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Xiaomi records 64% revenue growth in Q2, acquires autonomous driving tech firm ‘Deepmotion’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The second quarter has been kind to Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which recorded a rise of 64% in revenue...
Prime Venture Partners announce first close of $100Mn fund having raised $75Mn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Prime Venture Partners, a Bengaluru based VC firm, has announced the first close of its fourth fund (with a...
New Drone Rules 2021 aim to make drone use easier in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As drones have become more and more popular in current times, countries have been opening up to this new...
Koo reaches 10 million users in 18 months, eyes 100 million users over next year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Koo, India’s own microblogging platform, has reached 10 million(1 crore) users in just 18 months of operation, the company...
YouTube removed over 1 million videos for spreading dangerous coronavirus misinformation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It is said that the only thing that spreads faster than news is fake news. We have seen this...
Industrial IoT startup Syook raises $1 million to fuel international expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The rapidly growing start-up sector has birthed no less than 25 unicorns this year so far, and things do...
Delivery and e-commerce startup ‘Delhivery’ acquires Spoton Logistics to strengthen B2B segment
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Delivery and e-commerce logistics company Delhivery has acquired Bengaluru-based Spoton Logistics in a bid to strengthen its business-to-business (B2B)...
Samsung plans to invest $205 billion in semiconductors, biopharma and telecom over the next 3 years
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0$205 billion is a hefty sum, even for a company as big as Samsung. However, you can’t put a...
Virgin Orbit to take SPAC route to go public, to be valued at $3.2 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0More than seven months after it successfully reached orbit and launched ten NASA satellites into space for the first...
Police given three weeks to conclude investigation over Paytm ex-director’s claims
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0People make investments with the expectation that they will receive returns from them. However, things become complicated when they...
Zetwerk, the B2B manufacturing marketplace, becomes India’s 25th unicorn this year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0This year, startups in India have entered a growth spurt that was never seen before. Every couple weeks or...
YC-backed, diabetes focused healhtech ‘Breathe Well-being’ raises $5.5Mn in Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Diabetes affects millions of people in India, a country that suffers from a massive shortage of specialist doctors that...
Fintech upstart ‘Khatabook’ grabs $100Mn in a new Series C fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The process of accounting and bookkeeping goes a long way back, and even as science and technology have been...
SpaceX completes shipping of 100,000 Starlink terminals to customers around the globe
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk is a visionary – he understands the need for high-speed, low-latency internet across the globe, transcending all...
Tencent could put money in Indian audio streaming platform Pocket FM
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Despite worsening ties between Indian and Chinese governments, business goes on as usual. A new report from TechCrunch claims that Tencent,...
Major blow to Uber and Lyft, Superior Court judge rules CA gig economy law ‘Prop 22’ unconstitutional
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a blow to Uber, Lyft and other companies based on the gig worker economy, Proposition 22, a ballot...
ZyCov-D- world’s first needle-free plasmid DNA vaccine gets DCGI nod
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The ongoing pandemic has initiated a race for a cure among the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world. This...
Facebook launches beta test for Horizon Workrooms, its new VR remote workplace app
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film “Ready Player One” introduced the audience to an entirely online universe – players with their...
Netflix for iPadOS and iOS to now have Spatial Audio support
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Earlier, Apple had rolled out spatial audio for Android after announcing its arrival at the WWDC 2020 event. Now,...
Facebook announces “Small Business Loan Initiative” to help Indian SMBs avail easy loans
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook, a company that started off as a way for Mark Zuckerberg to make friends, has expanded into one...
Microsoft invests in India’s Oyo at a $9.6Bn valuation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Oyo, one of India’s biggest startups and more recently, a sinking ship, has been suffering from the COVID 19...
“Tesla Bot” unveiled by Musk on AI Day, prototype expected to come next year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The lines between science fiction and reality are blurring by the day, thanks to efforts by stalwarts like Elon...
CRED launches P2P lending product ‘CRED Mint’, its first investment-focused offering
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fintech start-up CRED was one of the biggest firms to benefit from the “unicorn spree”, as it joined the...
Fresh $255Mn fundraise makes API platform ‘Postman’, India’s most valuable SaaS company
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0API platform Postman has raised $225Mn in a Series D funding round, taking its valuation to $5.6Bn. This makes...
Wealth management platform Smallcase raises $40 million in Series C round from Amazon’s Smbhav Venture Fund, others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon has grand plans for India, as was made evident with Jeff Bezos’s visit to the country last year....
