-SaaS startup StanPlus gets $20Mn as it aims to reduce emergency response times to 8 minutes
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Recent times have seen how the quick commerce sector has gained traction and evolved from its nascent stage to...
Google’s new AR headset might hit the markets in 2024
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The metaverse has become a concept that has rapidly grown in the space of a few months. The fact...
Netflix subscriber growth in Q4 2021 falls short of projected target
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With people spending time at homes, the strong growth of the streaming service industry was just a matter of...
Google launches limited beta of Google Play Games for PC in 3 Asian markets
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ever wondered how it would feel to play your favorite mobile games on your PC? Well, Google has just...
Instagram is testing Subscriptions with select US creators
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The creator community has been growing steadily as social media platforms have recognized its potential and the revenue it...
- iPhone users finally get Truecaller’s real-time caller ID January 23, 2025
- Automation upstart Ati Motors raises $20Mn in Series B to fund global expansion January 23, 2025
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra features multimodal AI agents, starts at $1,299 January 23, 2025
- Samsung announces AI-loaded Galaxy S25 series with new 3nm chip, starts at $800 January 23, 2025
- LinkedIn faces lawsuit for alleged use of customer data to train AI models without consent January 23, 2025