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Twitter to pull the plug on Fleets from August 3rd owing to lack of usage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Social media platforms, by large, usually follow the same blue print. A feature gets famous somewhere, which is then...
Netflix will diversify into video games, hires former FB exec as VP of Game Development
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Netflix, the biggest video streaming service in the world, is now planning to take its first flight beyond the...
OneCode, a startup that aims to mobilize sales agents across India, raises $5Mn led by Sequoia India’s Surge
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OneCode, a company that aims to digitize the sales ecosystem of India, has announced that it has raised $5Mn...
Twitter says largest number of account information demands in second half of 2020 came from Indian government
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Social networking giant Twitter has been at loggerheads with the Indian government for quite a while now, be it...
Blockbuster opening for Zomato IPO, shares oversubscribed by 5% on day 1 of bidding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato is one of the biggest startups to emerge from India, and thus, when news of its Initial Public...
Storytelling platform Pratilipi raises $48Mn led by game-maker Krafton to expand in house publishing wing
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Pratilipi, an Indian startup directed towards helping writers and authors share their work with the world through its innovative...
Zomato raises $562.3 million from anchor investors ahead of IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Home-grown food delivery startup Zomato is gearing up for its Initial Public Offering this week, and news has it...
Twitter takes down fake accounts it had mistakenly verified
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Months after it brought it’s verification process back to life, Twitter Inc. on Tuesday said that a handful of...
CCI approves SoftBank’s $450Mn investment in Swiggy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As Zomato nears its debut in the public markets, the food delivery market is heating up, thanks to growing...
Social commerce startup Trell raises $45Mn to expand influencer led shopping platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0E-commerce, a thing that was unheard of a decade ago and has become an integral part of our lives...
Global PC market continues to grow in 2nd quarter of 2021, Lenovo takes the lead
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Even though COVID 19 cases are going down around the world, the business world has already found its solace...
SpaceX could partner with Indian companies for satcom equipment amid Starlink’s possible India debut in 2022
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX has been had at work for the past few years, sending satellites to fill out its low Earth...
Ola raises $100Mn in debt for its electric business as EV factory nears completion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A few days ago, home-grown ride hailing startup Ola announced that the production of its first electric-powered scooters is...
Android 12 will allow you to start games as they are being downloaded
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Game lovers have something big to rejoice about, especially if they are loyal to Google and its Android. The...
Mobikwik planning a $255Mn raise through IPO amid India’s incoming tech IPO boom
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0MobiKwik, the payments platform from India, is looking to test the waters of the public markets (much like a...
Flipkart raises $3.6Bn at a $37.6Bn valuation as it preps for an early 2022 IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While 2020 was the year of aggressive growth, 2021 has been the year for rising valuations and huge public...
Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in compliance with IT rules
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter Inc. might have been the last social media platform to agree to the new IT rules in India,...
Virgin Galactic creates history, flies Richard Branson and crew to space and back
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what was perhaps unconceivable for well near our nearest past, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has achieved the unthinkable....
President Amit Nayyar and four other top execs quit Paytm ahead of upcoming IPO: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fintech and online payments platform Paytm has been gearing up for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) for quite some...
Ola founder shares update on electric scooter production
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Homegrown ride-hailing platform Ola is all set to jump on the bandwagon of electric vehicles, this time in a...
Ex US prez Donald Trump files class-action lawsuits against Google, Facebook, and Twitter
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Former President Donald Trump is not one to accept defeat easily, as is evident from his reactions after he...
WhatsApp will temporarily halt new privacy policy till new data protection bill has been passed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Messaging platform WhatsApp has been in quite a bit of trouble with the Indian government, ever since it announced...
Ola raises $500Mm from Temasek and Warburg Pincus as it pushes the pedal on electric scooter production
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Coming at a time when its business has been hit hard by the pandemic, ride-hailing service Ola has raised...
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the man behind the new IT laws, resigns from PM Modi’s cabinet
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Even as the latest IT rules continue to bind the major social media intermediaries operating in India in a,...
PhonePe further widens gap with GPay, owns 46% market share of UPI in June
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0UPI payments have been becoming increasingly popular in India over the past few years, and for good reason too....
