Archive for category: Consumer Tech

To tackle the influx of traffic and make it more convenient for users to operate, Facebook has announced Desktop...

After reports came out earlier that India was working on a “Coronavirus tracker” of sorts, the Government of India...

Love it or hate it, there is no denying the popularity of the ever-so controversial video app TikTok. The...

COVID-19 cases have started to see an exponential rise in India, with the number of positive cases crossing the...

Upgrad, the online learning platform focusing on short/medium term higher education courses, has appointed Arjun Mohan, former Chief Business...

Apple has acquired weather app Dark Sky, famous for its accurate hyper-local weather predictions that are accurate to the...

Google has announced that its hyper local social networking app- Neighbourly will be shut down next month. The app,...

When India’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface) crossed a billion transactions in Februrary (1.33 billion to be precise), no one...

Adding to the list of private undertakings which have made monetary contributions towards the control of the pandemic, Wipro...

Ever since Spotify launched in India, it had been in the cross hairs of Warner Music, which had accused...

Telecom operators Airtel and Vodafone have extended the validity of connections for a section of their user base as...

Ever since the Chinese telecom giant Huawei was blacklisted by the US government, which in turn led to the...

After a rather muddling ride to its India debut, the long wait for Disney+ India launch has been cut...

Everyone from all around the world, individuals, partnerships and most importantly companies from across sectors, are coming forward to...

Bringing an end to perhaps one of the most storied hostile takeover bids in the history of tech companies,...

SpaceX is in preparation to launch its first official operational crew mission aboard the Dragon Spacecraft, with just one...

Fitbit is back into some launch news after a rather silent couple of years. The company has come up...

Elon Musk, taking to Twitter, has announced that he has some “extra” FDA-approved ventilators with him, which Tesla can...

Snapchat, after teasing it at last year’s Partner Summit, has finally launched its long awaited feature-App Stories, allowing Snapchat...

Pinduoduo, Alibaba’s competitor in China’s $1 trillion e-commerce market, has reported a $1.1 Billion raise in a private share...

In a rather action-packed week from the US FDA, the drug regulator has provided yet another emergency authorisation to...

A drug that US President Donald Trump has backed as a possible “game changer”, may soon actually lead the...

Medtronic, the Dublin-based medical equipment maker which was in the news for its partnership with Tesla, has announced something...

Microsoft made a slew of announcements today, including a ton of new features for its already existing apps, and...

In a testament to TikTok’s (and perhaps the short format video) popularity, Tiger Global reportedly continued to build stake...

Facebook has announced yet another financial package for COVID-19 related activities, this time the beneficiaries are local newsrooms that...

The US Space Force, President Trump’s (really) optimist addition to the United States defence forces, has announced the debut...

Following measures announced by streaming companies last week, Whatsapp is now testing limiting the length of videos in ‘status...

In tandem with its fund-raising announcement, Unicorn India is also announcing the first investment that it has made through...

In a positive news to the otherwise grim overall investment scene, India-based early stage investment firm Unicorn India Ventures,...

In a not-so-proud-to-be first for Softbank, one of its star portfolio companies, OneWeb, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Ola, India’s biggest ride hailing platform, has come up with another plan to help its drivers who have been...

In a move aimed at bailing out some of India’s top venture capital-fueled startups, marquee VC firms in the...

It is no hidden truth, that the impact of ongoing COVID 19 outbreak on the economy, is nothing short...

Hooq, a Singapore based streaming platform backed by Singapore Telecommunications limited, has filed for liquidation, owing to insignificant growth,...

In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, Abbott Laboratories announced today, that it has received Emergency...

Stock markets across the US again tumbled on Friday morning, as the number of COVID-19 cases across United States...

As the ongoing coronavirus outbreak continues to take humanity into its grips, we are now beginning to see quantitative...

Facebook announced yesterday, a coronavirus community hub for people who use its Messenger app, to help people fight the...

As cloud gaming brings an all new era to the largely unchanged video gaming industry, some of China’s biggest...

Swiggy, one of the two Indian food delivery unicorns, has been having a tough time ever since India went...

At a time when most people across the world are staying indoors to arrest the spread of deadly COVID-19,...

In what would easily amount to irresponsible and negligent behavior, the management at an Amazon warehouse in Detroit USA...

Mobile World Congress 2020 was an early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which is one the biggest...

Even though coronavirus has most companies in the world on their knees, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella said,”Microsoft will get...

Ola, India’s biggest ride hailing service, wants the government to step in and bailout its drivers, who are among...

Amazon, in an announcement on its website, has promulgated that it is stopping Cash On Delivery (COD) as a...