Remember when someone paid an astounding $28 million for a seat aboard Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight? It is...
Archive for category: Consumer Tech
And now Google too pulls out of CES 2022, organisers stick to in-person event
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Second year in a row and CES — the world’s largest exhibition on consumer electronics — is seeing some...
Marc Andreessen blocks Jack Dorsey on Twitter over Web3 remarks targeting VCs such as a16z
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jack Dorsey may have left Twitter, but he continues to make headlines and ruffle feathers. He is unarguably one...
India-focused healthcare VC firm HealthQuad raises nearly $150 million for its second fund
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India-focused healthcare venture capital firm HealthQuad announced the pre-final close of its second fund after it raised ₹1134.5 crores...
Amazon Web Services suffers record third outage this month, now resolved
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Outages seem to have become a common occurrence this year, and more so with AWS. Large portions of the...
With quick commerce gaining traction, Zepto gets $100 million in Series C to bank on it
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The funding round also included participation from Glade Brook, Nexus, Breyer Capital, Lachy Groom, Global Founders Capital, and Contrary...
Cars24, the used cars marketplace, gets $400Mn more to fuel ‘aggressive’ global expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With startups making acquisitions left and right, raising record amounts of capital, expanding across borders, evolving into unicorns, or...
MapMyIndia sees strong market debut, shares soar 54% on opening day
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amid the rather gloomy environment that Indian public markets have been experiencing for a few days now, geopositioning tech...
B2B e-commerce upstart Bizongo gets $110Mn in fresh round as it looks to scale up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Mumbai-based business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and supply chain management platform Bizongo became the latest name in a long line of...
Razorpay raises $375Mn in fresh fundraise, valued at $7.5Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0This year has been full of highlights and milestones for the startup sector in India, whether it is spectacular...
Instagram to now let users embed user profiles on websites
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Social media platforms have been in a tight race as the competition has intensified in recent times – the...
TikTok will deliver you the food you see through a new chain of restaurants in the US, starting 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0TikTok has made its mark as a video-focused popular social networking service, and this time, it is making the...
CreditBook raises $11Mn in Tiger Global’s first Pakistan investment
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02021 has been the year for startups – they have reined in record capital from investors and expanded their...
Ola raises $500 million through TLB from marquee global institutional investors
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ola has been busy this year, and as it is gearing up for its upcoming IPO, Ola Electric rolled...
Softbank pumps $60Mn in fintech Juspay
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Fintech sector in India has grown by leaps and bounds as the pandemic necessitated the shift to going...
OPPO’s latest foldable flagship, the Find N, is doing the folding trick better than others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Foldable smartphones, have kind of, moved past their experimental stages. There was a time when a host of manufacturers...
Reddit confidentially files for IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reddit — the front page of the internet as they call it — has confidentially filed for an IPO...
You can now buy Tesla merchandise with Dogecoin
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk, Time’s Person of the Year 2021, has been an ardent advocate of cryptocurrencies and has often been...
Open neobank acquires Finin, a consumer-centric neobank, for $10 Million
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Open, the neobanking platform backed by Google, has announced acquisition of Finin, one of India’s first consumer-facing neobank. The...
Apple’s Universal Control for macOS Monterey delayed till Spring 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0During its annual WWDC conference this year, Apple had announced several features, one of which had been Universal Control...
EV startup OBEN EV gets $1.5Mn in seed to roll out India’s first wholly-made electric bike
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you have been following us, then you have gathered an idea about how the EV sector has gained...
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar joins used cars platform Spinny, as a strategic investor and brand endorser
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The name of Sachin Tendulkar is not an unfamiliar one – the Master Blaster is most well-known for his...
Flipkart and Walmart pump in $145 million in agritech upstart Ninjacart
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0For the third time, e-commerce behemoth Flipkart has invested in Ninjakart, the agritech startup, after it (along with its...
Grofers rebrands itself to ‘Blinkit’, focus on instant commerce
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The quick e-commerce segment has been steadily growing in recent times – the sector is expected to reach $5...
PM Modi’s Twitter account “briefly” compromised, now restored
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Nobody is invulnerable to getting hacked when it comes to social media, even the people at the top of...
