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Fashion e-retailer Nykaa converts into a public company ahead of IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Zomato IPO is on its way to becoming a legendary tale for years to come, having evolved into...
Women healthcare platform Veera Health raises $3Mn led by Sequoia Capital India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The health-tech market has been on fire recently, with people becoming cautious of their general well being thanks to...
Social Network ShareChat’s valuation reaches $2.88Bn in new $145Mn Series F fundraiser
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0ShareChat, the content-sharing and social media service has just raised $145 million in a fresh Series F funding round...
Beauty products brand Myglamm closes $71.3Mn Series C round , targets South Asia for expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the start-up ecosystem growing at a rate never seen before, firms have gone public (like Zomato) raised record...
Tesla quarterly revenue crosses $1 billion for the first time; Semi truck launch pushed back to 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Luxury electric car-maker Tesla Inc. has revealed its revenue for the second quarter on Monday, and it’s a major...
Byju’s continues acquisition spree, buys up ‘Great Learning’ and ‘Toppr’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Edtech platform Byju’s is already the biggest and most valuable startup in India, but that does not mean that...
Internet commerce-enabler ‘Swift’ raises $2.2Mn in pre-Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Swift, the two-year old startup that specializes in internet commerce enabling, has raised funds worth $2.2 million from a...
EV startup Rivian raises $2.5 billion amid plans of building a second factory
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The electric vehicle industry has grown into a giant, led by the endeavors of Elon Musk and his company...
Oneplus Nord 2 5G to hit stores by the end of July
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The OnePlus Nord 2 5G, the latest offering of phone-maker OnePlus in India, is all set to hit stores...
Karnataka HC quashes UP Police summoning of Twitter India MD, calls notice malafide and “arm-twisting”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has been engaged in a long and bitter feud with the ruling BJP government, and things have looked...
Apple Music brings out lossless streaming and spatial audio for Android
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Android users who prefer to use Apple Music for their musical needs, have a reason to rejoice, as the...
Zomato likely to debut on public markets tomorrow
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Food aggregator platform Zomato has been in the process of its maiden initial public offering (IPO) this week, and...
CCI accuses Amazon of concealing facts regarding Future-Reliance deal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The tussle over Kishore Biyani’s Future Retail continues to unfold, with the advantage shifting from one side to the...
Bug in Akamai’s Edge DNS system results in major internet outage, issue now fixed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Outages seem to have become a frequent occurrence. Yesterday it was food delivery giant Zomato that suffered an outage,...
Digital rupee might be on its way, RBI signals
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The digital rupee is apparently on its way, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it...
Historic day for Indian tech startups as Zomato lists at over 50% premium, valuation peaks at $12Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what surely is, perhaps the biggest day for India’s rapidly evolving technology startup ecosystem, Zomato, one of the...
[Update: Restored] Zomato suffers outage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato’s IPO, one of the biggest things to have ever happened in the Indian startup culture, was a massive...
YouTube announces Super Thanks-a new way to tip creators on the platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Content creators on YouTube will be happy to hear this, as the Google-owned video service has announced its newest...
Byju’s makes “Epic” acquisition for $500 million to expand footprint in the US
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With online learning being shot to prominence during the pandemic, edtech platforms have profited immensely. In fact, edtech giant...
India: Smartphone quarterly sales dip 13% in Q2’21 due to COVID, still higher than Q2’20
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0According to a report by Canalys, smartphone market in India has seen a decline of a significant 13% during...
Online trucking firm BlackBuck becomes 16th Indian unicorn this year following $67 Mn round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India’s startup culture is undergoing a once in a lifetime revolution, attracting attention from global investors amid a rapid...
After TweetDeck revamp, Twitter announces that it is testing upvote and downvote buttons
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Remember the upvote and downvote buttons on Reddit, or even the Like and Dislike buttons on YouTube? It seems...
Indian fintech major Razorpay acquires digital lending firm TERA Finlabs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Indian payments and fintech firm Razorpay has acquired TERA Finlabs, a startup involved in providing businesses with embedded financial...
After Branson, now Jeff Bezos reaches space aboard New Shepard flight, lands safely
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX and NASA may be the names that first come to mind when talking about space, but this time...
PolicyBazaar parent PB Fintech looks to raise $870Mn through IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0PB Fintech, the parent company of online insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar, which allows users to compare between, and choose from,...
