India’s new ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ scheme, that translates to ‘Self-Reliant India’ seems to be gaining some major steam now. With...
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Apple has reportedly acquired a startup to turn iPhones into payment terminals
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Acquisitions and Apple are two words that almost never come out in a public sentence together. Apple keeps most...
Fresh Leaks about new ARM based Macbook suggest 20 hrs. battery life, Type C ports, A14X Bionic chipset and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A Twitter tipster of Apple leaks, @komiya_kj has ‘revealed’ what the next generation of ARM based MacBook may have...
Donald Trump could ban TikTok in the U.S. through an executive order
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In yet another addition to what has certainly been the most eventful of the times for the Chinese social...
Australia plans to make internet giants such as Facebook and Google pay for local news and content
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a move that could act as precedent for other governments globally, the Australian government is planning a new...
Twitter sheds more light on cryptocurrency hack, says ‘phone spear phishing attack’ at the heart of the incident
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Twitter cryptocurrency hack raised questions about the platform’s identity as a ‘safespace’, and has the company jumping through...
Oppo’s Apple Watch-lookalike WearOS smartwatch debuts globally
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a world of smartwatches largely dominated by Apple, there is one more global entrant today, albeit on the...
NASA successfully launches Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for a deeper understanding of the red planet
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Today, NASA has successfully launched its Perseverance rover, marking a milestone in the Mars 2020 mission. The United Launch...
Samsung clocks 26% growth in quarterly profits backed by a booming chip industry
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Despite a historic pandemic, Samsung’s business showed no signs of slowing down, thanks to an increased demand of laptops...
Google finally held accountable for the 2016 data merge with DoubleClick
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai clearly prepared for last night’s Congress meeting, but dare I say, he might have over...
Apple grilled by Congress for suppressing competition and extracting commissions on App Store
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Last night’s Congress hearing turned out to be a ruthless probe in the workings of 4 of the biggest...
A booming Q3’2020 for Apple, revenues rise 11%, company announces 4:1 stock split but new iPhones delayed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0iPhone revenues jumped by $500 mn from last year, currently standing at $26.4 bn. The affordable iPhone SE that...
Amazon to invest $10Bn on its SpaceX Starlink competitor, ‘Project Kuiper’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jeff Bezos is doubling down on his Space investments, and doubling down in a big way. Amazon today announced,...
Facebook reports blockbuster earnings, advertising revenue up 10% despite pandemic
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In terms of financials, Net income saw a 98% increase over the year and stood at $5.18bn for this...
Google-parent Alphabet Inc reports $38.8B in revenue, courtesy of stabilizing ad business
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google’s ad business, the genesis of its scrutiny at this week’s Congress hearing, showed signs of stabilizing as its...
Reliance Jio sees massive jump in profits, ARPU amid an overall blockbuster earnings result for Reliance
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reliance Industries managed to beat analysts’ predictions, and went on to secure a gigantic ₹13,233 crores in profit in...
TikTok gets a $50 Bn valuation tag from ByteDance investors amid takeover bid: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In continuation of Bytedance’s efforts to distance TikTok from its Chinese roots, two of the company’s biggest investors —...
China made up for almost a quarter of Tesla’s revenue this quarter
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla has emerged as an iconoclast leader in the world of automobile, proving its worth as the ‘most valuable...
WhatsApp now fully compliant with data localisation norms for its payments service in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0WhatsApp Pay has been stuck in a bureaucratic sea of impediments and restrictions in India for two years now....
Zuckerberg considered Instagram a threat at the time of acquisition, new emails reveal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a lengthy US Congress grilling that lasted for over six and a half hours, new emails being cited...
Bezos admits stolen and counterfeit goods being sold on Amazon, unsure of the seller verification process
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a grilling of the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest tech companies, there have been some significant...
Spotify Q2 2020: Overall revenues stable, premium subscriptions up but ad revenues decline
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Spotify released its numbers for the second quarter of 2020. The number of active monthly users (MAU) rose to...
Facebook gets some relief in EU antitrust data probe, but faces new legislation back home to ban targeted ads
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook has been shrouded by legal controversies, as the company struggles to get through one of the most eventful...
Nearbuy founder Sumeet Kapur raises $200K from Inflection Point for his new wellness startup ‘Wellcure’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Keeping aside all the nightmares that have come true during COVID-19, one thing wherein it has brought a tectonic...
