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Chinese Startup LemonBox Raises $2 Million for Business Growth

A Chinese e-commerce startup called LemonBox that imports vitamins and health products from the US has reportedly raised funds amounting to $2 million in a funding round led by Y Combinator. The funds have been basically raised to develop its business. The company has pulled in the new capital also from 10 other investors includingPartech, Tekton Ventures, […]

Adobe Brings Government ID Authentication Option for Adobe Sign

Adobe Sign that is Adobe’s e-sign solution has introduced a new signer identification solution called Government ID Authentication that uses a physical ID including a driver’s license or passport, as a form of digital ID authentication. With this, signers can take a picture of the physical ID card through their mobile phone, after which Adobe Sign automatically evaluates […]

Logitech Eyeing to Take Over US based Tech Firm Plantronics

The popular Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, Logitech is reportedly in talks to acquire and take over a U.S. maker of Bluetooth earpieces and gaming headsets known as Plantronics. If the deal goes through, it would be Logitech’s largest acquisition and would illustrate the company’s push to diversify its business. It would come as Logitech and […]

Amazon Introduces Skype Calling to its Echo Devices

Amazon has introduced a new feature to its device Alexa, and now, it would be able to even make Skype calls. Your Echo/Plus/Dot, et al. will be able to do so via voice using a command like, “Alexa Skype Mom.” Echos with displays, meanwhile, will offer up the full video Skype experience. Users can also ask […]

SoftBank Corp Invests in the Co-working Giant WeWork Yet Again

SoftBank Corp has reportedly invested another $3 billion in financing into the co-working major WeWork. The deal comes in the form of a warrant, allowing SoftBank to pay $3 billion for the opportunity to buy shares before September 2019 at a price of $110 or higher. This will value WeWork at $42 billion minimum. In […]

Cisco Ties up With AWS to Help Businesses Run Apps in The Cloud

Cisco Systems has reportedly tied up with Amazon’s Amazon Web Services for the purpose of offering software tools that would make it easier for Cisco’s customers to use Amazon’s data centers to run their business applications. This step has been taken as a part of a push at Cisco, one of the biggest suppliers of the routers and […]

IBM Made the Largest Software Acquisition for $34 Billion

The multinational IT company IBM has reportedly made the largest software acquisition. The company has acquired US-based software company Red Hat for $34 billion, including debt. The company is expecting to diversify its technology hardware and consulting business into higher-margin products and services. This particular acquisition is by far IBM’s biggest acquisition. “The acquisition of Red Hat […]

Facebook to Have its Largest India Office in Bengaluru

The social media giant Facebook is eyeing to take up about 220,000 sq ft office space in Bengaluru which would be their largest office in India. The company has acquired the space in Embassy Golf Links, an office park that houses marquee clients such as IBM, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and reinsurer Swiss Re among others. With this, The city’s booming commercial […]

AI Startup Netradyne Raised $21 million in Series B Funding

Artificial Intelligence startup Netradyne that is concerned with driver and commercial fleet safety has reportedly raised funds amounting to $21 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Microsoft’s corporate venture arm M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures). It also saw participation from backers like Reliance Industries and Point72 Ventures. Following the funding round, M12 will join the company board and “bring […]

Uber to Invest $154 million to Boost Canadian Operations

Global cab aggregator Uber has announced that it would invest up to $154 million (Can$200 million) over five years for the purpose of expanding its Toronto lab which is concerned with developing artificial intelligence for self-driving cars. Along with this, the company is planning to open a new engineering office in Canada’s largest metropolis in early 2019. Uber’s […]

Baidu and BYD Partner for Mass Production of Autonomous Cars

China’s largest technology company and search engine Baidu Inc and China’s leading electric car maker BYD have announced their plan that bothr the companies are partnering with an aim to start mass producing self-driving cars in the coming three years’ time. It was last year that Baidu had launched Project Apollo, which was titled after […]