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Short-video app Chingari raises $13 million in OnMobile-led funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ever since popular video-sharing social networking platform TikTok, along with a host of other Chinese apps, was banned in...
Q1 2021 witnesses record spending of $32 billion on apps
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The app industry in 2020 reached new heights as the pandemic fueled the need for apps of various kinds....
Spotify acquires Betty labs-creator of sports talks platform Locker Room
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With streaming becoming the new way music is listened, Spotify finds itself competing against numerous competitors who want to...
Microsoft signs deal to outfit US army with AR headsets, could net the company upwards of $22Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Any sci-fi movie would tell you that the future of the world, and warfare, is AR/VR. The technology has...
Apple announces WWDC 2021, to be held virtually from June 7-11
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple is set to host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2021 completely virtually, from June 7 to June...
LinkedIn announces new features like Video Profiles and Influencer Mode aimed at promoting individuality
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Microsoft owned LinkedIn has fast become THE place for professionals, and is often seen as a platform where the working...
Data of 100 million MobiKwik users found on Dark Web, company denies allegations
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A note to our users. pic.twitter.com/J3WRM0Ko8v — Bipin Preet Singh (@BipinSingh) March 30, 2021 Moreover, MobiKwik claims to have...
Amazon acquires retail tech startup Perpule to deepen presence in India’s mom-pop stores
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India has emerged as one of the biggest internet markets in the last few years, which means that it...
Edtech giant Byju’s valuation tops $13Bn with a new $460Mn fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02020 was undoubtedly the year for the tech industry. From Paytm and Google Pay to Udemy and Coursera; from Zomato...
Indian gaming upstart Nazara lists at nearly 81% premium over issue price, IPO subscribed 176 times by investors
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0This news today is perhaps the best possible signal one can get — Gaming has arrived in India, and...
DotPe secures $27.5Mn in Series A as it looks to digitise offline stores and restaurants
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After COVID 19 caused businesses around the world to shut down to curb the spread of infection, many SMB...
Apple looking to create new smartwatch with rugged casing for extreme sports: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple is nothing if not dynamic. The Cupertino-based company has launched products of a large variety, ranging from iPhone...
Byju’s fundraising spree to reportedly continue in 2021: Looking to raise $600+ million to fuel acquisitions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The renowned ed-tech company, Byju’s is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world right now. It...
SEBI makes domestic public listing simpler for Indian startups
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Indian startup culture has given birth to some of the biggest companies in the world, and has been attracting...
Cloud computing upstart DigitalOcean’s stock market debut witnesses 10% fall on opening day
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0DigitalOcean, the cloud computing upstart that debut on the stock markets amid much fanfare, did not end its first...
Masai School gets $5Mn in Series A for its online tech courses platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India, while one of the biggest markets for churning out engineers, has a real problem when it comes to...
Avast discovers 200 new fleeceware apps on Play Store and App Store that extracted $5.3Mn from Indian users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0We have all heard of malware, spamware and adware, as these terms have become part of the cultural zeitgeist...
India’s NPCI sets market share limits for UPI apps such as Google’s Gpay, Flipkart’s PhonePe and others to 30%
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you use Google Pay, or PhonePe, or Amazon Pay (that’s a lot of ‘pays’) to complete digital transaction,...
India’s competition watchdog orders antitrust probe against WhatsApp for its updated Privacy Policy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0WhatsApp has been valiantly defending its privacy policy all over the world for months now. The new privacy policy,...
SpaceX completes fourth Starlink launch of March, sending 240 satellites in orbit in a single month
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Starlink might just be the future of the internet, thanks to its groundbreaking technology and the ability to transmit...
Unacademy acquires Handa Ka Funda, a digital learning platform for CAT and MBA preparation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Handa Ka Funda has been acquired by @unacademy pic.twitter.com/kJGe8OMyrs — Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) March 23, 2021 Handa Ka Funda...
Tesla announces new payment method for its cars-Bitcoin
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021 In the tweet made...
Fantasy sport platform Dream11 raises $400mn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian startup culture has seen more unicorns rise up in the past few years than in a fairytale,...
Chinese tech giants’ stocks tank amidst crackdown at home and looming threat of US delisting
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The relationship between the United States and China has not been quite friendly for a long time now, and...