Amitabh Bachchan joins Amazon Alexa as its first Indian celebrity voice
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After “Avengers” star Samuel L. Jackson, Amazon now brings us Amitabh Bachchan on Alexa, Amazon’s own virtual assistant. Yes,...
Metabolic fitness platform Ultrahuman raises $17.5 million to fuel geo expansion, improve biomarker tech
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fitness is a burning issue in today’s world, and as people are unable to go to gyms to work...
YouTube makes it easier to find content with Video Chapters, translated content, and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0YouTube is the first name that comes to mind when we wish to watch videos on the internet, whether...
CreatorStack, a market network for digital creators, raises $2Mn in seed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Creators are slowly becoming an intrinsic part of the 21st century, influencing internet users in a way that could...
Google launches the ‘Pixel 5a’, a slight upgrade to last year’s near-perfect 4a
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The season of new smartphone launches has kicked off with the Samsung Unpacked event a few days ago, and...
Edtech start-up Yellow Class raises $6 million in Series A funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Start-ups like Byju’s and Unacademy have led to the unprecedented growth of the edtech sector in India, spurred by...
Blue Origin takes NASA to court over awarding $2.9bn lunar contract to SpaceX
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Nearly a month after Jeff Bezos reached space aboard the New Shepard spacecraft, the founder of Amazon and one...
US investigation initiated over Tesla Autopilot crashes, covers nearly 7,65,000 Tesla vehicles
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Autopilot on cars still sounds like science fiction, but over the years, we have been inching closer and closer...
Bike taxi platform Rapido raises $52 million in Series C funding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Six-year-old bike taxi platform Rapido has announced that it has raised $52 million in a Series C funding round...
Ola announces electric scooters Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro, starting at ₹99,999
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0August 15, 2021, the 75th Independence Day of India witnessed the commercial launch of Ola Electric’s much-anticipated electric scooters,...
Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari to move to the US to be Twitter’s new Senior Director
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter India’s MD Manish Maheshwari has had a rough couple of months. From FIRs being lodged against him to...
Twitter unlocks Rahul Gandhi’s account, day after he accused of bias
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has finally unlocked Rahul Gandhi’s account, a week after it had locked it for posting a controversial tweet,...
Reddit, the “front page of the internet”, eyes $10Bn valuation following $700 million funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reddit, often known as the front page of the internet, has made headlines for a variety of reasons over...
Eruditus becomes 4th Indian edtech unicorn following $650 million fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you have been following us for the past few months, you are familiar with the unprecedented boom in...
Disney+ Hotstar now makes up for almost 40% of Disney+’s 116 million subscriber: Q3 report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With a host of exciting new shows to come, Marvel Studios’ schedule is packed. Disney+, the streaming service of...
Ixigo files DRHP with SEBI for ₹1,600 crore IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The stellar IPO of Zomato has shown the way, and other firms are now committed to walking down the...
Samsung Unpacked August 2021: Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It’s time to unpack some of the most anticipated hardware launches of the year. Samsung, continuing the tradition of...
Samsung brings ANC to entry level earphones with Galaxy Buds 2
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Today was ‘packed’ with some exciting new announcements from Samsung, which held its Unpacked event to launch its new...
Samsung announces Galaxy Watch 4 lineup, with OS developed in partnership with Google
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Each new year is a new race between tech companies to launch the best, and most innovative products on...
Nirmata raises $4Mn to solve Kubernetes complexity with its ‘Kyverno’ platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Software solutions provider Nirmata, which deals with governance, compliance, security, and automation of production Kubernetes workloads and clusters, and...
Twitter locks official handles of opposition Congress and its leaders for violating platform’s rules
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter, a platform that has often been used by the masses to broadcast their own political ideologies, has also...
No Code Commissions automation platform Everstage raises $1.7Mn in seed led by 3one4 Capital
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0B2B SaaS startup Everstage has raised $1.7Mn seed funding led by 3one4 Capital for its commissions automation platform that...
VerSe Innovation raises $450Mn, eyes global expansion of its vernacular platforms DailyHunt and Josh
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The social media market has become one of the biggest businesses in the past decade, with Facebook, the biggest...
Service Intelligence Platform Neuron7.ai raises $4.2Mn in seed, from Nexus VP and Battery Ventures
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Cloud software company Neuron7.ai has announced that it has raised $4.2 million in seed funding from early-stage venture capital...
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