PayU in talks to acquire BillDesk in what might be the second-largest Indian internet-based acquisition to date: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0One of the largest acquisitions in the internet-based solutions segment may be on the cards, as fintech start-up PayU,...
Zomato IPO opens next week, priced at ₹72-76 per share
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato, one of the biggest companies to emerge from India’s burgeoning startup culture, has grown by unimaginable bounds over...
Google faces new antitrust lawsuit filed by US state attorney generals, targeting Play Store commission
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Seems like Google has really not had any time to catch its breath over the past few months, as...
NCLAT orders the scrapping of corporate insolvency case against OYO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what is good news for hotel aggregator platform OYO Hotels & Rooms (and definitely a major setback for...
Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI contract amid Amazon-Microsoft dispute
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that the Jedi are not returning after all. More than an year after Microsoft was awarded the...
Nintendo announces new Switch model with a 7-inch OLED screen
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Video game fans, and especially those who are loyal to Nintendo, sure have a reason to rejoice, as the...
NRAI writes to CCI, alleging Swiggy and Zomato’s unfair practices hurt restaurants
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Online food ordering and delivery platforms Zomato and Swiggy have become heavily popular among consumers in the country, owing...
No protection will be given to Twitter for non-compliance with IT rules: Delhi HC
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The feud between Twitter and the ruling BJP government just got rougher for the popular micro-blogging site. Once again,...
Merchants fintech services major Pine Labs closes $600Mn investment round ahead of IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With its IPO (which is likely to take place in the US) around the corner, digital payments provider Pine...
Logistics and supply chain management integrator Locad raises $4.9 million in seed round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While many companies have had to suffer a setback due to the COVID pandemic, the period has also seen...
Online furniture and appliance rental firm Furlenco raises $140 Mn to fuel international expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A host of Indian start-ups have raised capital through funds during the golden year of the Indian start-up ecosystem,...
Swedish firm MTG acquires PlaySimple, operator of 9 word games, for $360Mn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0People have been stuck in their homes for over an year now, thanks to the COVID 19 pandemic. This...
Gaming and entertainment platform WinZO raises $65 million in Series C funding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In yet another stroke of good news for the Indian start-up ecosystem (which has flourished in 2021), gaming and...
Facebook takes down 30 million pieces of content in compliance with India’s new IT rules
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Major social media intermediaries have bowed down to the Centre and its new IT rules (Twitter has been slammed...
ION Energy, a startup that improves life of lithium ion batteries, raises $3.6Mn from Amazon’s climate pledge fund
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Five-year-old energy-tech start-up ION Energy has raised $3.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Amazon’s Climate...
Flipkart launches Shopsy, a Shopify like platform to help small businesses go online
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Walmart owned Flipkart is trying its hand at building a Shopify of its own, and has launched Shopsy, a...
UPI records all-time high of 2.8 Bn transactions worth ₹5.47 lakh crores in June
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The pandemic sent waves across the digital payments sector, raising it to great heights before pulling it down again....
Entry of Big Tech firms into India’s financial services presents challenges to stability and governance of the ecosystem: RBI
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Big tech companies have penetrated into many sectors, and continue to expand and deepen their presence in new markets....
Google publishes first transparency report under IT rules, says it received more than 27,000 complaints in April
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The new IT rules have come into effect, binding the major social media intermediaries with a host of regulations...
Instagram working on ‘Exclusive Stories’, a feature that is similar to ‘Super Follow’ on Twitter
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tech giants are facing scrutiny across the globe, thanks to a massive increase in awareness about data collection practices...
Didi Chuxing raises $4.4 billion in biggest Chinese IPO in the US since 2014
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In April, we had reported that Didi Chuxing, Uber’s Chinese counterpart and the biggest ride-hailing firm in the country,...
SpaceX blasts off 88 satellites into orbit as part of Transporter-2 mission, marks first onshore landing of Falcon 9 first stage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX has launched one mission after the other, whether it be leading mankind’s domination of space or looking to...
Razorpay founders and senior execs launch ‘MarsShot Ventures’ angel fund
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fintech start-ups are having the time of their lives during the pandemic, as the shift to online services has...
Online pharmacy TABLT raises $3Mn from Siti Cable for pan India growth
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Healthcare has become more important than ever before, especially with the 2nd wave of COVID 19 that ravaged India...
- 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