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A corporate credit card solution for Indian startups, Karbon Card mops up $2 million in fresh round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you are a young startup in India with not the best of the balance sheets, banks would generally...
Robinhood goes down again as US stocks, equities tank
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Robinhood just can’t seem to catch a break as the app went down yet again, on what was arguably...
Twitter announces agreement with investor Elliott, Dorsey survives coup
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jack Dorsey must be a happy man right now- he lives to fight another day. Twitter on Monday announced...
Airmeet, a platform that lets conferences/events go remote, lands $3 million in fresh round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Remote meet-ups have become an essential part of any small or large business today. And call it a mere...
Twitter flags Trump’s doctored video of Joe Biden as “manipulated media”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what may be termed as the ultimate regulatory move, Twitter labelled a post retweeted by Donald Trump as...
Microsoft and other US Big Tech commit to paying hourly wages to workers amid coronavirus outbreak
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Microsoft on Thursday announced that it would continue paying normal wages to all employees that work on an hourly...
Why Diversity In The Workplace Matters: Women Leaders Speak
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #technology #ttm, 0Women make up 50% of the workforce—but they make up a small fraction of leadership positions in most industries....
Coronavirus could impact the release of a 5G iPhone, says BOfA
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The much-anticipated release of a 5G iPhone may not see the light of the day any time soon as...
Facebook closes its London office for a deep cleaning in light of coronavirus outbreak
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Coronavirus has the world’s biggest companies and conglomerates at the defensive, with more and more companies going out of...
Samsung shifts some of its smartphone production to Vietnam as coronavirus infections surge in South Korea
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amid an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak, Samsung Electronics has announced shifting some of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due...
[Update: Services now online] PhonePe suffers outage after banking partner Yes Bank placed under moratorium by RBI
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Update: After an outage that lasted for well over 24 hours, PhonePe services are now full up, the company...
India could airlift crucial components from China to support coronavirus hit electronics industry
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As global economy continues to plunge into crisis due to the the deadly coronavirus outbreak, countries are now looking...
Why It’s Time to Revisit Women in Technology in 2020
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #technology #ttm, 0There’s nothing inherently masculine about cloud computing, data analytics or artificial intelligence (AI). Computers are also androgynous by nature....
Axiom Space will send the first, fully private mission to ISS at an all-inclusive fare of $55M in partnership with SpaceX
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Axiom Space, the four year old space startup that aims to make private space travel a reality, has announced...
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal and his family accused of dowry harassment by his wife
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal will soon fight a case of dowry harassment filed against him by his wife Priya,...
Google Cloud announces ‘Anthos for Telecom’ and a ‘Global Mobile Edge Cloud’ strategy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As it looks for greener revenue pastures, Google Cloud has today announced a new solution for its telco clients,...
“Returns of the Jedi” by Kleiner Perkins will invest in early stage companies, even those in “a galaxy far far away”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If giving unique names to operations were a competition, Kleiner Perkins would be the MVP, as is evident by...
HP rejects Xerox’s takeover bid yet again, and this time its worth $35 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a saga that just doesn’t seem to end, HP has yet again declined the takeover offer from Xerox,...
Google Cloud announces four new cloud data regions, including one in Delhi
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has announced plans to launch four new cloud data regions in Delhi, Doha, Melbourne, and Toronto. The latest...
UPI doubles transaction limit for credit card, mutual fund payments
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The National Payments Cooperation of India, which controls the United Payments Interface has doubled the per transaction limit to...
Some Quirky C-Suite Designations to Rule in 2020s
TheTechMedia, , Auto, Consumer Tech, Showcase, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #technology #ttm, 0The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and allied technologies has transformed the nature of jobs. While low-value job roles...
Paytm employee in Gurugram tests positive for Coronavirus
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0An employee working with Paytm, among India’s biggest, most valued digital payment platforms, has been tested positive for the...
Twitter is testing ‘Fleets’, its own version of stories that remain active for 24 hours
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The entire pack of social media platforms in today’s time feels more like a family. All the different platforms...
French court says Uber drivers to be classified as employees of the company
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a major setback for Uber, a French court has ruled that Uber drivers will not be considered as...
Oyo makes lay offs official, over 5,000 fired globally amid profitability rush
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Oyo is making its rumoured lay-offs, official. The company announced today, that it was laying off 5000 people from...
Tiktok parent Bytedance launches ‘Resso’ music streaming platform in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After months of testing, ByteDance(TikTok’s parent company) has finally launched its music streaming platform ‘Resso’ in India. The platform,...
