Jagmeet Singh
Uolo, an Indian edtech platform that works with private K-12 schools to offer online learning programs to middle and low-income families, has raised $22.5 million in a funding round led by UAE-headquartered VC fund Winter Capital.
The vast majority of edtech startups operate in a business-to-consumer model and spend...
WhatsApp has started rolling out 3D avatars for its users around the globe that can be used as profile photos or custom stickers — months after their debut on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.
On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook that avatars are coming to WhatsApp. The...
Indian social media startup ShareChat, backed by Twitter, Tiger Global and Temasek, is shutting down its fantasy sports platform Jeet11 and has laid off some employees.
People familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that the startup sent an email to its affected employees last month. The platform was operational...
WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature to let you chat with yourself. Sending messages to your own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible, right next to your other WhatsApp conversations.
Called ‘Message Yourself’, the feature lets users send notes, reminders and...
Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry.
The cloud arm of the search giant said Thursday that as part...
India’s leading public medical institute, All India Institute of Medical Services, or AIIMS, is experiencing outages following a cyberattack.
The outages are affecting hundreds of patients and doctors accessing primary healthcare services, including patient admission, discharge and billing systems.
Established in 1956, AIIMS holds thousands of medical undergraduate and postgraduate...
Zillow has laid off about 300 employees as it is shifting focus towards technology-related positions in the company, TechCrunch has learned from sources and confirmed with the company over e-mail.
The Seattle-headquartered online real estate marketplace informed its impacted employees about the decision on Tuesday. Shortly after receiving the...
Uber has started offering electric vehicles to customers in certain parts of the Delhi-NCR region and says it will be expanding its efforts over the coming months. The electric cabs are currently only available for pre-scheduled trips.
“As the leading mobility app in India, we are committed to supporting...
Momentive Global, the parent of the web-survey portal SurveyMonkey, laid off 11% of its workforce this week.
Multiple people across divisions — including those handling the business development, customer support, recruitment and sales at the San Mateo, California-headquartered company — have been impacted, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed.
“In an...
Tata Power, a leading power generation company in India, has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack.
In a brief statement released on Friday, the Mumbai-based company said that the attack impacted some of its I.T. systems.
“The company has taken steps to retrieve and restore the systems. All critical...
