Archive for category: Consumer Tech

IT giant Intel is currently in “advanced talks” to buy Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for US$ 1...

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom company by subscriber base, reportedly left data of millions of users unsecured online, through...

Silver lake management, one of the largest and oldest known technology investment firms, has invested $748 million (INR5655 crore)...

A fresh report from research firm Canalys suggests, that the smartphone market took a turn for the worse, registering...

In view of rising coronavirus cases in certain select regions in the country, India just announced a second lockdown...

While announcing its quarterly financial numbers, Facebook also gave us a pretty significant insight into its user count. The...

So we get to see this every once in a while. An unleashed version of Elon Musk posting a...

One sector that has seen unprecedented surge in growth and usage during the coronavirus pandemic, is online learning. And...

It seems the WeWork pain is seemingly endless for Softbank. After already announcing Vision Fund losses to the tune...

Twitter has announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2020, and has beaten all estimates. Twitter’s better-than-expected earnings...

Zoom, the embattled video conferencing app, has admitted to having misreported numbers around daily active users. In a blog...

With security concerns continuing to plague Zoom and relative unpopularity of alternatives such as Google Meet, CISCO Webex etc....

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom company by subscriber base, and the biggest data services provider globally, announced its earnings...

As big as Zoom has become in the last couple of months, security concerns about the app has stopped...

Much like the American populace, two Silicon Valley billionaires have had starkly differing views about the stay-at-home orders. Facebook’s...

Short form video is surely here to stay, at least from the numbers we are seeing for TikTok. The...

NIO, the now embattled Chinese electric vehicles startup that was once considered one of the most potent rivals to...

It’s no secret that the world economy is reeling under coronavirus’ impact. Many expect a recession right around the...

Despite the growing traffic on places such as Facebook and Google, ad revenue has been falling for all major...

While the coronavirus pandemic continues to press harder on global economy, there are a few businesses that are on...

While governments globally struggle to fight the human side of coronavirus pandemic, there is the internet side as well,...

Chinese e-commerce entity Alibaba has demoted its e-commerce chief and senior vice-president Jiang Fan on a rather discreditable note....

Sequoia Capital has announced the third cohort of its India-based accelerator program, Surge. For those unaware, Surge is a...

Rovio Entertainment, maker of the popular “angry-birds” mobile game series, has recorded a nearly 75% rise in its first...

A new software update has enabled a section of Tesla’s newest vehicles to recognise and respond to traffic lights...

SpaceX, the company which has set out to get humanity to Mars, took a big step towards realizing its...

All the major smartphone companies have dipped their toes in the wireless earbud market till now. From Samsung Galaxy...

If you thought making memes did not pay anything, you’d have to think again. ShareChat, the Twitter-backed Indic language...

Reliance industries’ latest venture to expand into the retail market, JioMart, has gone live with its official WhatsApp number....

AT&T is all set to welcome a new CEO in John Stankey, after the company announced retirement of current...

Edtech platforms have emerged as one of those rare sectors, which have seen increased activity and user sign ups....

Telegram, the privacy-oriented IM competitor to Whatsapp, has announced hitting the 400 million monthly users milestone. Launched in 2013,...

Taking up the best features from both Zoom and to some extent, HouseParty, Facebook has announced the launch of...

Fresh off from an industry-defying $1.2 Billion fundraise, Indonesia’s most valuable startup Gojek has reportedly acquired Jakarta-based mobile point-of-sale...

Vulnerabilities and their exploitation in tech devices is nothing new. The phenomenon is becoming increasingly common, with cyber meltdowns...

COVID-19 is turning into a massive black hole that is gulping in the world economy relentlessly. And such is...

Countering yesterday’s reports that suggested data leak and exploitation by hackers using security loopholes in Apple’s mail app, the...

Couple weeks back, Apple and Google announced a rare collaboration, to roll out a joint contact tracing tool for...

Fresh from a lay-off, OYO has now reportedly announced 25% salary cuts for all employees for 4 months, starting...