Free WHO ads, data to researchers and more: Zuckerberg details measures taken by Facebook and CZI to tackle COVID-19
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As humanity continues to battle with the deadly Coronavirus, Facebook today announced a string of measures it has adopted...
Elon Musk backs Jack Dorsey to remain as Twitter CEO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As activist billionaire investor Elliot Management’s pressure to remove Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO inches up, support for Dorsey...
Chinese Billionaire Li Shifu announces satellite venture to rival US dominance in private space industry
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The war for space domination continues to heat up. Amid SpaceX recently accomplishing its 5th Starlink mission, Chinese billionaire...
Citrus Pay co-founder Amrish Rau joins payments processor Pine Labs as CEO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amrish Rau, who along with his more storied co-founder Jitendra Gupta founded Citrus Pay, is now joining Pine Labs...
India’s Supreme Court ends 2018 cryptocurrency ban imposed by Reserve Bank of India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a landmark judgement that would possibly usher in a new era of digital currencies in India, the country’s...
Uber sold UberEats India to Zomato for $206 Million
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato’s much storied UberEats India acquisition, finally has an official value pegged to it. According to certain regulatory filings...
ClearTax buys GST filing unit from financial services firm Karvy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0ClearTax, an online tax filing service has obtained the Goods and Services Taxes business of Karvy, a financial services...
WhatsApp launches dark mode for Android, iOS users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After teasing for about a year, WhatsApp has finally launched its dark mode feature to Android and iOS users...
Google to provide free access to ‘advanced’ Hangouts Meet as coronavirus disrupts usual school and work routines
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a welcoming gesture at trying times like these, Google today announced that it will provide free access to...
Amazon to speed up its ‘same day’ delivery in select U.S. cities
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon might be fast, but it’s not the fastest. At least not yet. While Amazon has started providing same...
‘Robinhood’ trading app experiences ‘major outage’ amid heavy trading in U.S. equities
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The last couple days were a boon for stock marketeers in the US. The sudden Fed rate cut, meant...
Amazon employees in Italy contract Coronavirus
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon on Sunday confirmed reports that two of its employees have contracted the deadly Coronavirus in Italy. Amazon spokesperson...
Used-car retailing startup Spinny gets $43.7M in fresh round led by Fundamentum Partnership
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Gurugram-based online used car retailing platform Spinny on Monday announced it has raised $43.7 million (about Rs 315 crore)...
Chinese smartphone maker OPPO launches ‘OPPO Kash’ financial services in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Joining the bandwagon of Chinese smartphone makers getting into providing financial services in India, Oppo has launched ‘OPPO Kash’....
Bounce lands another $6.5 Million from InnoVen
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After a massive $105 million round recently, one would assume Bounce’s appetite for capital would subside for a while....
Apple agrees to pay upto US$25 per user to settle lawsuit over slow previous generation iPhones
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple has agreed for a compensation to its users in a lawsuit that accused the Cupertino giant of intentionally...
Tim Cook credits US Prez Donald Trump as Apple announces retail debut in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0For years, if you have thought that Apple devices seem a little too greedily priced in India(although they aren’t...
NASA opens up applications for astronauts for future Moon, Mars missions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0NASA, after over 4 years of hiatus, has started to accept applications for astronauts. This is a lucrative opportunity,...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi contemplates leaving all forms of social media
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0PM Narendra Modi, one of the most-followed global leaders on social media platforms across the board, dropped a surprising...
Internal company records reveal Huawei shipped prohibited U.S. gear to Iran: Reuters
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a revelation that is sure to degrade an already deteriorating US-China trade situation, internal Huawei documents accessed by...
Rajeev Suri to step down as Nokia President and CEO, Fortum CEO Lundmark to take over
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After helming the affairs at Nokia for over a decade, Rajeev Suri has announced his departure from the role...
Indian aviation regulator approves onboard Wifi for flights
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Switching off your phone while being on flights is a frustrating affair. But this has been the case on...
SpaceX wins $117M launch contract for NASA mission to explore mineral-rich asteriod ‘Psyche’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX, after years of development and a lot of failures, is finally getting in some much needed commercial contracts....
- Reliance rolls out JioCoin, a blockchain-based reward token January 22, 2025
- Microsoft will no longer be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud infrastructure provider January 22, 2025
- Netflix raises subscription prices in select markets, sees record subscriber growth in Q4 2024 January 22, 2025
- Meta allows linking of WhatsApp accounts with Instagram and Facebook via Accounts Center January 22, 2025
- Trump scraps Biden’s AI safety executive order, claiming it restricts AI innovation January 22, 2025