Twitter is working on an Explore tab, which is a lot like that on TikTok
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0TikTok and Clubhouse have been two success stories in recent times – they may be younger than the other...
Edelweiss PE, others, pump $139Mn in Ola’s latest fundraise, valued at $7.3Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Even as Ola is gearing up for its IPO (like many other tech startups this year,) its latest round...
SaaS banking platform Mambu gobbles up €236 million in Series E round, valued at €4.9 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SaaS banking platform Mambu became the latest addition to an ever growing list of massive fundraises this year, after...
IIT-Delhi backed sustainable, climate friendly homecare products brand, Clensta gets ₹20 crore in Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With climate change taking central stage globally, we have witnessed a constant rise in startups innovating in the ecofriendly,...
Pristyn Care, the healthtech platform for surgeries, becomes India’s latest unicorn with $100Mn fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02021 seems to be the hen that keeps giving golden eggs in the form of unicorns. More than three...
Math-focused Austrian edtech, GeoGebra becomes Byju’s tenth acquisition this year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In the past year and half or so, the edtech sector has grown exponentially as it benefitted from the...
Apple’s 1st gen AR headset to come in 2022, 2nd gen to roll out two years later
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems AR is finally gaining traction inside Apple’s engineering cordon. After the LiDAR scanner on the iPhone 12,...
Amazon Web Services went down, creating chaos on the internet
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what seemed nothing short of an armageddon for some time on the internet, AWS went down for several...
PlanetSpark, a platform that helps evolve communication skills for K-12 students, gets $13.5Mn in Series B
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With witnessing a rather forced but transformative change in the way it is delivered and consumed, there has been...
Used cars retail platform Spinny gets $283Mn in Series E from Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, Tiger Global
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian startup sector has been tremendous successes this year, producing unicorns by the dozens and seeing companies raise...
MapMyIndia’s IPO to open on December 9, price band set at ₹1000-1033 per equity share
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It will be an understatement to say that 2021 has been a milestone year for India’s maturing startup ecosystem....
Digital-first automated mortgage platform LoanKuber raised ₹13 crores in Pre-Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With 2021 producing unicorns by the dozens and reigning in record capital from both global and domestic investors, it...
Facebook rolls out Split Payments on Messenger, currently in beta
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook has been rolling out new features for quite some time – it also rebranded itself as Meta as...
Tumultous week sees steep fall in U.S. tech stocks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Last one has been a long week for Wall Street and companies, many of whose stocks have dropped sharply....
Facebook-parent Meta launches initiatives to protect women users across its platforms
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The internet continues to be an unsafe place, especially increasingly for women. And while social media platforms are doing...
China’s Uber rival Didi Chuxing to delist from the US
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While 2021 has been a friend of Indian startups (resulting in a record number of unicorns popping up), it...
You can now book a ride on Uber via WhatsApp
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Uber is walking down a new path as the ride-hailing behemoth is bringing a brand-new option to Indian users....
Amazon’s Marketplace is its most profitable segment, clocking in over $120Bn built on seller fees: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon’s policies continue to face scrutiny, as a recent report showed that it has been bringing in tons of...
Amazon, Apple fined $225Mn by Italy’s antitrust regulator
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Italy’s antitrust authority has fined both Apple and Amazon for a total of over 200 million euros ($225 million)...
Real-time animations, among other features going live on Reddit
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reddit needs no introduction – the front page of the internet is one of the most popular forums and...
Find out the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With 2022 around the corner, the time has come to determine how our favorite apps have fared in a...
CRED acquires Happay – a full-stack expense management platform for businesses
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As CRED slows down on its marketing-driven hype and looks for possible, actual business avenues for some real growth,...
Simpl gets $40Mn to expand its buy now pay later platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amid the Fintech innovation boom that India has witnessed this past decade or so, buy now pay later services...
UK competition regulator orders Facebook parent ‘Meta’ to sell Giphy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that the matter of the acquisition of Giphy by Meta (erstwhile Facebook Inc) has finally reached a...
Edtech leader upGrad expands beyond domestic borders, acquires Australia’s Global Study Partners
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Education has undergone a revolution over the past one-and-a-half year, and while things might not be the same, some...
- 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