Twitter plans on adding upvote and downvote features and Facebook-like emoji reactions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Have you ever thought, “I wish I could react to this tweet with a laughing face or a mad...
OnePlus 9 is finally here with Hassleblad’s camera technology
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While many companies try to hide every little thing about their new products until launch day, OnePlus is not...
OnePlus Watch launches at $159 , company claims 1 week’s power with 20 mins of charge
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OnePlus, the company that rose to shine thanks to its affordable smartphones and groundbreaking technology, has emerged as one...
Latest Update of WebView App causing Crashes in Android apps, here’s a fix:
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Recently, quite a few android users have started getting the annoying “App has stopped working” pop-up on several apps....
Telegram secures $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi investment firms
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Telegram’s user base has grown significantly ever since its much more popular competitor (Facebook-owned) WhatsApp ran into trouble due...
Indian Government’s Corona Helpdesk WhatsApp Chatbot crosses 30 million users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With an aim to provide correct and complete information amid the confusion of the pandemic, MyGov and Ministry of...
Twitter acquihires API Integration platform Reshuffle as it looks to bring down development times for API v2
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Recently, Twitter has been looking to completely change its platforms, by adding new features either by itself or through...
‘Public App’ lands $41Mn from A91, Addition and others for its location-based social network
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian startup culture, thanks to the country’s low internet rates and the immense local talent, has seen massive...
Y Combinator’s W21 round features record number of Indian start-ups
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Silicon Valley seed money start-up accelerator Y Combinator, which has launched over 2,000 companies, including Stripe, Airbnb, Cruise Automation,...
Twitter reportedly working on ‘undo Tweet’ feature for paid users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter is working on app subscription for paid features like “Undo Tweet” https://t.co/CrqnzIPcOH pic.twitter.com/Ct16Gk2RL1 — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane)...
Beauty ecommerce platform Purplle gets $45Mn in Series D, previous investors exit with sizeable gains
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Beauty e-commerce platform Purplle has announced that it has raised $45 million in a Series D funding round that...
Facebook India MD terms government move for content moderation a “legitimate scrutiny”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook, the popular American social media and messaging platform has hearkened to the criticisms it has faced in recent...
Google’s ‘Next Billion Users’ initiative head Caesar Sengupta departs after 15 years
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Rarely does someone’s departure from a company makes the headlines, but when the person is someone like Caesar Sengupta,...
Microsoft to reopen offices partially from the March 29, looking to incorporate remote work in office culture permanently.
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Today is the anniversary of the day when the Janta Curfew was imposed in India, and while some things...
KreditBee raises $70 million for its digital lending platform, plans to expand lending portfolio
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While the pandemic has hit a lot of sectors hard and made life difficult for many, lending start-ups in...
Tesla cars banned from Chinese military complexes over security concerns
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Driver Facing Camera monitors where drivers are looking. It would detect if a Beta User was looking down at,...
India asks court to block implementation of new WhatsApp privacy policy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instant messaging app WhatsApp has been in a pickle in India ever since it announced its new privacy policy,...
[Update: Restored] WhatsApp, Instagram suffer outage for users across the globe
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Thankfully, the outage was short-lived and both services have now been restored to their usual self. There hasn’t been...
Major setback for Future Group: Delhi HC upholds Emergency Arbitrator’s Award
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The ongoing dispute between US e-commerce giant Amazon and Indian conglomerate Future Group just got a whole new dimension....
Pixxel raises $7.3 million, announces plans to introduce Hyperspectral imaging
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The world is currently highly interested in new space-tech companies, and India is not far behind. The country’s space...
Facebook imposes penalties on Groups and members who break rules
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a world where knowledge and information are key to survival, the rapid dissemination of misinformation and disinformation yields...
Nokia to slash 10,000 jobs as it looks to cut costs amid 5G push
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Nokia, one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers of the last decade, lost a lot of its market share...
Coinbase set to sell 114.9 million shares in direct listing IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably witnessed the sudden and dramatic rise of cryptocurrency...
Insurance platform PolicyBazaar raises $75 million to drive expansion in UAE and the Middle East
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SoftBank-backed Indian insurance platform PolicyBazaar has announced that it has raised $75 million in a new funding round led...
Proptech platform Square Yards acquires PropVR, an AI-based 3D visualization platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Virtual reality is the future. It has applications in therapy, sports, medicine, education, fashion, and a variety of other...
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