Posts

Swiggy is one of the biggest food delivery chains in the country, and it has raised new funding to take on Zomato and the likes in India. As per recent reports,Swiggy has raised $210 million in fresh funding from new and existing investorsled by South African media company Naspers Ltd and Russia’s DST Global, months after the Bengaluru-based startup raised $100 million from Naspers. China’s Meituan-Dianping, which had participated in the previous round, has also invested in the latest funding round, along with new investor Coatue Management....

Truecaller is the most popular caller ID app in the world, and it now boasts of more than 100 million daily active users, many of them being Pro subscribers. It’s now bringing back the much-requested ‘Who Viewed My Profile’ feature for these subscribers, with other new additions. Firstly, Truecaller Pro will soon be renamed to Premium and users will get access to more new features, in addition to the existing Pro badge, contact requests, and ad-free experience that they enjoy....

With more and more people coming online for the first time, cybercriminals looking to maximize their investments are using evermore sophisticated methods and malware to target new users. Recent reports point to a new malware which is complex enough to have evaded cybersecurity experts and enter the wild. Dubbed Mylobot, the new malware wasdiscovered by researchers at Deep Instinctropes in target systems into a botnet and providing the attackers with complete control over infected victims, plus the ability to deliver additional payloads, putting the victims’ devices at risk of Trojans, keyloggers, launch large-scale DDoS attacks and other malicious schemes....

On the occasion of World Music Day,Xiaomihas launched the Mi Pocket Speaker 2 in India. The device has beenpriced at Rs 1,499, and is available is two color options – Black and White. The device can be purchased exclusively on Mi.com from today. The Mi Pocket Speaker 2 is Xiaomi’s 2nd-generation portable wireless speaker that comes with a small form-factor, and has a minimalist, cylindrical design. It has been developed by renowned audio products manufacturer, Tymphany, and works with both iOS and Android devices....

Xiaomiannounced the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6Alast week in China, but a third device, once rumored to be a part of the company’s Redmi 6 lineup, remained conspicuous by its absence. However, the Redmi 6 Pro isn’t likely to remain MIA for much longer, seeing as Xiaomi earlier this week officially announced that the Redmi 6 Pro will be unveiled on June 25. However, just days of the official launch, the company has nowshareda bunch of new live images of the Redmi 6 Pro on Weibo, giving us a better look at the upcoming smartphone....

A new voice-based game called ‘Westworld: The Maze’, has been launched forAlexadevices including theEchoand its variants. Based on the popular HBO series,Westworld, the game lets users play as a host on a quest for consciousness. Like most other titles available on the platform, The Maze is also a ‘choose your own adventure’ game that can be played by enabling the skill through the Alexa companion app, and then firing it up with the simple command: ‘Alexa, open Westworld’....

YouTube has announced a new set of ad tools called Creative Suite, that will let advertisers experiment with creative ideas and conduct focus group tests and more in ad campaigns on YouTube. The Creative Suite will give analytics, and statistics-backed suggestions to help brands and advertisers gauge the impact of any future or current ad campaigns. YouTube’s Creative Suite is made up ofVideo Experiments, Video Creative Analytics, Director MixandVideo Ad Sequencing, all of which are now available to advertisers....

Amazon wants its Alexa voice assistant to not just bepresent across your homebut also help out when you travel to foreign lands and stay in hotels. The company has launched today Alexa for Hospitality, which is aspecial and customized version of Alexa that will add to the convenience of visitorsat hotels, vacation rental, or other hospitality locations. As per theofficial press release, Amazon will customize the experience to best suit the needs of each hotel or establishment that has tied up with the company....

After beingreleased on iOSlast February,Alto’s Odysseyis all set to hit Android next month. There’s no exact ETA, but pre-registrations arenow live on Google Play, so interested users can sign-up and get notified once it launches in a few weeks’ time. It isn’t clear, however, if there will be any in-game items and other goodies up for grabs if you pre-register. Alto’s Odyssey is coming to Android next month! Pre-Register today on@GooglePlayand be the first to get notified at launch 💚https://t....

WithFlipkart and Walmartstriving to build an e-commerce behemoth in India, Amazon is not looking to back down in any way. Instead, this rivalry is only going to get more intense in the next month, with Amazon planning to organize its ‘biggest-ever’ Prime Day sale in India next month. In India,the 30-hour Prime Day sale is expected to be hosted between July 7 and 15, with incentives for sellers and new offers for buyers....

While most users scoff at the idea of watching ads while surfing the web and rely on ad-blockers to keep the pesky banners at bay, Brave Browser is taking a different approach by asking users to watch ads and get paid incryptocurrencytokens. Brave’s program, which will go on trial soon, would give users something called Basic Attention Token (BAT) and it will begin this month within a small circle of users who register for it....

While everyone is unhappy about Facebook and its ads, the company seems to be going full tilt at introducing more and more ads. With shopping links coming to Instagram Stories, they have become all but ads, and now Facebook is adding autoplaying video ads in Messenger too. According to Recode, users will start to see autoplay video ads right in their inbox next to all their messages. The big concern here is that private messages and ads don’t always mix well as they can feel creepy and you might feel like every message is being watched – which is the case anyway....