TikTok just can’t seem to catch a break as it faces multifaceted scrutiny from around the world. While the...
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Facebook wants Apple to give its users the option to choose Messenger as the default messaging app
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook is now joining a growing list of companies who are pushing Apple to open up its iOS platform...
Apple waives of App Store fees for businesses hosting paid live events on Facebook for a limited time
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you have been following the tech world, you know that Apple is usually seen as the greedy war...
Twitter informs devs that their private keys and tokens could have potentially been stolen
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following a historic cyberattack that saw hackers salvage cryptocurrency from the platform at a large scale, Twitter has warned...
Facebook won’t be able to launch the Oversight Board in time ahead of the US elections
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It looks like Facebook’s long-awaited independent Oversight Board, which aims to look after content governance and enforcement on the...
Unacademy acquires Coursavy, a UPSC-focused test preparation platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fresh from a $150Mn Softbank-led round, edtech platform Unacademy has announced acquisition of Couravy. Coursavy is an online learning...
Wikipedia is receiving its first big makeover in over a decade
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Beginning its journey on the 15th of January 2001, Wikipedia — the internet’s free encyclopedia — has been around...
Twitter backed Sharechat gets $40 million in a Twitter-led Pre Series E round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0One of the very few Indian social media startups that have seem considerable and sustained success — Sharechat, is...
Several of core Google services are back up after a brief outage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Several of Google’s core services, such as Meet, Classroom etc. were down for a couple of hours or so....
Amazon introduces ‘Luna’, its cloud gaming competitor to Google’s Stadia and others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon today announced ‘Luna’, its very own cloud gaming competitor that will take on the likes of previously announced...
Meet the new LinkedIn-it has Stories and video chatting
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Searching for jobs is tough and boring as it is. Add to that the boring and drab interface of...
Samsung announces the $699 S20 FE at the “Every Fan” Unpacked event
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Samsung is ensuring that it optimally utilises the opportunity to do virtual launches in the time of a pandemic,...
Singapore’s Syfe secures $18.6 million in a Series A as savings and wealth management gain priority
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Singapore based digital wealth manager, Syfe has announced closure of a USD 18.6 million (SG$ 25.2m) Series A funding...
Facebook VP rubbishes reports of platform pulling out of Europe after data transfer ban
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After an order was passed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission to Facebook, barring it from transferring user data back...
Byju’s raises additional fund from three new investors in its latest funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Byju’s — world’s most valued ed tech platform at the moment — is on hot streak of raising millions...
Servify grabs $23Mn to expand its device lifecycle management platform, which also serves Apple
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Servify, a Mumbai based technology platform that offers an integrated device lifecycle management platform, has raised $23 million in...
Flipkart expands ‘Flipkart Wholesale’ to 12 more Indian cities
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Earlier this month, Flipkart announced a new B2B marketplace, after having acquired the entirety of Walmart’s wholesale business in...
Instagram Reels will now allow 30 second videos and easier editing
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instagram Reels, the blatant TikTok clone from Facebook, is set to receive a slew of upgrades, including one that...
Adobe’s ‘Liquid Mode’ will make reading PDFs through smartphones bearable
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0PDFs (Portable Document Format) have been around for over 30 years now. Smartphones on the other hand, were not...
TikTok removed over 104 Mn videos for policy violations, including over 37 Mn from India, in 1st half of 2020
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0ByteDance owned TikTok has been in scrutiny for putting user privacy in jeopardy from multiple governments, which led to...
Google’s Area 120 launches a new experimental work tracking tool called ‘Tables’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Working on projects can be an organizational nightmare, with teams often spending more time on keeping track of work...
Singapore esports entertainment startup Ampverse completes pre-Series A round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With a booming gaming population spread across the continent, Thailand, and Singapore based esports entertainment startup firm Ampverse has...
Reliance is aiming India’s low budget smartphone segment with millions of new Jio Phones: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indo-China political tensions forced a widespread boycott of Chinese products in the Indian Subcontinent and put forth a...
Vulnerabilities in UP government’s COVID-19 tracking software put security of millions at risk
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India has not had the best record when it comes to contact tracing tools, as was made evident by...
Tesla pushed technology to its limits, at its Battery Day event
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla has forever been a company that has looked to push the limits of technology in its urge of...