JioFiber to reportedly raise $1.5Bn from Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund QIA
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After raising over $20Bn for Jio Platforms in a record fund raising spree that spanned across the peak of...
CES 2021 will be an all virtual event as COVID-19 infections on the rise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s biggest tech conference, will be held completely virtually next year from...
Spotify’s updated group session feature allows users to remotely stream music or podcasts together
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Spotify has rolled out a new updated beta version of its ‘group sessions’, announcing a new feature that will...
NASA announces astronauts for SpaceX CREW-2 manned mission to the ISS
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0NASA has announced names for the four astronauts who will create history when they board the Crew Dragon spacecraft ...
Google will allow employees to work from home till July 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has extended work from home till July 2021, allowing its over 200,000 employees to stay at home until...
Huawei slashes India revenue targets by 50% amid growing anti China sentiments: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The acrimony between China and U.S. has somewhat replicated itself, and now the communist country finds itself at odds...
Google to partner with ZestMoney to bring digital lending services to GPay
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tech Giant Google is advocating for new ways to generate revenue in its bid to transition ‘also’ into a...
Google announces a new undersea fiber-optic cable which will connect the U.S. to Britain and Spain
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google today announced a new project- a private subsea cable which will link the United States and Europe. The...
Flipkart takes yet another shot at Hyperlocal deliveries with ‘Flipkart Quick’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Flipkart has decided to take another shot at hyperlocal deliveries, and has launched ‘Flipkart Quick’. The service has been...
PC market shrunk by 33% in India, but tablet and notebook shipments at record levels
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The coronavirus pandemic has been bittersweet for the PC industry, and more of a revolution than a disaster. In...
Facebook postpones second quarter results as Zuckerberg prepares to appear before Congress
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Wednesday of July 29th will become a historical date, for the grilling that tech giants like Facebook, Google,...
Moderna starts crucial final phase of COVID-19 vaccine trials with 30,000 participants in the US
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Humanity might just be getting around to getting about, as Moderna has stated that it has started Phase 3...
India to ban 47 apps which are acting as clones of previously banned Chinese apps
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After taking down 59 Chinese apps that allegedly posed a threat to user privacy and security, the Indian government...
SaaS unicorn Freshworks gets $85M from Steadview Capital
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Storied SaaS unicorn Freshworks, has received fresh capital from existing backer Steadview Capital, through a secondary transaction. The London-based...
Japan’s Yokohoma tests the world’s first 60 feet robot, that is straight out of ‘Power Rangers’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a stunning display of what the future holds for robotics, engineers in Japan have released a video of...
Chinese version of PUBG ‘Game of Peace’ to feature new Tesla model 3 in gameplay
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In partnership with Chinese version of the insanely popular PUBG mobile (Game of Peace), Tesla is going to roll...
Rivian eyes summer 2021 to launch world’s first fully electric pickup truck
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After the massive $2.5 billion raised by the company just 2 weeks back, Rivian has finally announced that it will...
Electric two wheeler maker Ather Energy gets another $12Mn from Hero MotoCorp
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ather Energy, the much storied Indian electric two wheeler company has received an investment worth nearly $12Mn from Hero...
Amazon to acquire 9.9% stake in Reliance’s retail arm: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what continues to be a never-ending outpouring of cash in Mukesh Ambani’s majestic retail revolution vision, Amazon is...
Twitter quarterly revenue declines 19%, but user engagement at record levels
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter, and many social media platforms like it that rely on advertising as its bread and butter, witnessed one...
Facebook tests a new layout for pages to make them less cluttered
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook is testing a new layout of Facebook pages to make them more organized and easy to use. This...
Tesla posts fourth consecutive profitable quarter with $6.04 billion in total revenues
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The most valuable automaker in the world, Tesla has released its quarterly report of Q2 2020, announcing a net...
Tiktok announces a $200Mn ‘Creator Fund’ for U.S. creators
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a bit to not lose its current biggest market (after the India ban) and complement its continued non-China...
SpaceX could raise $1 billion at a $44 billion valuation amid bullish private space market
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX has emerged as one of the most innovative, futuristic and downright path breaking space companies of all times....
Intel’s move to 7nm chipsets delayed till late 2022, share price plunges over 10%
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Intel’s reign over the chip making industry might be coming to an end, as the company finds itself struggling...
Amazon will now provide auto insurance in India, partners with Acko general insurance
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon India announced today that it has begun offering auto insurance in India, forming a partnership with Bengaluru based...
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