Month: December 2020

Year in review: Edtech attracted dollars and controversy in 2020 edtech growth in India

At first glance, things couldn’t have been better for the up-and-coming edtech industry in India. It received total investments of over $2.2 billion. Student count was estimated at more than 250 million up to K12 levels. Paid and free subscriptions reportedly crossed 90 million. The big got bigger through acquisitions…

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Samsung Galaxy A31 just got a price cut in India Samsung Galaxy A31

Samsung Galaxy A31 which launched in India earlier this year just got a price cut. The new price brings the smartphone down under the 20,000 mark. Samsung has now dropped the price of the Galaxy A31 to Rs 17,999 for the 6GB/128GB variant across retail stores, Samsung Opera House, Samsung.com and…

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NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather

NASA will take part in two heliophysics missions that could give us the data needed to better understand solar winds and explosions, or space weather as a whole. The agency has officially announced its participation in the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Th… Source

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RentPath drops acquisition deal with CoStar after FTC antitrust lawsuit

RentPath, owner of property listing sites including Rent.com and Apartment Guide, said today it has cancelled its agreement to be acquired by CoStar Group after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the sale. CoStar, a commercial real estate data and analytics provider that also operates listing sites like Apartments.com…

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Jio and Mediatek bring the biggest online gaming tournament – Gaming Masters Poster of Jio and Mediatek sponsored gaming tournament

Jio and chipset designer MediaTek are coming together to launch ‘Gaming Masters’,  an esports event aimed at luring new gaming enthusiasts in India. Of course, existing gamers can also participate in it.  This 70-day esports tournament comes just days after the successful completion of JioGames’ first  online gaming event –…

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Google is selling the Home Max smart speaker again, for now

Despite Google’s Home Max being officially retired and pulled from sale a couple of weeks ago, the Google Store is once again offering the speaker for sale. While flashing a message saying the device is sold out and prompting customers to try out a p… Source

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