Apple’s official online store goes live in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! The official online Apple store for India, has finally gone live. It has taken over two...
Reliance Retail gets $747Mn from KKR for a 1.28% stake at a $57B pre-money valuation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Mukesh Ambani is leveraging his existing investor firepower from the over $20Bn that he raised for Reliance Jio, to...
Tesla introduces new Model S Plaid and promises to produce a $25,000 electric car
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In an online streamed event called the ‘Battery Day’, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made some new announcements about the...
Amazon adds support for India’s regional languages
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It’s no secret that Amazon loves India. The company has been in the country for over 7 years now,...
Apple services including iTunes store and Apple TV+ restored after prolonged outage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Majority of Apple’s services suffered a prolonged outage, which are now restored. The cupertino giant confirmed that some of...
Paytm CEO expects a long drawn fight against Google’s digital monopoly
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Paytm CEO and founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma in an interview, has expressed severe disappointment regarding the takedown of Paytm...
Tesla in preliminary talks to set up an R&D center in India’s Bengaluru
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla-the world’s most valuable automobile maker, has been trying to establish a presence in the fourth largest automobile market...
OnePlus confirms the OnePlus 8T 5G, launch scheduled for 14th October
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OnePlus offers some of the most powerful Android phones in the market at some of the most affordable prices...
China-linked lending apps on government’s radar amid potential data breach threat
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the rising acrimony between India and China due to tensions at the border, as well as the general...
Chinese electric vehicle startup WM Motor raises $1.47 billion in Series D round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the entry of Tesla in the region, China has suddenly become a hub of innovation for the electric...
China unlikely to approve the new TikTok deal, says China’s Global Times (wtf?)
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Hasn’t it been exasperating to follow all the news around Tiktok/Oracle/Walmart deal? It surely has been, not just for...
Confusions galore as Oracle claims ByteDance will own 0% in TikTok Global, while ByteDance claims it will retain a majority
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It has not even been 48 hours since the TikTok-Oracle-Walmart deal was announced and we have already run into...
Facebook introduces new Rights Manager for images to protect Creators’ images from misuse
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Creators on Facebook and Instagram no longer have to worry about their properiatery images being misused, posted or embedded...
Microsoft acquires Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax media to compete with PS5 exclusives
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a revolutionary turn of events, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of ZeniMax media for a reported sum of...
Mobile Premier League (MPL) gets $90 million in Series C as esports soar during pandemic
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Esports are soaring, becoming one of those select few industries to have benefitted heavily from the lockdown forced by...
Trump’s WeChat ban put on hold by U.S. federal Judge order
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0US President Donald Trump’s concerted efforts to weed out Chinese apps from American ecosystem have just hid a roadblock....
[Update: It’s confirmed]TikTok-Oracle deal receives Donald Trump’s go-ahead
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Update: TikTok has officially confirmed the report, announcing the formation of TikTok Global, as well as Oracle and Walmart’s...
TikTok will stay functional in America till 12th November, WeChat goes down this Sunday
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0American TikTok fans would be heavily disappointed today as the US Commerce Department has ruled that TikTok and WeChat...
Unity sets the ball rolling with a $1.3Bn IPO fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It is, in all sense of the word, “game on” for San Francisco based cross-platform game engine developer Unity...
Chinese govt. reportedly backed hackers to infiltrate into 100 firms and agencies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Plagued by a series of global controversies in recent times, the United States Department of Justice, through indictments, has...
PayTM taken down from Google Play Store due to violations around gambling
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google Play Store has taken down the popular e-wallet PayTM, in a bizzare, unexpected turn of events. The developer...
Apple official online store to launch in India on September 23
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following on the precedence it set by starting the assembly of iPhone 11 in a pant near Chennai, American...
‘TikTok Global’ set for an American comeback; this time with majority US holding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A recent report from Reuters has all but given us a clear picture of what the new corporate structure...
Facebook launches ‘Facebook Business Suite’ to help small businesses kick start their post pandemic recovery
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With startups and small businesses turning towards online marketing as their primary form of advertisement, it is often a...
European fintech Factris lands €5Mn in Series A for its online lending platform for SMEs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Factris, an Amsterdam-based fintech startup that provides online working capital solutions to European SMEs, has announced closing of a...
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