By Erick Still reeling from the shock and devastation of AI 171. Read my post about why Boeing should but won’t be held accountable.
Before the tragedy, Apple’s WWDC – in particular its Liquid Glass theme – took up most of the news in the tech world. Some love it, some hate it, I think we should get used to it. Liquid Glass is a sign of things to come in UX, especially with all this focus on AR such as on the Vision Pro or the Ray-Ban smart glasses where we are looking at AR displays.
There was actually a reasonable amount of other news this week in tech India that was overshadowed by the above two things (which is why you need to visit my blog regularly or subscribe to by YouTube channel :)):
- Rapido to enter food delivery space with a new platform that charges restaurants a fixed fee per order, competing with Swiggy and Zomato who charge percentage based commissions.
- Starlink India to launch in the next two months with plans starting at ₹3000 per month, according to sources. This is honestly more believable than earlier reports that said Starlink plans will start at ₹840 p.m. – see TWITI #21 of 2025.
- BigBasket to launch 10 minute delivery service across India by March 2026, joining the growing quick commerce space.
- Amazon Now – Amazon’s foray into the quick commerce space – enters Bengaluru market, aiming to compete with quick commerce rivals like Blinkit and Zepto. Seriously why does everyone want to do quick commerce now?
- Tata Electronics is sending hundreds of employees to Taiwan for chipmaking training, as its ambitious plans for a semiconductor fabrication (fab) and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facilities gain momentum.
- India Post launches Digipin, a new digital addressing system to compliment pincodes. There’s a pretty good FAQ page on the India Post website itself here about it.
- Nothing announced that its upcoming flagship (which the company says is its first ‘true flagship’), the Nothing Phone 3, will be made in India near Chennai.
- Cab aggregators like Ola and Uber won’t be given entry in Goa, the Chief Minister announced.
- IITs and IISCs roll out semiconductor courses in India.
- Shein has licensed its brand for domestic use to Reliance which “is responsible for manufacturing, supply chain, sales and operations in the Indian market alone,” Shein said in a statement.
Well if SHEIN is going to be relaunched in India for Indian goods, will Temu ever come to India? Let’s wait and watch.
Check back in next Sunday for TWITI #25 of 2025!
[…] Tata Electronics’ fab plant in Dholera, Gujarat has began construction, expecting to start producing as early as December 2026. This will be a landmark for tech India; a giant leap that will take India much closer to global tech dominance, even more than Taiwan and China one day. Also in a smart move, Tata Electronics sent staff to Taiwan for semiconductor training (see TWITI #24 of 2025). […]
[…] This is iPhone level pricing. It is a flagship, another flagship that’s made in India (see TWITI #24 of 2025). Some day I hope we’ll see phones made in India (like the iPhone, Pixels, Galaxy and others) […]