Samsung to host virtual Unpacked event on August 11, new foldables expected
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The latest Unpacked event is here, as Samsung finally put an end to the leaks and rumors circling the...
TwitterDeck up for a major revamp amid hopes to develop a subscription product
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0TweetDeck, the social media dashboard feature on social giant Twitter, is all set for a revamp, as per an...
Instagram hand overs control to users, allows them to choose how much sensitive content they see
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It comes as no surprise to anyone that internet is an unsafe and toxic place, which can have just...
‘Julia’ programming language parent, ‘Julia Computing’ raises $24Mn in Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Julia Computing- the creator of the high-performance programming language Julia, today announced that it has raised a sum of...
Spinny scores $108Mn in fresh capital as it looks to dominate India’s used car market
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Spinny, a platform for selling used cars online, has raised $108Mn in a funding round led by Tiger Global...
Swiggy raises $1.25Bn at a $5.5Bn valuation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Food aggregation and delivery platform Swiggy has just raised a sum of $1.25 billion through a recently closed, two-tranche...
YouTube acquires Indian social commerce start-up Simsim
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The social commerce sector has gained traction in recent times as companies around the world are now eyeing this...
Captain Fresh, a B2B seafood marketplace, raises $12Mn to expand distribution and grow team
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0This is a weird one. Captain Fresh, a B2B seafood marketplace, has raised $12Mn seed funding lead by venture capital...
Private equity major Blackstone to acquire majority stake in online learning platform Simplilearn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Private equity fund Blackstone has announced that it will be acquiring majority stakes in Simplilearn Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a...
Lenskart raises $220 million as it eyes expansion in SE Asia and the Middle East
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The IPO of food delivery giant Zomato may be the talk of the town in the start-up sector, but...
Pegasus spy scandal reportedly engulfed 300 Indians including politicians, journalists and businessmen
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The wild west of Internet is filled with malice and unforeseeable threats, especially when it comes to data privacy...
Zoom is acquiring cloud call center company Five9 in a $14.7Bn all stock deal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Video conferencing platform Zoom, which has become a household name during the past year or so, announced on Sunday...
Voice assistant-as-a-service startup ‘Slang Labs’ raises $500k in Google led funding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Slang Labs, one of the industry leaders in India in terms of in-app voice assistants, and a pioneer of...
Zomato IPO closes, shares over-subscribed by 38 times
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato, a company that has been operating in loss ever since it was first established, had one of the...
Reliance Retail to acquire majority stake in Just Dial
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Local search and listings platform Just Dial Ltd., which prides itself in being a one-step solution for finding contacts...
SpaceX warned by FAA that its Starship launch tower in Texas is “unapproved”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk has a ton of dreams when it comes to his beloved Starship line of rockets. But at...
Google sets up second cloud region in India at Delhi-NCR
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a bid to extend its service offerings to customers in India and the Asia-Pacific region, Google Cloud on...
Logistics upstart Delhivery bags $100 million from FedEx Express as it looks to go global
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Home-grown logistics and supply chain management firm Delhivery has just raked in an impressive $100 million as part of...
Payments giant Paytm files for a $2.2 Bn IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Well, the day is finally here. After months and months of speculations and new reports emerging every few weeks,...
Xiaomi breaks into the top two largest smartphone vendors globally for Q2 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Xiaomi has dominated the Indian smartphone market for quite some time now, thanks to its solid on-a-budget offering. However,...
Popular news aggregation app Inshorts raises $60Mn in new funding round led by Vy Capital
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The latest in a list of firms that have benefited from the sudden growth in the media industry thanks...
OYO raises $660 million debt fund to clear past debts and strengthen balance sheet
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Hospitality and hotel aggregation platform OYO Hotels and Homes, on Friday, revealed that it has raised a debt funding...
WhatsApp rolls out public beta for improved multidevice support
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0WhatsApp was introduced as a mobile phone app when it was first launched, but over the years, it has...
RBI bans MasterCard from issuing new cards amid data storage row
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a blow to credit and debit card vendor MasterCard, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has indefinitely banned...
- OpenAI launches AI agent ‘Operator’ to perform tasks independently January 24, 2025
- Nvidia-backed Perplexity introduces AI assistant-like feature for Android devices January 24, 2025
- Reliance plans world’s largest AI data centre in India January 24, 2025
- India’s NCLT halts data sharing ban on WhatsApp and Meta January 24, 2025
- ChatGPT down globally, issue persists despite resolution January 23, 2025